That's the cost of doing business. You don't get to write it all off, pay your daughter millions in "consulting fees", file bankrutcy multiple times and cry about how the IRS is treating you badly. You learn how to be a better businessman.

the terrible problems of the rich...

I'm not a Trump supporter but I am a former self employed businessman and the goal as a businessman is to pay as little taxes as possible. Don't get caught up on the dollar amount. If he has the legitimate write offs to get to that number then that makes him a shrewd businessman. He did what he was supposed to do.