--- title: Donald Trump: Americans Don't Care About My Tax Returns description: "The only one that cares about my tax returns are the reporters," Trump said at a press conference. "I won." canonical: https://time.com/4631541/donald-trump-tax-returns-press-conference/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-11T16:53:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:45:15.225Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump Says He Doesn't Think Americans Care About His Tax Returns og:description: "The only one that cares about my tax returns are the reporters," Trump said at a press conference. 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Seth Wenig—AP by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Jan 11, 2017 4:53 PM UTC [Donald Trump](http://time.com/4631494/donald-trump-russia-allegations-intelligence-agencies/) responded to questions about his financial relationship with [Russia](http://time.com/4631349/donald-trump-news-conference-russia/) on Wednesday by denying that he had any dealings with the country and refusing again to release his tax returns to prove it. “The only one that cares about my tax returns are the reporters,” Trump said at a press conference. “I won.” When a journalist asked whether he didn’t think Americans cared about the returns, he said, “I don’t think they care at all. I think _you_ care.” The president-elect once again stated he would not be releasing his tax returns “because as you know it’s under audit.” The [IRS](http://thehill.com/policy/finance/270964-irs-nothing-prevents-trump-from-releasing-tax-returns) has said he is free to release the tax returns in spite of the audit. In August, a Quinnipiac University survey[ found that 74% of likely voters](http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/poll-should-trump-release-tax-returns-227408) said Trump should release his tax returns. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4631541/donald-trump-tax-returns-press-conference/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4631541/donald-trump-tax-returns-press-conference/"},"headline":"Donald Trump Says He Doesn't Think Americans Care About His Tax Returns","datePublished":"2017-01-11T16:53:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:45:15.225Z","description":"\"I don’t think they care at all\"","url":"https://time.com/4631541/donald-trump-tax-returns-press-conference/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5d6b7807015ce668/6988b525524fc087badfab1a/trump2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5d6b7807015ce668/6988b525524fc087badfab1a/trump2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Trump","caption":"Trump","creditText":"Seth Wenig—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4631541/donald-trump-tax-returns-press-conference/","name":"Donald Trump Says He Doesn't Think Americans Care About His Tax Returns"}}]}] ```