Donald Trump says a provision in an IRS-related settlement that would have created an “anti-weaponization” fund is “dead,” according to reports. At the same time, he continues to defend the settlement and the broader approach he says is intended to address concerns about the politicization of the IRS. Multiple outlets describe Trump’s position that the fund will not move forward, while emphasizing that he is presenting the settlement as still relevant to his claims about fairness in federal enforcement. The coverage also notes that Trump’s comments come amid ongoing public and political scrutiny of the settlement terms and their intended purpose. In the accounts, Trump frames the situation as his opponents seeking to misinterpret or complicate the settlement’s effects, while he maintains that the core dispute and his arguments remain unchanged. The reports do not indicate any final legal or administrative determination in the excerpts provided, but they describe Trump’s public stance that the fund is no longer operative as described in the settlement.