To clarify, the Trump slush fund is being reported as a 2 billion dollar settlement fund, but that's not actually what's in the administration's documents or order. What they're trying to set up is a fund that Trump has control over which draws from the DoJ's settlement funds: those settlement funds are an "ongoing appropriation", meaning it's not a set amount of money that's determined by Congress as part of a budget, but instead Congress lets the DoJ pay for settlements as needed, with not cap. It's an unlimited amount of money.
Trump is setting up a way for unlimited taxpayer money to be spent at his discretion, under his sole control. That's what that is. That turns the US government into Trump's personal treasury, full stop.
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