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Opinion: Trump’s $1.7 Billion ‘MAGA Slush Fund’ Is His Most Shameless Grift Yet
May 19, 2026
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Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/GettyGrift and Graft, the twin pillars of Trump’s presidency, are the basis of his latest and most daring ploy—awarding himself a 1.776 billion slush fund of taxpayer money to mark the nation’s 250th anniversary, and distributing the money with no public accounting, large chunks going to January 6 insurrectionists no less.
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