The Kraft record joins documented Trump access to separate legal and institutional outcomes. Kraft Group gave $1 million to Trump's 2017 inaugural committee; reporting later described Robert Kraft brokering direct access for Paul Weiss, and Trump appointed Kraft's wife Dana to the Kennedy Center board. Robert Kraft was charged with two misdemeanor solicitation counts; courts suppressed the surveillance and prosecutors dropped the charges, while four spa workers entered guilty pleas and one spent 60 days in custody. Kraft-controlled institutions separately accumulated NFL sanctions, environmental enforcement, a pollution class settlement and an app-privacy settlement. The record distinguishes personal charges, board service, entity sanctions, settlements and denied allegations; it does not convert company liability into a personal conviction or establish that Kraft's donation purchased Dana's appointment.
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Trump
The receipts.
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What the public paid
$763.9MDocumented public costs and federal contract awards from the reviewed actions.
Projected, not yet spent$4.2TProjected deficit increase through 2034 · central scenario · through 2034-12-31- Reported public costs of reviewed activities$543,865,869
- Reported DHS advertising contract awards$220,000,000
How this total is built
- Calculation
- Add the two measures below. Each is already a subtotal of non-overlapping sourced observations in one currency.
- Included
- Documented federal, state, local or household costs attributable to identified presidential actions, plus the face value of the reported DHS advertising awards.
- Excluded
- Every force and conflict estimate, because those are competing models of the same campaigns rather than separate spending: the Pentagon and MilitarySpend Iran figures measure one operation, the Yemen range is two endpoints of one estimate, and the regional total spans two administrations. Also excludes projections, agency payments to Trump properties, which are counted in the other roll-up, and any measure that is not a dated observation in USD.
What reached Trump's businesses
$1.8BIncome disclosed by Trump-linked entities for 2025, plus public money paid to Trump properties.
- Overseas property licensing income, 2025$59,518,109As of 2026-06-30
- Revenue at five U.S. properties, 2025$307,105,604As of 2026-06-30
- Disclosed crypto business income, 2025$1,424,379,156As of 2026-06-30
How this total is built
- Calculation
- Add the three disclosed 2025 income measures below. The 2026 disclosure enumerates each entity once, so the three entity sets do not overlap.
- Included
- Reported 2025 income at the identified overseas licensing entities, the five named domestic properties, and the Trump-linked crypto entities.
- Excluded
- Asset values, unrealized appreciation, personal after-tax profit, and earlier annual snapshots. U.S. agency payments to Trump properties are reported separately below rather than added, because the reviewed payment sample may already sit inside the disclosed property revenue.
Presidential corruption ranking
Every administration since Eisenhower, scored out of 100. The black mark counts only what was proven — convictions, court rulings, inspector-general findings. The full score adds documented reporting. Scored by The Leah Files.
- 76
Trump II2025-Trump II- Score out of 100
- 76
- Proven only
- 69
- Scored by
- The Leah FilesPublished 2026-09-16
- 53Trump I2017-21Trump I
- Score out of 100
- 53
- Proven only
- Not scored separately
- Scored by
- The Leah FilesPublished 2026-09-16
- 41
Nixon1969-74Nixon- Score out of 100
- 41
- Proven only
- Not scored separately
- Scored by
- The Leah FilesPublished 2026-09-16
- 23
Bush 432001-09Bush 43- Score out of 100
- 23
- Proven only
- Not scored separately
- Scored by
- The Leah FilesPublished 2026-09-16
- 22
Clinton1993-2001Clinton- Score out of 100
- 22
- Proven only
- Not scored separately
- Scored by
- The Leah FilesPublished 2026-09-16
- 21
Reagan1981-89Reagan- Score out of 100
- 21
- Proven only
- Not scored separately
- Scored by
- The Leah FilesPublished 2026-09-16
- 17
Johnson1963-69Johnson- Score out of 100
- 17
- Proven only
- Not scored separately
- Scored by
- The Leah FilesPublished 2026-09-16
- 13
Bush 411989-93Bush 41- Score out of 100
- 13
- Proven only
- Not scored separately
- Scored by
- The Leah FilesPublished 2026-09-16
- 10
Kennedy1961-63Kennedy- Score out of 100
- 10
- Proven only
- Not scored separately
- Scored by
