‘More than $5 trillion in investment and rising’: Donald Trump dubs tariffs an ‘economic revolution’ eyeing a win for US

In a social media post on Truth Social, US President Donald Trump hailed the US tariffs on nations after the stock market crash and said that more than $5 trillion and more has been invested for the cause as he eyes a trade war win for the United States.

President Donald Trump, in his post, highlighted that China has been hit harder in the ongoing trade war between the world nations and the United States. He also said that the reciprocal tariffs imposed on the nations are a result of them treating the US badly with their tariff rates.

“China has been hit much harder than the USA, not even close. They, and many other nations, have treated us unsustainably badly. We have been the dumb and helpless ‘whipping post,’ but not any longer,” said Trump in his Truth Social post.

According to an AP report, the US jobs report released on Friday showed that there were 2.28 lakh jobs which were added in the month of March, however, the unemployment rate in the nation increased to 4.2 per cent.

In his post, Donald Trump also highlighted that the new administration is working to bring back jobs like “never before.”

The President also attempted to reassure the people of America and investors that the $5 trillion lost in the US stock market crash on Friday was a form of investment which is aimed at making “America great again”. However, he also addressed that this trade war route will not be easy for the nation.

“Already, more than FIVE TRILLION DOLLARS OF INVESTMENT, and rising fast! THIS IS AN ECONOMIC REVOLUTION, AND WE WILL WIN. HANG TOUGH, it won’t be easy, but the end result will be historic. We will, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!” said Donald Trump in his post on Truth Social.

China's response to US market crash

China on Saturday flagged that the United States should to stop doing the “wrong things” and work to resolve its differences with its trading partners.

“Now is the time for the U.S. to stop doing the wrong things and resolve the differences with trading partners through equal-footed consultation,” said the Chinese Foreign Ministry's spokesperson, Guo Jiakun, in a Facebook post.

This comes after the bloodbath in the US stock market, in which nearly $5 trillion was wiped out in market capitalisation. This market crash was the worst crisis since the COVID-19 pandemic, as China announced its move to impose 34 per cent additional tariffs on all imports from the United States effective April 10, 2025.

China's additional tariff announcement was a retaliating move for the US President Donald Trump's reciprocal tariff move on April 2.