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1. Leatherman
We’ve been thinking too narrowly about the $1.776 billion pot of taxpayer money that Donald Trump will soon control.
Most people assumed Trump would use it to pay off meathead insurrectionists, sort of a . . . treason stimulus.
“I’m takin’ my old lady to Red Lobster.” Absolute gold.
Others believed that while Dummkopf MAGA might get a couple bucks here and there, the real money would be funneled to Trump family members and organizations.
But the Slush Fund from Hell—or whatever we’re calling it—is much more useful than any of that. It’s a multitool for corruption and maintaining MAGA discipline. Let me explain.