Motive: Trump valued the docs not FOR $. He valued them as intrinsic wealth - MORE than $.

[usonian]

10. Said the stock broker: Your stocks and funds are worth nothing

until they're sold.

To a republican. Absolutely NOTHING matters but money.
Everything else, only if it adds to the cash.

Old joke (from leaky memory)

Banker walks up to the priest after the collection baskets are passed around.
Father, I'm a banker. It's not safe for you to store all that money, so let me take it off your hands and write you a check for the amount.
He does this every week of the year. It's great.
At the end of the year, he claims all the checks as charitable donations on his tax return.

To a republican. Absolutely NOTHING matters but money.