USA, detak24com – Former 45th US President Joe Biden, launched a sharp criticism of Donald Trump after the president set controversial policies.
The criticism was delivered by Biden when giving his first presidential speech on Tuesday (4/15/2025) local time.
In his speech, Biden said that the policies implemented by the Trump administration could bring disaster to US citizens.
The policy in question was the massive cuts by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) led by Elon Musk to the US Social Security agency.
“In less than 100 days, this administration has done so much damage and so much destruction, it’s amazing that it could happen so quickly,” Biden told a disability advocacy conference in Chicago, as quoted by CNN International.
“They gutted the Social Security Administration, forced 7,000 employees to quit,” he added.
For half an hour, Biden pressed the downsizing efforts, including the layoffs of more than 7,000 employees, office closures and job restructuring, as “reckless and destructive.”
“Many Americans rely on Social Security to buy food just to survive,” Biden said again.
“For many of those beneficiaries, that’s their only source of income. If it is cut or taken away, it would be devastating, devastating for millions of people,” he continued.
Although Biden did not mention Trump by name in his speech, his criticism was clearly aimed at his administration’s policies.
This statement marks Biden’s return to the political stage with a focus on social issues that have been his main concerns during his term as president.
Parliament Joins Trump’s Criticism
Criticism was not only voiced by Joe Biden, several Democratic lawmakers have expressed dissatisfaction with current trade policies.
Including Senator Cory Booker, a Democrat from New Jersey.
He considered Trump’s policies to have triggered trade barriers because they shook the economy and drained American savings
“I just want to, on my own behalf, convey a strong and unequivocal condemnation of Trump’s tariffs. They are all wrong. “It should be condemned,” Booker said.
In a similar vein, Ray Dalio, founder of hedge fund Bridgewater Associates, said he fears something worse than a recession.
I think we’re at a decision point right now and we’re very close to a recession,” Dalio said on NBC News’ Meet the Press in response to a question about whether the U.S. could be headed for a recession because of Trump’s tariffs.
“And I’m worried about something worse than a recession if this isn’t handled well,” he added.
Trump’s Policies Could Bring Economic Disaster
Most recently, former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers warned that there is a risk of a recession with the possibility of 2 million Americans losing their jobs as a result of the ongoing tariffs.
Summers warned in an interview with Bloomberg Television on Wall Street Week.
Summers said Trump’s current tariffs are more extreme than the tariffs imposed in the 1930s.
They could raise prices, hurt U.S. consumers and businesses, disrupt global trade and negatively impact global economic growth.
Because Trump’s import tariffs have triggered several trading partners to take retaliatory measures against Trump’s tariffs, which ultimately brought world trade to the brink of recession.
“We’re likely to have a recession – and in the context of a recession, we’re going to see an additional 2 million people unemployed,” Summers said.
“We’re going to see a loss in household income of $5,000 per family or more,” added Summers, who is a Harvard University professor.
Similar comments were also released by investment banking economists Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has previously warned Americans to prepare for a 45 percent recession spike in the next 12 months or one year.
Investment bank J.P. Morgan also placed the possibility of a US and global recession at 60 percent due to new import tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump.
Meanwhile, Federal Reserve (The Fed) Chairman Jerome Powell warned of rising inflation that could threaten the sustainability of the US economy due to President Donald Trump’s tariff policy. (Red)
Editor: Kar
