Donald Trump says he may release his tax returns when he is out of the White House

United States President Donald Trump has said that he is considering releasing his tax returns, but only when he is out of office.

Trump, during an interview with The Economist, was asked whether he would release his tax returns in exchange for Democratic support for tax reform. At first the Republican president said that he doubted that he would return his tax returns, and then said that "nobody cares" about his returns, other than the reporters.

Hundreds of people across the United States held a protest march last month, asking Trump to release his tax returns.

Trump, during the interview, also said that he will release them at some point adding that he'll release them maybe after he's "finished."

"Oh, at some point I'll release them. Maybe I'll release them after I'm finished because I'm very proud of them actually. I did a good job," Trump said, according to CNN reports.

After a while, the Republican billionaire also suggested that he may never release the returns because he is being audited.

"As you know I'm under routine audit, so they're not going to be done. But you know, at a certain point, that's something I will consider. But I would never consider it as part of a deal. I think that would be unfair to the deal. It would be disrespectful of the importance of this deal," Trump said.

Trump has constantly stated that he cannot release his tax returns because they are under audit, however a person under audit is not prevented from releasing his or her tax returns. Most US presidents since the early 1970s have chosen to release their tax returns publicly.

Trump, during the interview, said that the United States would make "tremendous savings" in tax reductions should Congress approve one of his top campaign pledges.