Scott Galloway Tells ‘The View’ Trump Is “Blackout Drunk” At “The Wheel Of the Global Economy”

Podcaster and academic Scott Galloway stopped by The View this morning to share his unfiltered thoughts about President Donald Trump — and they weren’t pretty. Galloway joined the Hot Topics table to discuss President Trump’s “stupid” tariff plan after the POTUS ramped up his trade war with China.

Galloway was firm but animated as he detailed to the ladies of the Hot Topics table how Trump’s decisions have already harmed the economy and the nation, and how we will likely feel the ripple effects for a while.

When asked by Whoopi Goldberg this morning, “What is going on?!” he told The View, “It would be hard to think of a more elegant way to reduce prosperity this fast.”

He warned, “If these tariffs hold, your iPhone is going to go from $1,000 bucks to $2,300,” explaining that it would cost $3,500 to make an iPhone in America instead of China. He also noted that the tariffs could mean “the entire world re-routing their supply chain around brand America, which quite frankly, right now is toxic uncertainty, so they can bypass a series of unpredictable, epileptic, sclerotic decisions.”

In an especially damning line, Galloway declared, “We finally need to acknowledge, we have someone at the wheel of the global economy that is blackout drunk right now.”

Ironically, as Ana Navarro pointed out, Trump does not drink. Still, that didn’t stop Galloway from continuing to rag on the president and his plans for the U.S. economy.

When Alyssa Farah Griffin mentioned that Trump was planning to bring manufacturing back to the U.S. and ease the nation’s reliance on China, Galloway said most Americans want “high-paying jobs,” which are not manufacturing jobs.

He went on to lampoon Trump’s praise of the “great era of the late 19th century,” telling the audience, “Guess what? When we didn’t have indoor plumbing? When we had child labor? I’ll take Netflix and Novocaine.”

Galloway said Trump’s plan to “take us back to the past” makes “absolutely no sense whatsoever,” and when asked by Navarro what America’s reputation around the world is now, he said a key part of the American brand — rule of law — has “gone out the window,” along with the principle of “consistency,” citing Trump’s “war” against Canada.

“The injury will take years, if not decades, to heal … this could not be more stupid,” he said to riotous applause from The View audience.

The View airs weekdays at 11/10c on ABC.