The amount from other articles is $1.776 Billion, presumably because it’s a special number that makes the blatant theft of taxpayer funds go down easier to right-wing morons.
It never had any measurable relation to the supposed reason for it and it’s just roughly the amount Trump thought he could get away with stealing, after anchoring public awareness to the $10 billion demand.
The amount from other articles is $1.776 Billion, presumably because it’s a special number that makes the blatant theft of taxpayer funds go down easier to right-wing morons.
It never had any measurable relation to the supposed reason for it and it’s just roughly the amount Trump thought he could get away with stealing, after anchoring public awareness to the $10 billion demand.
I’m just surprised it isn’t 250 billion, one per year of freedom or something