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America First Audit

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

Why these cases

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.

Said vs. done

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Case 97 of 254

Hire American Rhetoric and Trump-Business Guest Workers

Actions
documentedLabor certification data continued to record Trump-property use of H-2 guest-worker programs.U.S. Department of LaborReuters via Yahoo NewsRead record · 2 sources
Outcomes
documentedThe disclosure files preserve employer, occupation, location and certification fields for first-term applications.U.S. Department of LaborRead record · 1 source
People and impacts
Who gained
  • Trump property employers
Who paid or was affected
  • H-2 guest workers employed by Trump businesses
  • Potential United States applicants
Promise and assessment
The promise
documentedTrump announced that his administration would follow Buy American and Hire American rules.TimeRead record · 1 source

Promise unresolved

The business hiring record contrasts with the political slogan. Legal use of H-2 programs did not violate the stated executive policy, and nothing establishes that qualified U.S. applicants were unlawfully rejected.

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