Richard Branson says Trump’s tariffs messed up a promising economy: ‘Everything was going so bloody well up to about three months ago’

Sir Richard Branson (Credit: Brendon Thorne—Bloomberg)

• Richard Branson took issue with President Donald Trump’s tariff policy for being “erratic” and upending a good economy. The tariffs risked stoking inflation across the U.S., which would only make the Federal Reserve less likely to cut interest rates, which is what Trump wants, Branson said. Continuing the policy, he added, could risk rearranging the global economy as other countries exclude the U.S. from trade. 

British billionaire Richard Branson renewed his criticism of President Donald Trump’s tariff policies.