- The Leah FilesPublished 2026-09-16
- 8
Biden2021-25Biden- Score out of 100
- 8
- Proven only
- Not scored separately
- Scored by
- The Leah FilesPublished 2026-09-16
- 8
Obama2009-17Obama- Score out of 100
- 8
- Proven only
- Not scored separately
- Scored by
- The Leah FilesPublished 2026-09-16
- 6
Eisenhower1953-61Eisenhower- Score out of 100
- 6
- Proven only
- Not scored separately
- Scored by
- The Leah FilesPublished 2026-09-16
- 2
Carter1977-81Carter- Score out of 100
- 2
- Proven only
- Not scored separately
- Scored by
- The Leah FilesPublished 2026-09-16
- 2
Ford1974-77Ford- Score out of 100
- 2
- Proven only
- Not scored separately
- Scored by
- The Leah FilesPublished 2026-09-16
- Score out of 100
- Proven only
Exact counts
| Subject | Score out of 100 | Proven only |
|---|---|---|
| Trump II | 76 | 69 |
| Trump I | 53 | Not measured |
| Nixon | 41 | Not measured |
| Bush 43 | 23 | Not measured |
| Clinton | 22 | Not measured |
| Reagan | 21 | Not measured |
| Johnson | 17 | Not measured |
| Bush 41 | 13 | Not measured |
| Kennedy | 10 | Not measured |
| Biden | 8 | Not measured |
| Obama | 8 | Not measured |
| Eisenhower | 6 | Not measured |
| Carter | 2 | Not measured |
| Ford | 2 | Not measured |
Economic
conditions
He promised lower prices and cheaper borrowing. These are the published series.
America First AuditRed shading marks the stretch where a series moved the wrong way for the people it measures, against the baseline you choose.
Dates and comparisons
Comparisons use the last observation through each preceding December, not Inauguration Day. Latest dates vary by series. Historical values reflect the retrieved data, including revisions. Period comparisons do not establish causation.
Real weekly earnings
1982–84 dollars+4 1982–84 dollars from 374 on 2024-12-31
Median weekly pay adjusted for consumer prices. Higher values mean greater purchasing power for the median full-time worker.
Data, source & calculation
Original source observation, dated at period end. Source retrieval: 2026-10-12.
Seasonally adjusted. Changes in who is employed can change the median, particularly during the pandemic. Excludes self-employed workers.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics via FRED
30-year mortgage rate
%+0.55 percentage points from 6.85% on 2024-12-26
The financing rate for a new fixed-rate mortgage, not the rate paid by every existing homeowner.
Data, source & calculation
Last available observation in each calendar month, including the latest partial month; not a monthly average. Source retrieval: 2026-10-12.
Not seasonally adjusted. Freddie Mac changed its survey methodology on November 17, 2022. Housing affordability also depends on prices, income, taxes and insurance.
Credit-card delinquency
%-0.23 percentage points from 3.08% on 2024-12-31
The share of bank credit-card loans that are delinquent, not the share of people behind on payments.
Data, source & calculation
Original source observation, dated at period end. Source retrieval: 2026-10-12.
Seasonally adjusted, end of period. This bank-loan series is not interchangeable with consumer-credit-panel delinquency rates.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System via FRED
Unemployment rate
%+0.1 percentage points from 4.1% on 2024-12-31
People without work who are in the labor force. People outside the labor force are not counted as unemployed.
Data, source & calculation
Original source observation, dated at period end. Source retrieval: 2026-10-12.
Seasonally adjusted U-3 unemployment. Does not measure involuntary part-time work or everyone who has stopped looking for a job.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics via FRED
Consumer price level
Index 1982–84 = 100+16.53 Index 1982–84 = 100 from 317.6 on 2024-12-31
The price level keeps accumulated increases visible even when inflation slows. Compare this with inflation-adjusted earnings, not nominal pay.
Data, source & calculation
Original source observation, dated at period end. Source retrieval: 2026-10-12.
Seasonally adjusted all-items CPI. A slower increase does not mean prices have returned to earlier levels.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics via FRED
PCE inflation
%+0.77 percentage points from 2.65% on 2024-12-31
Change in consumer prices over twelve months. The Federal Reserve's longer-run inflation objective applies to this measure.
Federal Reserve longer-run objective: 2%
Data, source & calculation
100 × (current price index / index twelve months earlier − 1). Source retrieval: 2026-10-12.
