Breaking News: Whoopi Goldberg didn’t hold back on a recent episode of The View, addressing President Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs with a mix of frustration and concern. The outspoken co-host criticized the economic strategy, arguing it could hit everyday Americans the hardest….See More 👇

President Donald Trump may be a business tycoon, but Whoopi Goldberg isn’t sold on the commander in chief’s tariffs.

“The View” co-host, 69, criticized the president’s market-rattling approach to import tariffs during Wednesday’s episode of the ABC talk show. The discussion came just hours before Trump, 78, announced a 90-day pause on U.S. levies.

All you countries who watch us, this is not our wish,” Goldberg said. “This is not what the American people want. We don’t like it. We don’t like how this is being done.”

Trump’s about-face followed an escalating trade war with China and the European Union. China hit back at Trump’s 145% tariffs on Chinese imports, which went into effect Wednesday, with 84% tariffs on U.S. exports.

Later, the EU said it would impose 25% tariffs on a range of U.S. exports in a first round of countermeasures to Trump’s universal 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum.

The tit-for-tat levies heightened concerns from business leaders and economists about a possible recession. But Trump downplayed the economic turbulence in a Wednesday morning post on his social media network, Truth Social: “BE COOL! Everything is going to work out well. The USA will be bigger and better than ever before!”

Goldberg continued: “That’s why you will hear us kvetching about this as long as we are able because no one we are talking to understands what’s going on. And therefore, when they say ‘America,’ they are not talking about us.

“They are talking about that very narrow band of America that they think they represent, that I think they don’t realize they’re starting to lose.”

The tariff pause, which applies to nations that did not retaliate against the tariffs Trump unveiled last week, sent battered U.S. stocks soaring Wednesday, although they gave up a significant amount of the gains Thursday. The EU responded by putting on hold for 90 days its first countermeasures against U.S. tariffs.

Additionally, National Economic Council director Kevin Hassett said Thursday that the U.S. has already received “serious” trade deal offers from almost 20 nations and that two deals are “almost closed.”

Despite the pause, Trump’s 10% baseline tariffs on most imports remain in effect. Trump said he will revive the higher reciprocal tariffs if the U.S. is unable to reach trade deals with those nations.

This isn’t the first time Goldberg has been critical of Trump. After the president called Goldberg’s raunchy comedy style “filthy, dirty” and “disgusting” during an October 2024 campaign rally, Goldberg walked out to “Dirrty” by Christina Aguilera on “The View” and then roasted Trump for his remarks.