
Donald Trump digs in on tariffs, calls them ‘medicine’ – video
US President Donald Trump said that he won’t back down on his sweeping tariffs on imports from most of the world unless countries even out their trade with the US, digging in on his plans to implement the levies that have sent financial markets reeling and raised fears of a recession. Speaking on Air Force One, Trump said he didn’t want global markets to fall, but also that he wasn’t concerned about the massive sell-off either, adding, ‘sometimes you have to take medicine to fix something’