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Defiant Trump lashes out at Republicans for threatening his $1.8 BILLION 'slush fund' with furious claim

May 22, 2026Right

As Trump's iron grip on the Republican Party crumbles in real time, the President struck a defiant tone in a statement Friday morning.

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