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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 Gulf Development Map

Actions
documentedThe Trump Organization and Dar Global announced a Qatar golf-and-villa project involving state-owned Qatari Diar, alongside projects in Saudi Arabia, Oman, and the UAE during Trump's presidency.The Trump OrganizationAssociated PressThe Trump OrganizationRead record · 3 sources
Outcomes
reportedA watchdog analysis of Trump's 2026 public financial disclosure identified at least $117 million in 2025 foreign revenue across development, licensing, and other foreign business interests.Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in WashingtonRead record · 1 source
People and impacts
Who gained
Trump's disclosure reported the foreign-project revenue through entities tied to his business holdings; the cited disclosure analysis does not establish project-level Qatar or Saudi receipts or any policy exchange.Open cited record
Who paid or was affected
  • United States public interest in conflict-free administration

Amounts and affected parties

  1. revenueReported 2025 foreign revenue lower boundAt least $117 million in foreign revenue
    Reported revenue source
    Foreign customers and business counterparties reflected in the cited financial-disclosure ranges
    Reported revenue recipient
    The Trump Organization
    Financially affected
    United States public interest in conflict-free administration
    reported · 2026-07-20 · observedRead source record
    Calculation detailsPopulation The Trump Organization; Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust interests; United States public interest in conflict-free administrationPeriod 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31Basis Use CREW's aggregation of Trump's 2026 public financial disclosure ranges; render as at least $117 million and do not allocate the portfolio total to individual Gulf projects.Limits Disclosure ranges yield a lower bound; this is gross reported revenue across foreign business interests, not net profit or Gulf-only receipts.
Promise and assessment
The promise
documentedThe platform promised government for the people and national-interest foreign policy.The American Presidency ProjectRead record · 1 source

Promise contradicted

The family business opened identifiable Gulf revenue channels during the presidency, and Trump's next disclosure reported at least $117 million in foreign revenue. That portfolio total is not allocated to the Qatar or Saudi projects, and no policy effect is established.

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