Trump is setting up a $1.8 billion taxpayer-funded payout for himself and his allies, and even Republican senators are now pushing back — bad news for Trump as his approval craters.

• Trump sued his own government, and his government agreed to pay out $1.8 billion to him and unnamed allies, including pardoned January 6 rioters.
• Recipients and payment amounts will be kept secret, with no congressional vote required.
• Retiring GOP senators Tom Tillis and Bill Cassidy spoke out against it, and Ted Cruz said a closed-door meeting with the acting attorney general had "fireworks at an epic level."
• Two Capitol police officers who defended the building on January 6 are suing to block the fund.
• Trump's approval has cratered to 43% with rural voters and white voters, and he has lost nearly half of non-MAGA Republicans, spooking senators about their own reelections.

Outlook: A court hearing on May 30 could strike the fund down, and Republican senators may block attorney general nominees, but real GOP rebellion against Trump remains unlikely.