Dem lawmakers are warning: Trump’s tariff-heavy trade agenda is quickly starting to resemble a “corrupt scheme to enrich admin officials & those loyal to them.”
Trump admin’s #tariffs:“rife with opportunities to unduly influence Trump & other admin officials,."
The letter asks COMM Sec Lutnick, TSY Sec Bessent & Trade Rep Greer to detail the admin’s “plans to prevent the misuse of tariffs for self-dealing.”
Trump's circle is complicit, so...
#Corruption #Resist #USPol https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/17/trump-tariffs-warren-bessent-lutnick-democrats.html
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