I think it's the grin that makes the difference; and yes, it's still outrageously high. It's a leftist political stunt, no matter how it's sliced. It's a perversion of the 'justice' system.
I think that it's first nature and then it's twelve years of leftist public schooling coupled with four or more years of leftist controlled college by way of nurture and ideological and political reinforcement. The reason that it does not work with either Republicans -- as much -- or Conservatives -- at all -- is that it is NOT part of their inherent nature.
A COURTROOM SKETCH AFTER THE NY COURT OF APPEALS KNOCKED TRUMP'S BOND DOWN TO $175 MILLION AND THEN GAVE HIM 10 MORE DAYS TO COME UP WITH IT. FASCIST-MINDED AND CORRUPT LEFTIST A.G.S AND JUDGES