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America First Audit

About this audit and its evidence

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.

Reversal ledger

Oldest to latest by event date. Each stop is one dated case.

USFL fall-schedule strategy

contradicted
Promised
Trump advocated moving the USFL to a fall schedule as part of a strategy to compete with or force accommodation from the NFL.Open cited record · 2 sources
The record
League owners approved the move and pursued antitrust litigation.Open cited record · 2 sources
Who paid
The USFL suspended play before staging the planned fall season.Open cited record
  • United States Football League teams and employees
  • USFL investors
Audit finding
contradicted

The league's move to fall did not produce the operating league envisioned by its proponents; multiple owners and market conditions also shaped the result.

Causal strength: source attributed