Livid Jim Cramer Tears Into Trump For Making Him 'Feel Like A Sucker' On Tariffs [View all]

Longtime CNBC host Jim Cramer lit into President Donald Trump on Thursday after his across-the-board tariffs caused the stock market to tank. “I thought they were going to do something,” Cramer told CNN’s Erin Burnett. “And what’d they do? They cratered the damn stock market and gave us nothing.”

Cramer, who opposes free trade and favors certain reciprocal tariffs, noted that that Trump had repeatedly insisted his tariffs would be “reciprocal” and was ready to support them as a result. “And that was gonna be so good, and I really believed in it,” Cramer admitted. “And I feel like a sucker tonight.”

He said he was just as tough, if not tougher, on free trade issues than many of Trump’s own advisors. “But they screwed it up,” he said. “They did it a totally ill-advised way and I was very let down as someone who really, truly believes that free trade is awful for the American working person.”

Cramer banged the table for emphasis as he added: “This is what they came up with? Jeez, c’mon! Have some gumption! Have some math!”

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