OK, another bombshell. The New York Times has acquired trump's tax records of the last 20 years. They are, let's say, interesting. For 11 of the last 18 he paid zero, zip, federal taxes. In both 2008 and 2009, when he was elected president he paid $750.00 in Federal taxes. That is Seven Hundred Fifty dollars.

Will he slide out of this? Will the polls suddenly show him leading among the electorate? Will he emerge triumphant? It doesn't seem possible but I suppose it is. His base seems impermeable. What scares me is the crowds he draws- if they are indicative of his standing among MOST American voters, we are doomed.

Incidentally I am one person who never saw The Apprentice but I had known of him for a number of years. It never occurred to me that anyone would take him seriously in the world of politics and that view was only enhanced by his couple of abortive attempts to run.