It took 22 minutes for Rachel Maddow to reveal the details about Donald Trump's taxes that she promised before her nightly cable news show. For an eagerly watching internet,Watch Games of Seduction Online it felt like waiting an eternity, with very little payoff.
SEE ALSO: Rachel Maddow promises Trump tax returns, and the internet goes wild with reaction GIFsAs MSNBC's Maddow went on and on about stuff we already knew about Trump before the big reveal Tuesday, viewers were left angrily tapping their feet. Rule No. 1 of the internet: Don't make us wait.
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By the time she finally revealed two pages of Trump's 2005 tax return, she was scooped. The news was out there: Trump paid $38 million in taxes and earned $150 million that year. The White House had even put out a hrmmph of a statement before she got to the point.
Her defenders say the wind up is typical Maddow, but newcomers thirsty for information about Trump's taxes were infuriated nonetheless. Then there's the legal argument. The White House statement said it was illegal for the show to release the return, Maddow countered with a nope.
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The reporter on the story, Pulitzer Prize winning David Cay Johnston, also scooped Maddow with a story showing all the details that Maddow was about to reveal on The Daily Beast.
Even the Wall Street Journal was able to get something out before Maddow got to her own hyped-up exclusive.
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The drawn-out reveal reminds us of the never-ending struggle to get Trump's tax returns in the first place. If this doesn't show how much pent-up demand there is for this info, we don't know what does. More than a million people have signed a petition demanding the president release all his tax returns. Countless protests, including some with bare bottoms, have been held.
Leading up to Election Day, the New York Times leaked three pages from Trump's 1995 returns. Those reportedly showed that he lost $916 million that year. It further indicated that Trump may have not paid any income tax for almost 20 years, though totally legally. Although, he apparently did fork over money 10 years later.
Maybe Trump's on that special every 10 years tax plan?
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