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What constrained the sum to less than $2 billion? It looks like he sued originally for $10 b. Considering he relatively controls both sides, what stops him from choosing an arbitrary amount?

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The arbitrary amount is $1.776 billion. Like everything that Trump does, there's an extra level of gaudiness on top.

Okay, that's somewhat amusing. I'm just wondering why not $17.76 billion if he controls both sides.

The biggest amount that right-wing media could reasonably ignore?

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