1. Trump’s taxes? Don’t hold your breath
Donald Trump Jr, the candidate’s eldest son, drastically revised the campaign’s explanation for why Trump’s tax returns cannot be released, throwing out an old explanation about a supposedly ongoing IRS audit.
Nothing to see here
There’s nothing there. But if there is, they’re going to try to create a story. We don’t need a story where everyone questioning everything … it’s just going to change the dialogue.
– Donald Trump Jr, explaining why Trump’s taxes must remain secret
2. Interviewus interruptus
Both Trump Jr and his sister, Ivanka, cut interviews short on Wednesday. Trump Jr declined a question about the Trump Foundation. Then Ivanka Trump objected to a question about her father calling pregnancy an “inconvenience” for businesses.
I'm getting some bad vibes here
So I think that you have a lot of negativity in these questions, and I think my father has put forth a very comprehensive and really revolutionary plan to deal with a lot of issues ... I’m going to jump off, I have to run. I apologize.
– Ivanka Trump, to Cosmopolitan magazine
3. Ryan: Trump ‘should release’ taxes
“I released mine,” former veep nominee Paul Ryan said of tax records. “I think he should release his.” To a follow-up on whether Trump is qualified to be president, Ryan said: “Yeah. Donald Trump won the nomination.”
4. Clinton returns to campaign trail
Saying it was “great” to be done with her convalescence, Hillary Clinton took a question about how long it took for her to admit she had pneumonia. “My campaign has said they could have been faster,” she said. “I agree with that.”
Look, this was an ailment that many people just power through – and that’s what I thought I would do as well. I didn’t want to stop. I didn’t want to quit campaigning. I certainly didn’t want to miss the 9/11 memorial. As a senator during that time, I consider it a sacred moment, and I was determined to get there.
– Hillary Clinton
5. In mirror, Trump sees 35-year-old
Donald Trump, 70, told a celebrity doctor on TV that when he looks in the mirror, he sees a 35-year-old. (And it can’t be because he’s standing next to Ivanka – she doesn’t turn 35 till 30 October.)
6. Trump unveils tax proposal
Donald Trump announced a new and improved tax plan that knocked almost 7% off the current rate for top earners. How to pay? By cutting spending … while building a wall … rebuilding US infrastructure ... expanding the military ...
7. Trump attacks pastor
A day after a pastor at a church in Flint, Michigan, stopped Trump from attacking Clinton in her church, saying it was not a political event, Trump went on national TV and called the pastor a “nervous mess”.
'A nervous mess'
When she got up to introduce me she was so nervous, she was shaking, and I said: ‘Wow, this is sort of strange.’ And then she came up. So she had that in mind, there’s no question about it ... She was so nervous. She was like a nervous mess.
– Donald Trump, on Fox News
Caption contest
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 15, 2016
This amazing photo of Trump and "Little Miss Flint" has gone viral on Flint Facebook. pic.twitter.com/0exFO0MCZw
... and another thing:
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 15, 2016
Little Miss Flint met both Trump and Obama this year. pic.twitter.com/eH15fElHqw
... and another thing:
— Roberto Ferdman (@robferdman) September 15, 2016
all the excuses Trump has given for not releasing his tax returns pic.twitter.com/9aJpC3XAzM via @washingtonpost