US Politics
The $1.776 Billion Slush Fund: A Patrimonial Assault on American Democracy
The Trump administration has created a $1.776 billion taxpayer-funded "anti-weaponization fund" overseen by a Trump-appointed board to compensate allies and individuals, including pardoned January 6 rioters, who claim they were wronged by previous administrations. This brazen act of institutionalized cronyism represents a direct assault on the rule of law and the foundational American principle that public resources are not a personal slush fund for rewarding political loyalty.
