President Trump took aim at a Wall Street behemoth on Tuesday, launching a highly personal attack against Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon and the firm’s chief economist, Jan Hatzius, in the latest chapter of his ongoing dispute with mainstream business leaders over the impact of tariffs on the American economy. “I think that David should go out and get himself a new Economist or, maybe, he ought to just focus on being a DJ, and not bother running a major Financial Institution,” Trump wrote on social media. The dig referred to Solomon’s side project as a disc jockey producing electronic dance music and performing at clubs and music festivals under the name “DJ D-Sol.”
Trump, however, flatly rejected Goldman Sachs’ conclusions, insisting “Trillions of Dollars are being taken in on Tariffs, which has been incredible for our Country, its Stock Market, its General Wealth, and just about everything else.” He claimed, without evidence, that it has been “proven” that consumers aren’t paying the tariffs, but rather companies and governments are “for the most part…picking up the tabs.”
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