Bill Ackman warns Trump is losing business leaders' confidence

April 6, 2025 9:20 PM EDT

FILE PHOTO: Bill Ackman, CEO of Pershing Square Capital, speaks at the Wall Street Journal Digital Conference in Laguna Beach, California, U.S., October 17, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Billionaire fund manager Bill Ackman, who endorsed Donald Trump's run for President, said the U.S. leader was losing the confidence of business leaders and should pause his trade war.

"The president has an opportunity to call a 90-day time out," Ackman said in a post on X, to resolve trade issues via negotiation.

"If, on the other hand ... we launch economic nuclear war on every country in the world, business investment will grind to a halt, consumers will close their wallets and pocket books, and we will severely damage our reputation with the rest of the world that will take years and potentially decades to rehabilitate."

(Reporting by Tom Westbrook; Editing by Tom Hogue)



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