{"id":622,"date":"2026-06-03T13:57:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T13:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=622"},"modified":"2026-06-03T13:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T13:57:08","slug":"murdoch-paper-pleads-with-republicans-to-kill-one-of-trumps-worst-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=622","title":{"rendered":"Murdoch Paper Pleads With Republicans to Kill One of Trump\u2019s \u2018Worst\u2019 Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>The Wall Street Journal\u2019s Editorial Board is urging Republicans to \u201ckill\u201d President Donald Trump\u2019s so-called \u201cAnti-Weaponization Fund\u201d once and for all.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=620\">Newsom Taunts Trump Over \u2018Perfect\u2019 Health Report<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration announced Monday it was abandoning the slush fund after it was temporarily blocked by a federal judge\u2014but did so with the caveat that it was only \u201cdead for now.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cMr. Trump has no shortage of wild ideas, but the $1.776 billion retribution fund is one of his worst,\u201d the Journal\u2019s editorial reads. \u201cThe best outcome now would be for Republicans in Congress to unite to kill it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The fund\u2014first revealed by the Justice Department last month\u2014was granted to Trump as part of a friendly settlement after he sued the IRS for $10 billion over leaked tax documents. <\/p>\n<p>The settlement came before the judge overseeing the suit even decided whether it was valid.<\/p>\n<p>The White House claimed the fund would be divied out to those who were unfairly targeted by the federal government, but critics sounded the alarm that it would be used as a personal slush fund by Trump to pay out allies and his supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=618\">SCOTUS Justice Blasts Colleagues in Scathing Dissent<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two senior administration officials told Axios that after the setback in court, the administration was abandoning the plan. One called it \u201cdead for now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But that \u201cfor now\u201d is what concerns the Journal\u2019s editorial board. It writes that Trump\u2019s whims could reinvigorate a desire for the fund and that the best thing \u201cwould be for Congress to put a stake through it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Trump \u201cwas wronged by the IRS contractor who stole and leaked his tax records in 2019\u201d during his first administration, the Board lamented that he failed to file a claim during the four years Joe Biden was president, instead waiting until he returned to the Oval Office.<\/p>\n<p>The Journal wrote that the optics of Congress killing Trump\u2019s slush fund would be beneficial for the government\u2019s public image. <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cIf Republicans act together, their swing-state candidates will be able to point to this as an example of independence from Mr. Trump,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=617\">Trump Library Gives Shock Response to Request for His Twitter DMs<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Wall Street Journal\u2019s Editorial Board is urging Republicans to \u201ckill\u201d President Donald Trump\u2019s so-called \u201cAnti-Weaponization Fund\u201d once and for all. 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