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The Issue: Trump’s $1.776 billion settlement with the IRS used for an Anti-Weaponization Fund.
Recent reports have emerged that former President Trump has withdrawn his $10 billion personal lawsuit against himself in his capacity as both President and head of the Justice Department. In exchange, he secured a staggering $1.8 billion fund, allegedly sourced from taxpayer money, intended for those involved in the Capitol riots, as covered in the article “$1.776B ‘bias’ fund” on May 19.
Adding to the controversy, it has been revealed that Trump also obtained a clause preventing the government from pursuing tax claims against him, his family, and his businesses. His negotiation skills, particularly when dealing with his own administration and involving taxpayer funds, seem to be unparalleled.
Mike Barrett
Ashburn, Va.
This development raises serious concerns about corruption within the administration. The use of government resources amounting to nearly $1.8 billion to seemingly reward supporters, facilitated by a Justice Department under Trump’s influence, is deeply troubling and offensive to the American public.
Gary Kleinman
Los Angeles, Calif.
President Trump reportedly plans to use some of his over $1.8 billion settlement with the IRS to reward some of the insurrectionists who stormed the US Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
When I heard that, I quickly thought of Adolf Hitler — who, after gaining control of Germany, in 1934 created The Blood Order medal, a silver medallion awarded to Nazis who participated in the infamous failed Beer Hall Putsch in 1923.
I used to joke with my friends that Washington, DC, in 2026 is starting to resemble Berlin in 1933. Today, I’ve stopped joking.
Paul Newman
Merion Station, Pa.
“Crime doesn’t pay,” runs the old line. But now Trump says, “Crime will pay” — or at least the government is planning to pay the Jan. 6 rioters. They are not innocent victims and should not be paid. America is heading the wrong way.
Dennis Fitzgerald
Melbourne, Australia
We have two new cons from Trump. First, he wants to financially reward, with our tax money, the criminals that he pardoned for partaking in the insurrection on Jan. 6, including those who have been arrested again for various horrific crimes.
Then he wants a deal in place where the IRS can’t look at his taxes or his family’s.
Meanwhile, our country is going to hell, and dictator Trump couldn’t care less.
Kreg Ramone
Manhattan
The Issue: Union funding for American Federation of Teachers chief Randi Weingarten’s new book.
What a surprise that Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, tapped and used $1.4 million in her union’s resources to write her book (“Weingarten’s Pricey Book $cam,” Editorial, May 19).
That is completely outrageous and she needs to answer for it. Who does she think she is that she can touch this kind of money for her own personal benefit?
She’s nothing more than a loudmouth and a rebel who’s gotten caught with her hand in the cookie jar. The book should be suspended and destroyed.
Gene O’Brien
Whitestone
Weingarten was never really a teacher. She’s a lawyer who did limited teaching to qualify for union membership so she could take over as president of NYC’s United Federation of Teachers. She’s never been anything but a self-serving fraud.
Charles T. Compton
The Bronx
Weingarten writes a fairy tale about fascists and how they try to take over the educational system. The true tale is how Weingarten and her union have taken over the system, and she runs it like a true dictatorship.
It’s a shame that more than half of the students being taught by members of her union won’t be able to read the book since they haven’t learned how to read.
Bruce Collins
Middletown, NJ
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