{"id":25888,"date":"2026-08-03T07:15:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T02:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=25888"},"modified":"2026-08-03T07:15:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T02:15:43","slug":"donald-trump-makes-the-case-for-his-anti-weaponization-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=25888","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump Makes the Case For His Anti-Weaponization Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-body\">\n<p>President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> made a case for moving forward with his \u201canti-weaponization fund\u201d during a flight aboard Air Force One on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>After <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/sports\/trump-trashes-members-of-his-own-golf-club-after-claiming-yet-another-championship-its-called-talent-and-i-have-it-and-they-dont\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a day of golf<\/a> at his Bedminster Club, Trump answered reporters\u2019 questions during a brief gaggle, while pausing to take a shot at ABC News.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>REPORTER: You said the anti-weapon \u2014<\/p>\n<p>TRUMP: Who are you with?<\/p>\n<p>REPORTER: I\u2019m with ABC News. You said the anti-weaponization \u2014<\/p>\n<p>TRUMP: BBC?<\/p>\n<p>REPORTER: ABC.<\/p>\n<p>TRUMP: Oh, ABC. That\u2019s worse.<\/p>\n<p>REPORTER: You said the anti-weaponization \u2014<\/p>\n<p>TRUMP: I like BBC better than ABC News.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe anti-weaponization fund is back on the table. What are your plans?\u201d the reporter finally managed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, if they don\u2019t approve \u2014 Look, we have a man named <strong>Todd Blanche<\/strong>. He\u2019s outstanding in every way. Most of you know who he is. You\u2019re not gonna find a better person. And everybody agrees. And it\u2019s because I backed Cornyn\u2019s opponent and his opponent won in a landslide. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/show\/blanches-ag-nomination-on-hold-over-opposition-to-dojs-anti-weaponization-fund\">That\u2019s the only reason<\/a> it\u2019s happening,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I will say there are a lot of people that like \u2014 People were hurt so badly,\u201d Trump continued. \u201cTwenty-two suicides. They were destroyed. Their families were destroyed for doing things that, honestly, there\u2019s never been an attack on any group of people in this country, in my opinion. Maybe one. There\u2019s one group that was attacked violently and viciously, like these people were attacked. And this would be a reimbursement for the pain that they suffered. A lot of people like it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they don\u2019t approve Todd, I\u2019ll put it back on the table. A lot of people like it. A lot of big supporters of Trump like it,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Lame-duck Senate Republicans <strong>John Cornyn<\/strong> (R-TX), <strong>Thom Tillis<\/strong> (R-NC), and <strong>Bill Cassidy<\/strong> (R-LA) have all said they will not vote for Blanche unless they get written assurances that Trump\u2019s $1.8 billion fund is completely dead. At issue are the people Trump wants to pay off, including the Jan. 6 rioters.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/fetterman-predicts-trumps-ag-nominee-goes-down-in-flames-dont-see-him-being-confirmed\/\">In a Friday interview on CNN,<\/a> Sen. <strong>John Fetterman<\/strong> (D-PA) said \u201cthe math\u2019s just not there\u201d on a Blanche confirmation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a hard no on Blanche, and I mean, I haven\u2019t encountered a single\u2026Republican that\u2019s like, \u2018Oh, I love that $1.8 billion slush fund,\u2019 or whatever you want to refer to it at all,\u201d Fetterman said. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t make any sense. I mean, it\u2019s unconstitutional, honestly, from what it seems. And I don\u2019t see him being confirmed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watch above via Fox News.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>New: The Mediaite One-Sheet &#8220;Newsletter of Newsletters&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>Your daily summary and analysis of what the many, many media newsletters are saying and reporting. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/subscribe\">Subscribe now!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump made a case for moving forward with his \u201canti-weaponization fund\u201d during a flight aboard Air Force One on Sunday. 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