‘I’d fail him as a student’ – Jeffrey Sachs publicly grades Trump’s trade illiteracy

Renowned economist Jeffrey Sachs tore into Donald Trump’s latest tariff threats, branding them “Mickey Mouse economics” and accusing the US President of unleashing chaos on global markets.

In a scathing takedown, Sachs said Trump’s trade logic was so flawed “he wouldn’t pass a basic econ class” slamming the US President’s obsession with trade deficits as “childish and dangerous”.

Sachs blamed Trump’s economic policies for triggering a $10tn loss in global wealth, warning that the US is now flirting with authoritarianism under “one-man rule by emergency decree”.

Dismissing Trump’s talk of foreign nations “cheating” the US, Sachs countered: “It’s not a trade issue -it’s a spending problem.”

The blistering critique comes amid rising fears that Trump’s return to power could reignite economic instability worldwide.

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