Trump’s plan for blanket global tariffs aren’t just roiling the stock market and triggering international upheaval — it’s also opening the door for Trump to relaunch the tariff corruption game of his first term, in which the White House used the trade levies to punish opponents and reward donors. And this time around, Trump’s fired the government watchdog set to oversee such matters.
Trump Relaunches His Tariff Corruption Game
Trump fired a watchdog whose office warned about shady tariff exemption deals. Now, those exemptions are being handed out to donors.
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