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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Joe Sommerlad

Trump tax news: President refuses to take questions on revelations at White House event

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US president Donald Trump speaking on Monday

Donald Trump will be greeted by billboard artwork reminding him of his most notorious public statements when he arrives in the city of Cleveland, Ohio, on Tuesday for his first presidential debate against Democratic nominee Joe Biden.

The president continues to trail Biden in national and state polls, with two new surveys placing him nine and 10 points behind respectively in the key battleground state of Pennsylvania. 

Following bombshell reports on Sunday that Trump avoided paying income tax for 10 years prior to taking office, Democrats - including House speaker Nancy Pelosi - have accused him of posing a national security risk because his foreign loans leave him wide open to blackmail.

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