Trump Walks Back $1.8 Billion “Anti-Weaponization” Fund For Now, As GOP Lawmakers Fume.

The Trump administration has told Republican leaders in Congress that it plans to ditch a controversial $1.8 billion fund meant to fight “weaponization” of government. But nobody’s quite sure if that’s a firm decision or just a temporary pause.

According to people familiar with the talks, Trump hasn’t publicly committed to killing the fund. One source said the administration is simply hitting pause, while another insisted Trump still believes in the idea even though he knows it’s getting fierce pushback, even from his own party.

Trump himself told ABC News: “We are subject to the courts. At this moment, that’s what it is. If a court doesn’t allow it, and right now a court has it held up, what can you do?”

The shift came after a long meeting between Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson. Still, GOP lawmakers are furious. The fight over the fund has already stalled the party’s broader agenda, including new money for immigration enforcement. Even Senate Majority Leader John Thune called on the administration to “shut it down themselves.”

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) said a White House official told him the fund would be “dropped” but he didn’t say if that’s permanent. Other Republicans, like Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), aren’t buying it: “Saying you’re going to follow a court order doesn’t tell me anything. You have to follow the court order.”

A federal judge has frozen the fund until at least June 12, when a hearing will decide if the pause lasts longer. It’s unclear whether the Trump administration will keep fighting for it in court.

The fund was created to settle Trump’s own lawsuit against the IRS over leaked tax returns, but critics call it a “slush fund” for Trump’s allies. And it’s not just political heat a Florida judge is now looking into claims that Trump and Justice Department lawyers colluded to defraud the court in reaching that settlement.

So for now, the fund is on ice. But the political firestorm isn’t going away.