Trump calls his tariffs economic ‘medicine’ after trillions wiped out from U.S. stock market

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday said foreign governments would have to pay “a lot of money” to lift sweeping tariffs that he characterized as “medicine,” as financial markets indicated another week of steep losses could be in store. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Trump indicated he was not concerned about market losses that have already wiped out nearly $6 trillion US in value from U.S. stocks. “I don’t want anything to go down. But sometimes you have to take medicine to fix something,” he said. Trump said that over the weekend, he had spoken to leaders from…