According to a review by American Ledger, the Trump Administration has handed out nearly two billion dollars in federal contracts to untested, unproven, unqualified, and even bizarre firms for the production of essential supplies in the midst of the lethal COVID-19 pandemic.

Several of the businesses receiving these valuable taxpayer-funded contracts have checkered reputations and misadvertised competencies. Many of the deals offered by the Trump Administration were also extended to inexperienced first-time contractors, often with no competition for the contract. Listed below are a few highlights obtained during American Ledger’s review:

Despite the Trump Administration’s abject failure to rein in the most severe public health crisis America has faced in a century, their awarding of these critical PPE federal contracts marked a stunning new level of incompetence.


Contact Chai Karve at ckarve@americanbridge.org