The Associated Press just tweeted a real doozy of a quote from Trump’s lawyer:
With few exceptions?? So what you’re saying is that Trump has, indeed, received income from Russian sources over the last ten years. Thanks for clearing that up!
This is clearly reminiscent of Alan Greenspan’s “with notably rare exceptions” comment made in the wake of the Great Recession:
Today’s competitive markets, whether we seek to recognise it or not, are driven by an international version of Adam Smith’s “invisible hand” that is unredeemably opaque. With notably rare exceptions (2008, for example), the global “invisible hand” has created relatively stable exchange rates, interest rates, prices, and wage rates.
So how “notably rare” are the “few exceptions” in which income from Russian sources appears in Trump’s tax returns? Perhaps they should release the tax returns publicly, so we can see for ourselves!