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America First Audit

He said it in public. These are the documents on what happened next. Browse all records.

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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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State Department Rooms at the Trump Vancouver Opening

Actions
reportedState Department personnel booked rooms at the Trump-branded Vancouver hotel while assisting security for an opening attended by Trump's adult children.AxiosRead record · 1 source
Outcomes
reportedFOIA-derived reporting documented the public expenditure and the separate licensing relationship.ProPublica and USA TodayAxiosRead record · 2 sources
People and impacts
Who gained
  • Trump Vancouver licensing and management business
  • Trump International Hotel and Tower Vancouver
Who paid or was affected
  • United States public
  • U.S. Department of State
Promise and assessment
The promise
documentedAt Trump's January 2017 press conference, counsel for the Trump Organization said the arrangement would isolate him from the business, bar new foreign deals and donate foreign-government hotel profits to the Treasury.TimeU.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government ReformRead record · 2 sources

Promise unresolved

Government spending covered security logistics around a private business opening. The hotel was a licensed property, and the record does not establish how much room revenue reached the Trump Organization.

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