Bernie Sanders ripped Donald Trump in a series of tweets Friday morning. | Getty Sanders calls Trump ‘the poster child of failed trade policies’

Donald Trump is the “the poster child of failed trade policies,” Bernie Sanders declared Friday.

The Vermont senator ripped Trump in a series of tweets Friday morning after sharing a Washington Post report headlined “Donald Trump’s new tax plan could have a big winner: Donald Trump’s companies.”


Citing experts, the Post reported Wednesday that a provision in Trump’s tax plan could “deliver a large tax cut to companies in the Republican presidential nominee’s vast business empire.”

It’s unsurprising that Trump’s tax plan would be a boon to himself, Sanders said, in what became the beginning of an anti-Trump tweetstorm.

Donald Trump is only looking out for himself and his billionaire friends? Not surprised. https://t.co/GyFVEQsDVq — Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) August 12, 2016

Sanders mused why anyone would expect Trump to have a “serious plan to fix a rigged economy” and accused the real estate mogul of rigging the economy in the first place.

Why would we even expect Trump to come up with a serious plan to fix a rigged economy? He's the one who rigged it. — Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) August 12, 2016

Trump has repeatedly used Sanders’ attack line questioning Clinton’s judgment on the trail and consistently claimed that Sanders’ supporters will back his campaign because of where he stands on trade.

But if Sanders’ tweets are any indication, his supporters shouldn’t trust Trump on trade. After all, Sanders said, Trump is “the poster child of failed trade policies.”

Donald says he will "fix" trade. He can start by shutting down his own sweatshops in Bangladesh and pay workers in the U.S. a living wage. — Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) August 12, 2016

How serious is Trump about fixing the trade problem? From (now-defunct) Trump University: "Outsourcing Creates Jobs in the Long Run." — Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) August 12, 2016

He's the poster child of failed trade policies:

❌ Trump clothing made in Mexico

❌ Trump ties made in China

❌ Trump shirts made in Bangladesh — Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) August 12, 2016

Following the anti-Trump trade tirade, Sanders returned to condemning Trump’s tax policies.

Meanwhile, Trump is proposing huge tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires while gutting the Department of Education and the EPA. — Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) August 12, 2016

Trump's plan to repeal the estate tax alone would give a $269 billion tax break over a 10-year period to the top two-tenths of 1 percent. — Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) August 12, 2016

In total, Trump wants to provide a $3 trillion tax cut to Americans who make over $1 million a year. — Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) August 12, 2016