House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Monday accused President Trump of intentionally crashing the economy to benefit the GOP’s wealthy donors and other well-heeled interests.

The Democratic leader said Trump’s tariffs, which prompted a stock market sell-off and fears of a global recession, have been applied so haphazardly — and done such immediate harm — that no other plausible explanation fits.

“The Trump tariffs, which are a tax on the American people, are so reckless, so un-strategic, so lacking in any sophistication that the only conclusion that one can draw is that Donald Trump and the Republicans are intentionally tanking the economy,” Jeffries told reporters in the Capitol.

“Is it because, as Donald Trump has indicated, that during tough economic times the rich get richer, and it's a buying opportunity?” he added. “Those are Trump's........

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