Seth Meyers Takes ‘A Closer Look’ at Why Donald Trump Won’t Release His Tax Returns

Here’s a clip from last night’s Late Night, where Seth Meyers responds to Donald Trump’s 1995 tax records published by The New York Times that show Trump claimed over $900 million in losses, which would allow him to legally not pay any federal income taxes for the next 18 years. Meyers has a few interesting theories about why, despite the 1995 records being released, Trump won’t release the rest of his tax returns. “I think you’re poor. I think you pretend to be rich, but you’ve been going town to town for 18 months selling cheap hats,� he says. “Or maybe you don’t want to be president because you assumed it paid a billion dollars a year and then found out it was only $400,000, and now…oh my God, now you’re panicking and you’re desperate to find a way out and…that’s it! Trump Tower! You sent the letter!