{"id":266,"date":"2026-06-01T22:40:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T22:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanlivingreport.com\/?p=266"},"modified":"2026-06-01T22:40:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T22:40:02","slug":"is-trump-giving-up-on-his-slush-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanlivingreport.com\/?p=266","title":{"rendered":"Is Trump giving up on his slush fund?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><em>This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanlivingreport.com\/?p=264\">Vox\u2019s homepage gets a refresh<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Welcome to The Logoff:<\/strong> Donald Trump\u2019s $1.8 billion slush fund is \u2014 maybe \u2014 done for.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s happening?<\/strong> On Monday, Axios reported that the Trump administration planned to drop its \u201canti-weaponization\u201d fund \u2014 nearly $1.8 billion in taxpayer money set aside for Trump to dole out to whoever he and the fund\u2019s board choose, free of supervision \u2014 amid legal challenges and growing Republican backlash.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The fund, announced in mid-May, was the product of a \u201csettlement\u201d between Trump and his own government over a $10 billion lawsuit Trump had brought against the IRS. A long list of Trump allies, including January 6 rioters, could have stood to receive millions from the fund.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s the context?<\/strong> On Friday, a federal district judge in Virginia temporarily blocked Trump\u2019s fund from disbursing any money or taking any other actions until at least late next week, while another in Florida ordered Trump\u2019s personal lawyers to justify the settlement reached with the Justice Department, raising the possibility that it could have been fraudulent.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanlivingreport.com\/?p=262\">Trump\u2019s Freedom 250 fest crashout proves he\u2019s the only true MAGA celebrity<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s the big picture?<\/strong> It\u2019s a little unclear what the fund\u2019s exact status is, as of this writing; as one source told Axios on Monday, \u201cThe president likes the fund. \u2026 So nothing is final until it\u2019s final.\u201d Other reporters have pointed out that the court ruling that the Justice Department has promised to abide by is only temporary.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>But the fund has also become toxic with some of the Republican senators whose votes Trump needs to advance a second reconciliation bill, enough so that concern about the fund delayed votes originally planned for last month. As Punchbowl News\u2019s Jake Sherman points out, when the bill <em>does<\/em> move forward, it could also include language explicitly blocking the fund.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>In other words, there are still avenues Trump could pursue to try to bring back the fund. But all things considered, this looks like an effort by DOJ to save face and back away from the issue permanently.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h2>And with that, it\u2019s time to log off\u2026<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Hi readers, happy June! Here\u2019s a very cute dog to kick off the month. 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