
2 GOP Megadonors Turn On Donald Trump Over His Tariffs
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Ken Griffin and Home Depot founder Ken Langone join a growing list of Trump loyalists blasting the president’s agenda.
Two billionaire Republican megadonors have called out President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs as a growing band of executives speak out publicly amid the policy crashing global markets.
Home Depot founder Ken Langone and Ken Griffin, another wealthy GOP supporter, expressed their unease with the trade war as even Trump’s right-hand man, Elon Musk, reportedly intervened to get the president to row back.
In an interview with The Financial Times published Monday, Langone said he was baffled by the much-derided calculations behind the import taxes.
“I don’t understand the goddamn formula,” Langone said.
“I believe he’s been poorly advised by his advisers about this trade situation — and the formula they’re applying.”