Jeffrey Sachs destroys Donald Trump

At the 4th Antalya Diplomacy Forum (12 April 2025), economist Jeffrey Sachs used the panel “Protectionism: The End of Globalisation” to dismantle President Trump’s new blanket “reciprocal tariffs.” Sachs argued that Washington’s trade deficit is the result of chronic overspending, not foreign “cheating,” and ridiculed the administration’s country‑by‑country tariff formula as something “you wouldn’t accept in a first‑year, third‑week economics class.” He labelled the plan “Mickey Mouse economics,” noting it had already erased roughly $5‑10 trillion in global market value and predicting the rates would be shelved within ninety days. Calling the emergency‑decree approach unconstitutional, Sachs warned that protectionism will trigger a retaliatory spiral while failing to revive Midwestern manufacturing jobs lost mainly to automation; instead, he urged investment in re‑skilling and forward‑looking industrial policy.​

Jeffrey Sachs also argued that West Asia has been “manipulated by Britain, France and the United States for 100 years” and insisted the region will not see peace “until the US is out.” He framed Washington’s presence as a continuation of divide‑and‑rule strategies dating to the Treaty of Versailles.​PressTV

Sachs linked the wars in Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Libya, Somalia and Sudan to an Israeli‑driven agenda, invoking the Pentagon “seven‑wars” memo described by Wesley Clark. He said Israel could not sustain military action “for even a day” without US support, labelled American regime‑change policies the chief obstacle to regional stability, and urged a shift toward local self‑determination.