A top House Democrat on Wednesday accused President Donald Trump of using tariffs as a "tool for grift and self-enrichment," pointing to what he says are suspicious import-tax exemptions for industries whose leaders have curried Trump's favor with gifts and donations . "You took care to cut lots of sweetheart deals with corporations and industries that won carve-outs from your tariffs when you saw you could get something good in return," Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., told Trump in a fiery letter obtained first by CNBC.
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