Warren Rips Trump’s ‘Dumbest’ Trade War, Nods to Tariffs as Tool

Senator Elizabeth Warren lashed out at President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs, saying they risk throwing millions of Americans out of work.

“One person has started the dumbest trade war in the history of America,” Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, said in an interview Monday on Bloomberg Television’s “Balance of Power.”

Warren called tariffs an important tool for bringing key supply chains back to the US but said Trump’s barrage of levies have pushed the country to the edge of a recession, with more damage being done every minute they are in place.

She urged Congress ...