Trump’s Taxpayer-Funded Revenge Plan

特朗普的纳税人资助的复仇计划

The Daily

2026-05-20

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The Trump administration announced the creation of a $1.8 billion fund to compensate those who claim they were targeted by the Biden Justice Department and Democrats. Andrew Duehren, who covers tax policy, explains how the fund came about and who might get the money.  Guest: Andrew Duehren, who writes about tax policy for The New York Times from Washington. Background reading:  The Justice Department announced the $1.8 billion fund on Monday. Mr. Trump’s “anti-weaponization” fund, explained. Photo: Eric Lee for The New York Times For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.  Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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