Calculated from seasonally adjusted PCE price indexes. A longer-run target is not a month-by-month guarantee or a household-specific cost measure.
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis via FRED
Homebuying affordability
IndexAt 100, a median-income family has exactly the income needed to qualify under the source's mortgage assumptions. Lower values mean less buying capacity.
Income required to qualify under NAR assumptions: 100
Data, source & calculation
Original source observation, dated at period end. Source retrieval: 2026-10-12.
Assumes a 20% down payment. FRED carries only thirteen months under its source agreement, so earlier checkpoints are unavailable. Not seasonally adjusted.
National Association of Realtors via FRED
| Period end / date | Index | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| 101.2 | Read record for 2025-08-31 | |
| 106.7 | Read record for 2025-09-30 | |
| 107.1 | Read record for 2025-10-31 | |
| 108.7 | Read record for 2025-11-30 | |
| 111 | Read record for 2025-12-31 | |
| 116.5 | Read record for 2026-01-31 | |
| 116.1 | Read record for 2026-02-28 | |
| 112 | Read record for 2026-03-31 | |
| 108 | Read record for 2026-04-30 | |
| 105.1 | Read record for 2026-05-31 | |
| 101.8 | Read record for 2026-06-30 | |
| 102.8 | Read record for 2026-07-31 | |
| 104.7 | Read record for 2026-08-31 |
Mortgage payment burden
%+0.14 percentage points from 5.69% on 2024-12-31
Required mortgage payments as a share of disposable income. Existing fixed-rate loans make this different from the cost facing a new buyer.
Data, source & calculation
Original source observation, dated at period end. Source retrieval: 2026-10-12.
Seasonally adjusted aggregate ratio, not the median homeowner's payment or a first-time buyer's affordability measure.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System via FRED
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Legal record
Proceedings involving Trump or a Trump-linked entity; the stated period starts in 2000.
Executive action
Presidential actions, judicial outcomes, and documented public-cost estimates.
Reported DHS advertising contract awards
Projected deficit increase through 2034
Projected central · as of 2026-02-11 · through 2034-12-31Actions blocked or ruled unlawful
Reported public costs of reviewed activities
Modeled tariff cost per U.S. household
Projected central · as of 2026-09-02 · through 2026-12-31Clemency: money and restitution
Restitution is money a court orders a defendant to repay victims. The House figure includes repayment requests and money already paid, not just debt canceled by clemency. Lobbying fees and political donations are counted separately.
MO Strategies lobbying income, Q1 2026
As of 2026-05-24Reported clemency lobbying, 2025 (approx.)
As of 2026-03-12Herrera family donations in reviewed records
House report: restitution orders and requests
As of 2026-08-21Galanis: restitution ordered before clemency
As of 2025-06-11Force and civilian harm
Documented threats or uses of force, affected civilians and protected objects, and attributable public cost.
Threats to use armed force
States in reviewed threat records
As of 2020-04-22Threats of potentially prohibited conduct
Cross-border uses of force
Documented civilian-harm incidents
Documented civilian deaths
Documented civilian injuries
Protected-object incidents
Iran: MilitarySpend model, September 13, 2026
As of 2026-09-13Venezuela operations: estimated minimum, August 2025–March 2026
As of 2026-03-31Israel military aid: October 2023–September 2025
As of 2025-09-24Yemen and wider region: lower estimate, October 2023–September 2025
As of 2025-09-30Yemen and wider region: upper estimate, October 2023–September 2025
As of 2025-09-30Cross-border uses of force
CloseTrump ordered U.S. strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites
The Defense Department's 2026 annual assessment reported no civilian casualties from Operation Midnight Hammer, and the IAEA reported no increase in off-site radiation levels after the strikes.
Trump's Yemen campaign left 153 civilians dead in three Pentagon-confirmed incidents
After interviews with 15 survivors and analysis of imagery, photos, and video, Amnesty International concluded the April 28 strike on the Sa'ada migrant detention center was indiscriminate and should be investigated as a war crime.
Trump ordered the Baghdad strike that killed Soleimani; a UN expert found the stated legal basis wanting
The Defense Department announced that, at Trump's direction, the U.S. military killed IRGC-Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani in a strike in Baghdad.
Trump directed the Syria raid that killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Trump announced that, at his direction, United States forces conducted a nighttime raid in northwest Syria in which Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died.
