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Outgoing US President Joe Biden on Tuesday branded his successor Donald Trump’s economic plans a “disaster,” in a speech hailing his own legacy.
Biden said Trump’s threats to slap huge tariffs on imports were a “major mistake” and challenged Trump to build on what he said were the successes of his own administration.
The lame-duck president’s speech comes after Trump won a second term largely on the back of US voters’ anger at high costs of living under Democrats.
“I pray to God the president-elect throws away Project 2025. I think it’d be an economic disaster for us and the region,” Biden said at the Brookings Institution in Washington, referring to a conservative blueprint for a second Trump administration.
Coughing frequently because of a cold, Biden said US consumers would pay the price for the tariffs that Trump has vowed to slap on US neighbors Mexico and Canada and on Asia-Pacific rival China.
Together they are the three biggest US trading partners.
