The case of the missing $63 million
What do ABC, Paramount, X, and Meta all have in common? Every single one of those companies settled lawsuits with Donald Trump — and promised to donate millions of dollars to his presidential library fund. We're talking up to $63 million total. Now here's where it gets interesting: That library fund? It disappeared, presumably with all those cash donations. Gone. Poof. Now, normally, the number one rule to solving a suspected crime is to follow the money. But this money has disappeared — and the giant corporations who handed it over don't seem particularly interested in clarifying where it went. I wonder why that is. Here's what we know: ABC settled first, agreeing to pay $15 million as a so-called "charitable contribution" to Trump's future presidential library. Meta, X, and Paramount followed. A fund was created to receive the money. Then, in September 2025, the state of Florida dissolved that fund after it failed to file a mandatory annual report. By ...