President Donald Trump took a single question when he left the White House on Thursday for Miami while his tariff announcement continued to shake the world economy.
“Today’s markets are very down … how are you doing?” A journalist asked the president.
“I think it’s going very well,” Trump replied. “It was an operation. It’s like when a patient is operated and it’s a big thing. I said this would be exactly as it is.”

President Donald Trump talks to the members of the media before addressing Marine One at the White House South Law on April 3, 2025 in Washington, DC.
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Trump continued to project confidence and said that the nations that are affected are now trying to see if they can “make a deal.”
“The markets are going to increase, the shares are going to increase, the country is going to aojar and the rest of the world wants to see, can it somehow make a deal?” Trump said. “They have taken advantage of us for many, many years. For many years we have been on the wrong side of the ball. And I will tell you what, I think it will be incredible.”