美国总统唐纳德·特朗普突然推翻了他对这项颇具争议的18亿美元“反武器化基金”的立场，并在 Truth Social 上表示，这项基金不再“dead”——这与他前一天在 Camp David 所作的表态直接相矛盾。批评者将该基金描述为一种向1月6日被告提供补偿的机制，其中包括那些在殴打警察后被特朗普赦免的人；这一提议在总统自己的党内也遭到强烈抵制。周六上午，这一突如其来的变化迅速引发政治对手、共和党参议员和法律评论员的批评。

总统在清晨的帖子中并未提及缺乏国会支持的问题。他只是表示自己会“push hard”，推动这项基金成为法律。

“Trump doesn’t have the votes for this,” Bloomberg 记者 Steven Dennis wrote. “Republican senators have already voted against the fund, and even more against paying rioters who beat police officers who Trump pardoned.”

这一逆转发生在参议院对代理司法部长 Todd Blanche 的确认投票被推迟之后。来自北卡罗来纳州的共和党参议员 Thom Tillis 和来自得克萨斯州的 John Cornyn 都要求在继续确认程序前，提供书面证据证明该基金已不再被考虑。此举反映出参议院共和党人更广泛的担忧：他们不愿与一项在1月6日国会大厦袭击事件中被判犯有暴力行为的人获得公共资金的提案绑定在一起，而这在中期选举周期前是一个高度敏感的政治问题。

“如果 Senators Cornyn and Tillis，both upset because I wouldn't Endorse them (they lost, and quit, respectively!), aren't going to approve Todd Blanche,” Trump 在 Truth Social 上写道，“then I will keep Todd as Acting A.G., and push hard to get the Anti-Weaponization Bill.”

NBC 记者 Julie Tsirkin responded 周六上午表示，总统的立场印证了两位参议员坚持要求提供书面证明的做法。她写道：“President Trump's insistence that his anti-weaponization fund is not only not going away, but now he wants LEGISLATION to codify it, is exactly why Senators Cornyn and Tillis wouldn't take Todd Blanche's word for it,” she wrote.

组织 Republicans Against Trump criticized the timing of Trump's message amid growing conservative concerns that the party could soon lose its Senate majority. “Great messaging ahead of the midterms,” the group quipped.

民主党超级政治行动委员会 Seneca Project 的首席执行官 Tara Setmayer 认为，特朗普实际上削弱了自己提名为司法部长的人选的可信度。她写道：“Trump throws another temper tantrum and vows to fight for the Jan 6th slush fund to be passed,” she wrote. “Totally confirming the fund was never 'dead' like Blanche claimed. This is why Cornyn & Tillis couldn't get it in writing. This is outrageous and should be a campaign issue.”

长期批评特朗普的 George Conway 则攻击了总统的心理状态，写道：“Trump is utterly, completely detached from reality.”

参议员 Tillis（R-NC）vowed to block Blanche's nomination over what he described as Trump's “payout for punks.”