Trump ordered coordinated United States, British, and French strikes in Syria
Trump announced that he ordered United States armed forces to strike targets associated with Syrian chemical-weapons capabilities in coordination with Britain and France.
Trump ordered 59 cruise missiles fired at Syria's Shayrat airfield
Trump reported to Congress that United States forces launched 59 Tomahawk missiles at Syria's Shayrat military airfield at his direction.
A Trump-approved Yemen raid killed at least 14 civilians, Human Rights Watch reported
Human Rights Watch reported that the Trump-approved January 2017 Yakla raid killed at least 14 civilians, including nine children, and called for a credible investigation.
How this figure is calculated
7
- Calculation
- Sum one observation per distinct cross-border military operation or strike tied through cited authority to a Trump decision.
- Included
- The operation, date, location, authorizing link, target, and source record are identified.
- Excluded
- Domestic law-enforcement activity, exercises, covert-action rumors, duplicate strikes within one counted operation, and threats without action.
- Displayed value
- Subtotal of the published observations, not a complete historical census.
Cross-border uses of force
- Population
- Operation Midnight Hammer strikes against three Iranian nuclear facilities on June 22, 2025
- Period
- 2025-06-22 to 2025-06-22
- Method
- Counted the coordinated operation as one cross-border use of force, rather than counting each target or weapon.
- Limitations
- The observation does not encode a legal conclusion about self-defense or aggression.
Baghdadi raid operation
- Population
- US raid targeting Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in northwest Syria, announced October 27, 2019
- Period
- 2019-10-26 to 2019-10-27
- Method
- Count the nighttime raid once, using the White House account that Trump directed the operation. The date interval accommodates US and Syrian local dates.
- Limitations
- Counts the operation, not its casualties or the number of aircraft. No civilian-harm value is inferred from deaths described in the announcement.
Shayrat strike operation
- Population
- US missile attack on Shayrat airfield, Syria, announced April 6, 2017 in US time
- Period
- 2017-04-06 to 2017-04-07
- Method
- Count the coordinated 59-missile attack as one operation. Trump's April 8 letter to Congress supplies the presidential direction, target and timing. The date interval accommodates US announcement and Syrian local dates.
- Limitations
- Weapons and targets are not separate operations. No casualty or legal finding is inferred.
April 2018 Syria strike operation
- Population
- Coordinated US, British and French strikes on Syrian chemical-weapons facilities announced April 13, 2018
- Period
- 2018-04-13 to 2018-04-14
- Method
- Count the coordinated attack as one operation, including the US component that Trump announced he ordered. Do not separately count participating states, weapons or facilities. The date interval accommodates US announcement and Syrian local dates.
- Limitations
- Distinct from the April 2017 Shayrat strike. No casualty or adjudicated legal finding is inferred.
Yakla raid operation
- Population
- January 29, 2017 US raid against AQAP in al-Ghyeel in Yemen's Yakla area
- Period
- 2017-01-29 to 2017-01-29
- Method
- Count the ground raid and supporting aircraft as one operation. The White House's February 2 chronology links the raid to Trump's signed authorization; HRW identifies the location and event date.
- Limitations
- Presidential approval and operation count are separate from disputed casualty classifications and legal conclusions.
Cross-border uses of force
- Population
- Operation Rough Rider, the March 15 through May 6, 2025 U.S. military campaign in Yemen
- Period
- 2025-03-15 to 2025-05-06
- Method
- Counted the named campaign as one cross-border use of force, not each sortie, strike, or target.
- Limitations
- Campaign-level count; it should not be added to a strike-level count without a common unit definition.
Cross-border uses of force
- Population
- The January 3, 2020 U.S. strike in Baghdad that killed Qasem Soleimani
- Period
- 2020-01-03 to 2020-01-03
- Method
- Counted the discrete cross-border strike event announced by the Defense Department.
- Limitations
- Counts the event, not every munition, casualty, or legal theory.
Conflict accountability
Attributed legal assessments, official civilian-harm inquiries, conflict-related pardons and ICC sanctions orders.
Political and foreign influence
Money or assets with a documented political, foreign-state, or foreign-policy connection.
Business and charity
Business revenue, public payments, court outcomes, and bankruptcy records tied to Trump-linked organizations.
Crypto exposure
Verified market, wallet, and proceeds measurements tied to Trump-linked tokens or ventures.