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Donald Trump sat in the witness box, his head tilted to one side and his lips pursed in a smile, as a furious judge berated him and his team of lawyers. He looked like a child being scolded in front of his friends.

“Aberdeen is the oil capital of Europe,” he declared, when asked about land there that seemed to have risen rapidly in value.

“Irrelevant,” the judge cried.

“We will excuse this witness,” Engoron said, fluttering his fingers in the sort of wave a host might make when he has tired of a guest and wants to push him out.

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