Dem senators accuse Belgian diamond group of 'cartoonish bribe' to Trump to buy break from tariffs
Two Democratic senators are demanding answers from two Belgian firms about an 18-carat gold ring encrusted with 321 diamonds that was given to U.S. President Donald Trump weeks before the U.S. exempted Europe’s diamond industry from new tariffs.
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