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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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Trump-Branded Vietnam Project Approval

Actions
documentedVietnamese authorities approved the project and subsequent groundbreaking preparations proceeded.The Trump Organization and Hung Yen HospitalityRead record · 1 source
Outcomes
reportedThe approval benefited the local developer and Trump-branded licensing and management interests.Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in WashingtonRead record · 1 source
People and impacts
Who gained
  • Hung Yen Hospitality and Vietnamese project entities
  • Trump Organization licensing interests
Who paid or was affected
  • Hung Yen Hospitality and Vietnamese project entities
Promise and assessment
The promise
documentedThe Trump Organization and its Vietnamese partner proposed a branded golf and hospitality development.The Trump Organization and Hung Yen HospitalityRead record · 1 source

Promise unresolved

The approval advanced a Trump family foreign development during the presidency; chronological overlap with trade diplomacy does not establish that U.S. policy was exchanged for project treatment.

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