A Public Health Project investigation
Make America Healthy Again. MAHA Betrayed.
Trump and RFK Jr. promised MAHA voters they would take on Big Ag, Big Chemical and Big Pharma. Then they took industry money and gave those industries what they wanted.
For over a year, Donald Trump and RFK Jr. promised the MAHA movement they would finally take on Big Food, Big Ag and Big Chemical. Instead they delivered cancer-linked chemicals back on the market, food safety agencies gutted, families paying more for groceries — and $300,000 private dinners for the companies HHS regulates. RFK Jr.’s approval: 37%. Americans who trust federal health information: 16%.
Follow the money
Who paid.Who got paid.
MAHA voters were promised an administration that would stand up to the chemical, food, tobacco and drug industries. Instead, those industries paid in and got what they wanted. Every line links to the reporting behind it.
- Checks, gifts & payments
- $14M+
- Refunded to MAHA voters
- $0.00
MAHA, INC.
Make America Healthy Again*
*Terms & conditions apply
200 Independence Ave SW
Washington, DC 20201
- 1BIG TOBACCO → TRUMP SUPER PAC$5,000,000Then the FDA chief who slow-walked flavored vapes was pushed out [SOURCE ↗]
- 1SKYHORSE → KENNEDY$4,000,000Book advances from the publisher bankrolling the MAHA summit & PAC [SOURCE ↗]
- 1TAYLOR FARMS PARENT → MAGA INC. + GOP PACS$2,200,000Six days after FDA delayed food-traceability rules [SOURCE ↗]
- 1KRATOM MAKER → PRO-TRUMP PAC$1,000,000After Kennedy leaned on Ohio to drop its kratom ban [SOURCE ↗]
- 1PFIZER → TRUMP INAUGURAL$1,000,000Its CEO dined with Kennedy at Mar-a-Lago [SOURCE ↗]
- 1MAHA SUMMIT — TOP SPONSOR TIER$300,000Speaking slot + private dinner with Kennedy and Oz [SOURCE ↗]
- 1MEGADONOR GIFTS → KENNEDY$250,000+Flights to Fiji & Greece, a D.C. vacation home [SOURCE ↗]
- 1DUPONT → TRUMP CAMPAIGN$250,000Then the PFAS limits came off [SOURCE ↗]
- 1MAHA ACTION → KENNEDY’S WIFE$210,000Consulting payment now under ethics complaint [SOURCE ↗]
Subtotal$14,210,000.00
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Totals reported checks, gifts and payments cited in this report. Excludes Trump’s Philip Morris stock (up to $1.64M) and the $2B DuPont PFAS settlement.
Betrayal tracker
Promises made. Promises sold.
- 01 / 08Broken
Corporate capture
They promised
“End the corruption, end the corporate capture.”
They delivered
$300,000 private dinners sold to companies HHS regulates.
Sep 2026Read the source - 02 / 08Broken
Glyphosate
They promised
Take on Big Ag and the cancer-linked chemicals in our food.
They delivered
Backed Trump’s order to restore glyphosate production; DOJ sided with Monsanto.
Jun 2026Read the source - 03 / 08Broken
Atrazine
They promised
Restrict atrazine, a pesticide linked to cancer and birth defects.
They delivered
A federal “review” that “effectively paves the way for continued use.”
May 2026Read the source
New · AP-KFF poll · Sept. 30, 2026
Even MAHA’s base isn’t buying it.
Kennedy is campaigning to rally MAHA voters before the midterms. In rural America, most of those voters say the administration’s policies have hurt their community’s health or done nothing for it.
2017 figure from a KFF–Washington Post survey, as cited by AP.
0%
of rural MAHA supporters say Trump’s policies have had a negative effect — or no impact — on the health of people where they live.
8 in 10 rural voters overall say the same.
68 out of every 100 rural MAHA supporters.
The full report
Four ways they sold you out.
- 01Chemicals & PesticidesPoison back on the menu$250K4 case files
- 02Food & Tobacco Industry CaptureBig Food and Big Tobacco got a seat at the table$5M6 case files
- 03Broken Promise: End the Corporate Capture“End the corruption.” Then the dinners started.$300K7 case files
- 04Cracks in the MAHA CoalitionThe women who built MAHA are getting sidelined$12M2 case files
The MAHA base, in its own words
“We do not consent to being poisoned.”
“We thought we were getting a different administration that wanted to stand up to special interests… Big Ag, Big Chem. And that is not what we got. What we have right now is business as usual.”
“The fear is this was a bait and switch to use us for our votes and then do nothing that we voted for.”
“This is the opposite of going against corporate capture. This is complete corporate capture.”
Keep up
Latest coverage and releases.
In the news
All stories →- Associated Press · Sep 30, 2026Rural MAHA followers say Trump hasn’t improved health of their communities, an AP-KFF poll finds
- Politico · Sep 20, 2026MAHA summit sells access to Kennedy and Oz — sponsors include Walmart, insurers and AI giants
- Washington Post · Jul 16, 2026As midterms near, MAHA anger over pesticides reaches boiling point
- NBC News · Jun 25, 2026‘The decision is sickening’: MAHA leaders feel betrayed by Supreme Court ruling on Roundup weed killer
- Politico · Jun 7, 2026The MAHA moms who helped elect Trump are out of patience
Public Health Watch
All releases →- Release · Sep 28, 2026On Brand: Top Trump Health Officials Tap Accused Rapist Russell Brand to Moderate MAHA Summit Panel
- Release · Sep 28, 2026Bombshell NYT Report Finds Trump CDC In Critical Condition
- Release · Sep 3, 2026Investigation Time: Hegseth Secretly Raiding NIH Disease Research Money to Fund Defense Department Activities
- Release · Sep 2, 2026Report: Refusals of Life-Saving Vitamin K Shot for Newborns Surged After Trump-RFK Jr Child Vaccine Schedule Downgrade
- Release · Aug 25, 2026IN THE NEWS: “Completely Preventable” Two Dead in PA After RFK Jr. Told Lancaster County That the Cure for Measles is ‘Chicken Soup and Vitamin A’