Despite the term being widely used, Historian Heather Cox Richardson lays out how Trump's "settlement" with the IRS is definitely not a settlement, it is an agreement. The judge was fixing to throw out Trump's case against the IRS so there was nothing to settle.

Notice they keep calling it a settlement agreement. Over and over. Sane washing the fact that this isn't a settlement. It's not pursuant to a lawsuit. It not approved by a court. It JUST THEFT.[image or embed]

-- Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) 11:32 AM · May 19, 2026