Like or loathe Donald J. Trump, you have to give him this: He's done more to shine a spotlight on the loopholes and fundamental unfairness of the tax code than any other American president.
In doing so, he's made a powerful case for tax reform, though perhaps not quite along the lines he has in mind.
This, of course, has happened despite Mr. Trump's strenuous efforts to conceal his returns, reneging on a campaign promise to release them at some point, and defying a decades-long tradition in which presidential candidates have made public, at minimum, their recent tax returns.
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