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Mon Episode #2271: — GOP Revolt Grows Over Trump’s Iran War and Billion-Dollar Slush Fund
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- The David Knight Show
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- May 25, 2026
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- 7112
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──────────────────────────────────────── [00:02:09] Trump Cannot Sue the Government While He Runs It — One Sentence Would Fix This, but Congress Won't Write It Knight: a sitting president cannot be plaintiff and defendant. The fix is one bill, one line. Instead Congress screams at Blanche while Ted Cruz says the legal basis is quite sound. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:10:56] Eric Trump Denied Being on the Alt-5 Board — MSNBC Played the Clip of Him Being Introduced as a Board Member Eric said in all caps he has never been on the board. MSNBC played the NASDAQ footage introducing him as a board member; SEC filings agreed. Biden crime family level corruption. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:15:19] GOP Approval Hits 37% — Congress Pushes Back on Bunker, ICE Funding, Iran War, and Slush Fund Trump's lowest approval of both terms. Congress pushed back on the $1 billion ballroom, canceled a $72 billion ICE vote, and a bipartisan bill to block the slush fund. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:17:50] Gas Is $4.55 — Every American Household Has Spent an Extra $190 on Gas Since the Iran War Began Brown University calculation. Diesel risen faster and embedded in every food price. Inflation rose at its fastest pace in nearly three years. The Pentagon budget adds another $11,100 per household. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:26:05] Trump's Save America Act Fixes the Vote-By-Mail System Trump Himself Expanded in 2020 Knight: Trump created mass mail voting in 2020, then positions himself as the hero who'll fix what he broke. Same grift, different label — and now it defines who is and isn't a RINO. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:32:00] Ted Cruz: Half the Senate Was Screaming at Blanche — Then Cruz Said the Legal Basis I…