MSNBC host Rachel Maddow tweeted Tuesday night promising the audience who tuned into her show President Donald Trump's tax returns.
The White House countered Maddow's 2005 tax return dump by preemptively releasing some of his 2005 tax information, Axios reported on Tuesday.
"WH numbers claim Trump made more than $150 million in income in 2005 and paid $38 million in income taxes that year, according to the AP," the report said.
Maddow first promised the tax returns via Twitter.
BREAKING: We've got Trump tax returns. Tonight, 9pm ET. MSNBC.
(Seriously).
— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) March 14, 2017
The second tweet then clarified that she only had a part of the president's returns, which were from 2005.
What we've got is from 2005... the President's 1040 form... details to come tonight 9PM ET, MSNBC.
— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) March 15, 2017
The Twitter community did not take to the new clarification. One user said that she was backtracking from the first tweet.
@maddow back peddling like Spicer, so disappointing
— David Amoyal (@DavidAmoyal) March 15, 2017
@AmoriZep if I told you "I have Trump's tax returns" would you assume I meant a 1040 from 12 years ago?
— David Amoyal (@DavidAmoyal) March 15, 2017
Another user said the 2005 returns are not news.
Even leftists are saying Maddow's tax bombshell is a big nothing burger. Oh dear. How embarrassing.
— Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) March 15, 2017
Other users took to Twitter to take a shot at Maddow for not saying what is in the 1040 form.
It takes less time to fill out your taxes than for Rachael Maddow to get to what's in Trump's taxes
— Eric Stangel (@EricStangel) March 15, 2017
Maddow went on to unveil President Trump's 2005 tax returns on her show.
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