Citadel CEO Ken Griffin Says U.S. Lacks Room to Extend Tax Cuts

‘Grow the damn economy: Billionaire Ken Griffin warns Trump made a mistake cutting taxes as the national debt tops past $40 trillion

The Republican megadonor says Washington lacked room to renew tax cuts after pandemic spending, while criticizing Trump’s tariffs.

'Have their hands dirty': Billionaire GOP donor throws down on Trump policies

Billionaire Ken Griffin said Republican lawmakers and President Donald Trump made a huge blunder by cutting taxes even further last year, reports Bloomberg.“[W]e didn’t have the fiscal space to renew the tax cuts,” Griffin said in a Tuesday interview at the Future of Global Markets Conference in New York. Griffin was particularly unnerved at U.S. debt eclipsing $40 trillion. And he added that Republicans “have their hands dirty over the tax cuts…

Ken Griffin Says Republicans Erred in Cutting Taxes

“Billionaire Ken Griffin said Republicans in Congress and President Donald Trump made a mistake by cutting taxes even further last year,” Bloomberg reports. Said Griffin: “We didn’t have the fiscal space to renew the tax cuts. Republicans have their hands dirty over the tax cuts the last two years.”

Griffin says Republicans erred by cutting taxes last year

Billionaire Ken Griffin said after the U.S. government's heavy spending during the pandemic "we didn't have the fiscal space to renew the tax cuts."

Citadel CEO Ken Griffin Says U.S. Lacks Room to Extend Tax Cuts

Griffin put U.S. debt above $40 trillion and criticized Republicans for pursuing further cuts.