Leon Cooperman: no fan of tariffs

Billionaire hedge fund manager and ex-Goldman Sachs partner Leon Cooperman is “not a fan” of President Donald Trump’s tariffs on America’s allies, and hopes he will back down

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Leon Cooperman, chairman and CEO of Omega Advisors
(Image credit: 2015 Ben Gabbe)

Billionaire hedge fund manager and ex-Goldman Sachs partner Leon Cooperman is "not a fan" of President Donald Trump's tariffs on America's allies, and hopes he will back down, he told CNBC last week. "If he listens to his advisers, hopefully, enough sane people in Washington will tell him let's back off on this trade stuff'."

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