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dalton99a

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Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Fri May 29, 2026, 10:10 AM

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https://newrepublic.com/post/211053/donald-trump-treasury-secretary-scott-bessent-slush-fund
Trump Treasury Secretary Flails When Grilled About Slush Fund

It appears that Bessent is intent on allowing Trump to pillage the Treasury and award his worst allies with taxpayer dollars—without owing taxpayers any answers. This lack of transparency is par for the course, but Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund is a criminal enterprise so egregious that it manages to stand out in a presidency that was already blatantly corrupt.

https://newrepublic.com/article/210882/trump-corrupt-january-6-slush-fund-worst
Whatever Trump Does Is Corrupt, but the Slush Fund Is the Worst of All

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