Trump's Slush Fund: A Brazen Power Play The latest development in President Donald Trump's saga of exploiting public funds involves a reported plan to drop his $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in exchange for a $1.
7 billion fund he can dispense at will. This move is consistent with Trump's pattern of using taxpayer dollars to enrich himself and his allies while evading accountability.
However, upon closer inspection, this plan reveals something more sinister: an attempt to consolidate power and rewrite the rules of governance.