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Trump dismisses tariff market trouble, likens it to ‘medicine’
Trump dismisses tariff market trouble, likens it to ‘medicine’ / REUTERS
April 7, 2025

US President Donald Trump called a reporter's question 'stupid,' saying that sometimes you have to take medicine to fix a problem, when asked if there was any market situation he would consider unacceptable amid tumbling global stock markets while speaking to the media aboard Air Force One on April 6

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