'It won't be easy': Trump scrambles to defend tariff chaos with plea for patience

The day after Wall Street was once again sent into a sell-off frenzy over fears of Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs announcement earlier in the week, the president took to his Truth Social platform to try and calm nerves while at the same time admitting there will be tough times ahead.

With reports noting Wall Street has lost $11 trillion in value since Trump was inaugurated, with $6 trillion gone in the past 48 hours, the president claimed, without evidence, that things are worse for China.