President Donald Trump has given his bold response to world leaders who begged him for a trade deal over the weekend as his lofty tariffs take effect.
The president, 78, told reporters onboard Air Force One that he has spoken to European and Asian leaders since his worldwide tariffs went into effect - devastating the world's stock markets.
Trump boasted that the foreign powers were begging him to make a trade deal with them, but he brushed off their requests and defiantly continued on with his plans.
'They're dying to make a deal,' the president claimed as he revealed his conditions for any such agreements.
'But I said we're not going to have deficits with your country. We're not going to do that because, to me, a deficit is a loss. We're going to have surpluses, or we're, at worst, going to be breaking even.'
Trump then went on to issue a warning to China, which he declared 'would be the worst in the group because the deficit is so big and [it] would have been unsustainable.'
The commander-in-chief also shared a similar message on his Truth Social platform Sunday night.
'We have massive Financial Deficits with China, the European Union and many others,' he declared. 'The only way this problem can be cured is with TARIFFS, which are now bringing Tens of Billions of Dollars into the USA.'
