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America First Audit

He said it in public. These are the documents on what happened next. Browse all records.

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Trump sold “America First.” This record traces how public money, power, and risk moved toward family businesses, donors, favored firms, and foreign governments: and what workers, ranchers, retirees, patients, veterans, and small investors were left to absorb.

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Foreign-Aid Pause and Program Interruptions

Actions
reportedThe administration said it would eliminate roughly 5,800 of 6,200 USAID awards, representing about $54 billion in award value.Associated PressRead record · 1 source
Outcomes
documentedUSAID's inspector general found staffing reductions and the pause impaired oversight and delayed humanitarian shipments despite an emergency-food waiver.USAID Office of Inspector GeneralRead record · 1 source
People and impacts
Who paid or was affected
  • USAID implementing partners
  • People served by paused or terminated programs

Amounts and affected parties

  1. otherAid Award Value Announced For Cancellationabout $54 billion
    Reported source
    U.S. Agency for International Development
    Measured subject
    Approximately 5,800 awards announced for elimination
    reported · 2025-02-26 · observedRead source record
    Calculation detailsPopulation USAID implementing partners; People served by paused or terminated programsPeriod 2025-01-20 to 2025-02-26Basis Use the administration figure reported by AP; do not treat award value as outlay or realized saving.Limits Rounded and includes multiyear ceiling values; later litigation and reinstatements can change realization.
Promise and assessment
The promise
documentedTrump directed a 90-day pause and review of foreign development assistance and ordered continued programs to align with presidential foreign policy.The White HouseRead record · 1 source

Promise kept

The promised pause and realignment were implemented. The operational interruptions are documented, while projected mortality conveys a conditional global scale rather than observed deaths or an American casualty count.

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