As the president doesn’t see everything from the prism of identity politics, he mentions such topics as they arise and when it comes to racial bigotry, violence, and “white supremacy”, Donald Trump has made his beliefs on the topic very clear and has done so numerous times as events warranted.

The problem is the media, which holds the national megaphone, has decided to not hear what was repeatedly said.

Racism has always been a default smear Democrats use against Republicans, despite their murderous legacy. As national polls show Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden’s grip on the minority vote slipping, the left is resorting to what they’ve always done best: race-baiting.

Whether or not the media tactic will work in 2020 remains to be seen.

Individual income tax returns — including those of public figures — are private information, protected by law from unauthorized disclosure. Indeed, the Internal Revenue Service is barred from releasing any taxpayer information whatsoever, except to authorized agencies and individuals.

NYT columnist urges IRS employees to unlawfully leak Trump’s tax returns

Nicholas Kristof, take note you’re asking someone to break they law and you could be breaking the law as well.

Like all other citizens, U.S. presidents enjoy this protection of their privacy. Since the early 1970s, however, most presidents have chosen to release their returns publicly.
— Tax History.org

While only ten presidents in our nation’s history have voluntarily-released their tax returns, Trump’s opponents are still demanding to invade his privacy and make it public to the world, a situation a Democrat in 2008 did everything she could to avoid.

Again, until there is some kind of legislation or maybe even a Constitutional Amendment to make the release of a private citizen’s tax returns public, this is nothing but a phishing expedition for any information that can be used to smear President Trump.

Let’s be clear, the Federal Election Commission only requires the candidate’s committee to file the quarterly financial information of a campaign, not the candidate’s personal tax filings.

Then again, maybe politicians aren’t that stupid because if you can require a president to release tax returns, what’s to stop any state or federal entity from creating laws that could demand the same of a United States Congress and/or Senate candidate all the way down to a local candidate for a town selectboard?

That would be oh-so intrusive, right?