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Dividends (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	1 Months Ended					3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Jan. 31, 2021	Apr. 30, 2020	Mar. 31, 2020	Jan. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2020	Feb. 29, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Common Stock, Dividends, Per Share, Declared						$ 0.10	$ 0.10
Dividends Payable	$ 58.5			$ 58.5		$ 58.5	$ 58.5	$ 2,694.5
Quarterly dividend [Member]
Common Stock, Dividends, Per Share, Declared	$ 0.10
Common Stock, Dividends, Per Share, Cash Paid		$ 0.10	$ 0.10		$ 0.10
Annual variable dividend
Common Stock, Dividends, Per Share, Cash Paid		$ 4.50			$ 2.25
Series B Preferred Stock
Preferred Stock, Dividends, Per Share, Cash Paid	$ 26.875			$ 26.875
Dividends Payable								13.4	$ 13.4
Common equities \| Quarterly dividend [Member]
Dividends Payable	$ 58.5			$ 58.5		$ 58.5	$ 58.5	58.6		$ 58.5
Common equities \| Annual variable dividend
Dividends Payable								$ 2,635.9		$ 1,316.9