Trump is falling apart, and the people around him are racing to cash in

Just before 5:00 in the morning, while most Americans were asleep, senators had been locked away inside the Capitol building for a heated debate during an all-night vote-a-rama. When the marathon session finally ended, nearly $70 billion in new funding for ICE and Border Patrol had been approved, along with protections that shield Trump, his family, and affiliated businesses from IRS audits. Americans are expected to pay every tax dollar they owe and are always subject to audit. The president, the wealthy, and the politically connected play by a different set of rules entirely.Based on the events of 6-5-2026The Breakdown:After an all-night vote-a-rama, the Senate approved nearly $70 billion in new ICE and Border Patrol fundingDemocrats brought amendment after amendment to strip the audit shield. The Republican majority beat back nearly every oneSchumer's amendment to block the $1.8 billion payout fund failed by a single vote, 49 to 50The audit shield lets Trump off the hook for what is reported to be roughly $100 million in back taxes, and protects the entire family and the Trump OrganizationPublic Citizen released a report yesterday on the donors funding Trump's new White House ballroomMore than half of publicly identified donors won new or expanded federal contracts worth more than $50 billion in the past six monthsThe single biggest winner: Lockheed Martin, with roughly $43.8 billion in new or expanded contract funding16 of the 27 known donors are facing federal enforcement actions that have been dropped, scaled back, or suspendedJon Golinger of Public Citizen: these corporations are buying favorCongressional allies quietly tried to move $1 billion of taxpayer money into the immigration bill to help cover the ballroomThe House passed a bill cutting fruit and vegetable benefits for nearly 5.4 million toddlers, preschoolers, and pregnant and postpartum mothers through WICA $141 million cut, about 10 percent of the produce benefit, passed by just three votes with four Democrats crossing overTrump fell asleep on camera during his "clean coal" event in the Oval OfficeAfter his Walter Reed visit, he went missing for 8 daysToday he needed help getting down a single stair in WisconsinWhy the decline and the grab are the same story, and why the people around him are speeding upThe Epstein class at the top, and everyone else kept just insecure enough to take any wage and ask no questionsWhy they have gone after education and healthcare, and what dependency engineered from above actually looks likeHow Stalin altered photographs and rewrote textbooks, and how the same impulse runs through Putin's RussiaThe Gilded Age company towns where workers were paid in company money and trapped in debt to the very people they worked forWhat government is supposed to be: not a king and his court, but the connection between usWhen you look at a person and see only their limitation instead of their potential, you are not just hurting them. You are robbing all of us. They are building this in a hurry because they know it is not built to last. Americans are finally waking up. They are racing against time because time is no longer on their side.This commentary represents my personal opinions and analysis of matters of public concern, informed by publicly available information. Any references to individuals constitute opinion and commentary protected under the First Amendment.