This argument over “what Trump should have paid” is very easily resolved - institute a 5-10% max flat tax on all Americans. No deductions whatsoever
What are the chances corrupt Washington DC does this?
I'll need a definition of "all Americans".
Zilch. Do you have any idea how many pols fund their campaigns and their retirements by using their power to carve out exemptions for their friends or threaten penalties to those who refuse to be their “friends” in the tax code? Not to mention all the tax professionals and tax attorneys who would fight tooth and nail to avoid simplifying the code that feeds their careers. This is the reason the code is thousands of pages long and written in the original Aztec language.