Lord Sugar labels Trump tariffs 'a disaster' and warns that the president 'hasn't thought it through'
2 April 2025, 18:04 | Updated: 3 April 2025, 00:09
Lord Sugar has told LBC that the tariffs imposed by Donald Trump will be "a disaster" for the US.
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Speaking on Tonight with Andrew Marr, The Apprentice star and British businessman warned that the US President "hasn't thought them through".
"Whilst he has it in mind they're good for America, I don't think he's thought it through," explained Lord Sugar, speaking ahead of the announcement.
"I don't know what negotiations we can have with this man - he's not an easy man; he's very set in his ways."
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Explaining that Trump has "not thought through the implications, or the reactions of the people he's imposing them on," Lord Sugar explained the sanctions are "going to hurt the British car industry".
"Rolls Royce, Aston Martin, Range Rover, Jaguar, all of those, if it is imposed - no doubt about it."
Lord Sugar also touched on the fundamental incentive of tariffs is to make Americans buy American cars, Lord Sugar highlighted that many US vehicles are currently assembled in Mexico - another nation staring down the barrel of Trump tariffs.
"Is he going to take the tariff of Mexico, or what?"
Lord Sugar's comments come as he admitted he and Trump "haven't spoken" in recent years following a very public war of words on social media.
"We started off on the wrong foot, we had a bit of a spat on twitter years ago, I haven't spoken to him since," he admits, explaining he had the opportunity a "few weeks ago" in Florida but he feared being tackled by "about five or six CIA people".
"They wouldn't let me get anywhere near," he says, not ruling out the possibility of meeting with the US President in the near future.
"I might meet him in the next few weeks," Lord Sugar says.
Speaking on the subject of tariffs, Lord Sugar also touched on the expected rise in the cost of American whisky.
"Whisky? Come on!" he said.
"Come on President Trump, no one wants Kentucky and bourbon, they want Johnnie Walker. They want Chivas Regal."
