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Anderson Cooper 360

Trump Defends "Anti-Weaponization" Fund

Anderson Cooper 360

CNN

News

3.73.8K Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

The president is standing by his nearly $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization fund," which even the administration admits could give money to violent January 6th offenders. Plus, more on the president's endorsement of Republican challenger Ken Paxton over the party’s incumbent Senator John Cornyn in Tuesday's Texas primary runoff. A move that some worry could backfire in November, perhaps even turning the seat and the Senate blue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:55.0

Good evening from the newsroom. Keep an Amonis tonight, the president is standing by his nearly $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund, so-called, which even the administration admits could give money to violent January 6 offenders.

1:07.0

He's doing it, despite a Republican revolt of sorts that has already derailed legislation he badly wants and brought the kind of sound bites that no president ever welcomes.

1:16.6

The payout pot for punks? I mean, this is just stupid on stilts.

1:21.6

That was North Carolina Republican Senator Tom Tillis yesterday. Today the president hit back online calling him a quitter, his words, and claiming he forced him out of his seat.

1:31.3

Quoting, now, when I told him that I would not, under any circumstances, endorse him for another run.

1:36.2

Too much work and drama, he couldn't have won anyway.

1:38.9

He immediately quit the race and publicly announced that he was going to retire.

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