Trump's tone-deaf response when asked if he can reassure American public about their 401ks

President Donald Trump headed to Florida Thursday and gave a sunny outlook erstwhile asked 'how it's going' aft markets crashed acknowledgment to his reciprocal tariff announcement. 

'I deliberation it's going precise well. It was an operation. Like erstwhile a diligent gets operated connected and it's a large thing. I said this would precisely beryllium the mode it is,' the president told reporters connected the South Lawn. 

He claimed that 'six oregon 7 trillion' dollars would beryllium coming into country. 

A fewer moments aboriginal connected Air Force One, helium told DailyMail.com that Americans shouldn't beryllium disquieted astir their 401ks.

'I haven’t checked my 401k,' helium simply replied.

But by lunchtime connected Thursday the Dow had dropped 1,400 points sending galore Americans into distress implicit their dropping unrecorded savings.

When the markets closed astatine 4pm successful New York, the S&P 500 was down 4.84 percent, its worst time since June 2020 — arsenic $2 trillion was wiped from an scale astir each American has successful their mean and status investments. 

And satellite leaders person been successful panic mode trying to onslaught a woody with the president with conscionable six days until the tariffs are implemented.

'The markets are going to boom, the banal is going to boom, the state is going to roar and the remainder of the satellite wants to spot if there's immoderate mode they tin marque a deal,' the president continued. 

He past complained: 'They've taken vantage of america for many, galore years.'

'You'll spot however it's going to crook out, our country's going to boom,' helium reiterated. 

Trump departed for Florida with his Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and his assemblage man Walt Nauta. 

Trotting down them was embattled National Security Advisor Michael Waltz, who had 3 staffers fired Thursday aft right-wing MAGA fig Laura Loomer got successful Trump's receptor and called for National Security Council firings. 

Trump is headed to his Trump National Doral Miami wherever he'll look astatine a meal kickoff for a LIV Golf event. 

The president explained to reporters that the meal was for 'charity' and helium would beryllium backmost to Washington 'pretty quickly.' 

On Wednesday, Trump announced reciprocal tariffs to nations astir the satellite to large fanfare. 

He assembled Congressional allies, Cabinet members and workers - implicit with hard hats - astatine the White House Rose Garden for alleged 'Liberation Day.' 

Countries astir the satellite volition beryllium deed with astatine slightest a 10 percent tariff connected their imports with immoderate reaching a whopping 50 percent.

The tariffs are being levied based connected 'barriers to entry.' That means the European Union will beryllium deed with 20 percent tariffs due to the fact that it charges a 39 percent tariff connected America, according to the White House's figures. 

The U.K., connected the different hand, got disconnected comparatively easy. 

Since it lone charges the U.S. a 10 percent tariff, it volition wage 10 percent successful return, the White House said.  

China volition wage a 34 percent tariff, with the White House calculating that the U.S. pays 67 percent erstwhile currency manipulation is factored in. 

'My chap Americans, this is liberation day, we've been waiting for a agelong time,' Trump proclaimed. 'In a fewer moments, I volition motion a historical enforcement bid instituting reciprocal tariffs connected countries passim the world.' 

Markets, successful turn, reacted dramatically - making a nosedive. 

The betting site Polymarket connected Thursday enactment the chances of a U.S. recession astatine much than 50 percent.