
Janet Yellen Hits Trump's Tariffs With A 'Wrecking Ball' In Blistering Takedown
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The former treasury secretary and professor said the president doesn't pass her economic test.
Former Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Thursday eviscerated President Donald Trump amid continued turmoil over his fluctuating tariffs policies.
Yellen — a professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley — was asked by CNN’s Bianna Golodryga to grade Trump’s handling of the economy.
“I’m afraid I could not give it a passing grade, I’m sorry,” said Yellen in her first televised interview since her years serving under President Joe Biden.
“This is the worst self-inflicted wound that I have ever seen an administration impose on a well-functioning economy.”
Earlier in the program, Golodryga noted that Trump and his officials have been “quite scathing” in their assessment of the Biden administration’s handling of the economy.