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From courts, critics and his own party, Donald Trump runs smack into reality

Whether it's judges, lawmakers, foreign leaders or voters, Donald Trump is facing resistance from nearly every direction.

By Howard Kurtz Fox News

Published June 3, 2026 3:00am EDT

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President Trump hasn’t had a great week. I don’t think anyone can argue with that.

The man who has so utterly dominated the Republican Party has been forced to backtrack or reverse himself, in part because of on-the-record outrage by GOP lawmakers.

That involved his plan to create a $1.8-billion "anti-weaponization" fund, with most of it going to Jan. 6 rioters, who he calls patriots. The idea of rewarding people who attacked police officers, took over members’ quarters and chanted "Hang Mike Pence!" touched a very deep nerve (among the public as well).

When leaders of his own party, who usually roll over and play dead, started denouncing what some of them called a slush fund, Trump knew he had a loser on his hands and yesterday tried to cut his losses: He has officially killed the funding scheme. 

US President Donald Trump boards Air Force One.  (Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty........

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