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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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The Trump-Branded Puerto Rico Golf Bankruptcy

Actions
documentedCoco Beach Golf & Country Club filed a Chapter 11 petition while operating under the Trump brand through a licensing arrangement.TIMEU.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico via GovInfoRead record · 2 sources
Outcomes
reportedContemporaneous reporting described the petition's reported asset and liability ranges and noted that Trump did not own the resort.TIMERead record · 1 source
People and impacts
Who gained
  • Trump branding and licensing business
Who paid or was affected
  • Coco Beach Golf & Country Club S.E.
Promise and assessment
The promise
documentedTrump presented his business record as a qualification for the presidency during his campaign launch.Roll Call FactbaseRead record · 1 source

Promise unresolved

A Trump-branded licensee went bankrupt, a documented failure. The cited evidence does not make Trump or the Trump Organization the debtor, or move the debtor's liabilities to them.

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