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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.

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Jobs Promised, Worker Protections Cut

Actions
documentedThe executive order excluded listed agencies and subdivisions from federal collective-bargaining requirements on national-security grounds.The White HouseRead record · 1 source
People and impacts
Who paid or was affected
reportedAssociated Press reported that the order affected bargaining rights across a large portion of the federal workforce and recorded union objections.Open cited record
  • Federal employees in excluded bargaining units
  • Federal employee unions
Promise and assessment
The promise
documentedThe platform promised to protect American workers and create secure, well-paying jobs.The American Presidency ProjectRead record · 1 source

Promise contradicted

Trump's order stripped collective-bargaining coverage from the federal workers it reached, against the broad promise to protect American workers. The appellate ruling that vacated the preliminary injunction found only that the unions had not shown likely success on their retaliation claim; it settled no merits question about the order.

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