Your info is all over the place.  Billion dollars for free? I'm assuming you mean he followed the rules of the IRS and took a huge business loss against future tax liability?  A similar rule the Clinton's took to write of over $500,000 capital loss? Trump's dad was not a billionaire, only worth about $300 million or so. The Trumpster got a $1,000,000 loan and turned it into a few billion. That would be like my dad giving me a $1,000 loan and I turn it into $10,000,000.  Pretty impressive. I agree with you that our government is corrupt and has and defends tax code that allows wealthy businesses and individuals to avoid just taxes. Who better to close corrupt loopholes than a sneaky greedy guy who took advantage of them?  It's going to be more than a bumpy ride, it's going to be a high speed ATV ride on a moose trail!!