Burning Down The House 🔥

Trump announces he's transferring $10 billion from the US government to his "Board of Peace," which critics have likened to a giant slush fund Trump will control.https://t.co/up3eNJ0Nuw

— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) February 19, 2026

President Donald Trump announced that the US will contribute $10 billion to the Board of Peace, which is aimed at resolving international conflicts and began with the mission to reconstruct the Gaza Strip.

“I want to let you know that the United States is going to make a contribution of $10 billion to the Board of Peace,” Trump said, adding that the amount “is a very small number when you look at that compared to the cost of war.”

Speaking to the board’s member countries, Trump went on to say, “Together we can achieve the dream of bringing lasting harmony to a region tortured by centuries of war, suffering and carnage.”

Trump has also announced a $2000 check from the “tariff shelf” for everyone in the U.S. And that he was going to bailout the farmers:

“🇺🇸 agriculture is on the verge of widespread collapse… they’re asking for a rollback of virtually every policy Trump has introduced.”

As @AndyHolt4TN @rustygrills & Republicans try to distance Trump policies from🧑‍🌾 farmer struggles, the truth is clear: https://t.co/2SMLnnkvqw pic.twitter.com/VxrTuHYv36

— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) February 16, 2026

Although I do wonder, where he imagines the money is coming from, and where it’s going? I know it’s a grift, but seriously: is it a numbered Swiss bank account? Is it in the U.S.Treasury? Has anybody actually paid their billion dollars? Is that really couch change to all those people on stage? Do they expect no accountability for it?  And what does the “Board of Piece” need with another $10 billion? Golden gavel meeting souvenirs? Or is Trump just priming the pump with more lies?

It’s not that he’s fit to be POTUS. He isn’t. But inchoate outrage is do…inchoate. I’d much rather see Congress investigate (rather than just hold public hearings) and find the fuck out. Start impeaching responsible Cabinet Secretaries if they don’t like the answers. (Yes, I know what I said about impeachment taking over the legislative process. But what are our options now?) If not now, then in 2027. Start heads rolling and whips cracking and remind the Administration that the Article I power is superior to Articles II and III.

Congress put those people in power*; it can take ‘em out again.

*It even ratified Trump’s election. The “Founding Fathers” meant for Congress to have the whip hand. There’s a great scene in “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” where Sen. Claude Rains is told what outcome the President wants on a bill. Rains sneers at the idea of the President telling the Senate what to do. We could use a bit more of that sense of independence right now. And a bit less partisanship. I really don’t care that Fetterman doesn’t talk like AOC. I was amazed at an MS NOW reporter who was herself amazed at South Texans who loved Henry Gonzalez (a Democrat), but voted for Trump. It didn’t surprise me at all. I really don’t care what Fetterman does. My senators are bigger assholes, that’s my concern. What we don’t need is more rabid assholes on our side as a direct response to MAGA. We just need people who will stand firm for the rule of law and the constitution. The Democrats I like talk about getting things done, not about burning down the other guy’s house. MAGA talks like that, and I think most of the country has decided they mean it literally. And they don’t like it.