As the stock market continues to drop, Trump administration officials are assuring Americans that tariffs will save an economy which appears healthy from the outside but is rotting from within.
In a Truth Social post Saturday, President Donald Trump urged Americans to “HANG TOUGH.”
“HANG TOUGH, it won’t be easy, but the end result will be historic,” he posted.
On Air Force One Sunday night, Trump told reporters, “I don’t want anything to go down, but sometimes you have to take medicine to fix something.”
The S&P 500 lost 4% in early trading Monday, bringing its three-day losses to around 13%. The Dow Jones Industrial average lost 1,363 points, or 3.5%, following back-to-back 1,500-point losses Thursday and Friday. The Nasdaq Composite dropped 4%.
Trump Officials Hit the Sunday Shows to Calm Fears
Trump administration officials joined…