President Donald Trump stated he must settle a lawsuit he filed against the United States government before becoming president, jokingly suggesting he award himself $1 billion, according to an X post by @Acyn shared between 4:45 a.m. and 5:45 a.m. UTC on Dec. 20, 2025, at https://x.com/Acyn/status/2002220741128040473. Trump remarked, "I brought a lawsuit… I'm the one who has to settle it. Maybe I will give myself $1 billion and give it all to charity… Trump sues the US, becomes President, and has to settle the suit. I hereby give myself $1 billion.. Maybe I should keep the money," as transcribed in the @Acyn post over the past hour. In a separate development during the same period, Steve Bannon stated to Ben Shapiro at Turning Point USA's AmericaFest that "Ben... you can't handle the truth. Let's face it, Ben Shapiro is the farthest thing from MAGA... He's a hard core never-Trumper," according to an X post by @EvanAKilgore at https://x.com/EvanAKilgore/status/2002205245397471399. The post described reactions roasting Shapiro for a meltdown last night at the Phoenix event, which earlier experienced a Grindr outage as reported in the prior hour. An X post shared a RMG poll from Nov. 19-20 among 1,000 registered voters showing Jeffrey Epstein with 10% favorable and 84% unfavorable ratings, at https://x.com/OpenSourceZone/status/1995181962810572972, amid ongoing Epstein files disclosures reported earlier on Dec. 20.
