US politics live: Donald Trump tells US to ‘hang tough’, fears for Aussie wine

As tens of thousands of people protest across the US and Europe, Donald Trump has issued a message urging Americans to “hang tough”.

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As tens of thousands of people protested across the US and Europe on Saturday local time, Donald Trump issued a message urging Americans to “hang tough”.

The stock market has crashed after Mr Trump’s tariff agenda pushed the world closer to a trade war and more Americans are growing concerned at the administration’s direction.

The US President took to Truth Social in an attempt to rally support and claim other nations had been “hit much harder than the USA”.

Demonstrators hold up signs during a protest against US President Donald Trump. Picture: Jason Connolly/AFP

“Already, more than FIVE TRILLION DOLLARS OF INVESTMENT, and rising fast! THIS IS AN ECONOMIC REVOLUTION, AND WE WILL WIN,” he wrote in typical fashion.

“HANG TOUGH, it won’t be easy, but the end result will be historic.”

Meanwhile, world markets continue to be rocked by Mr Trump’s tariffs announcement.

All eyes are on whether stock market falls will be temporary or if this signals the beginning of a crash.

An analyst said $8 trillion had been wiped off global stock markets as Mr Trump’s actions led to “shockwaves in every corner of the world”.

UK PM Kier Starmer has revealed he held emergency tariff talks with Anthony Albanese.

Mr Starmer said the “global economic landscape had shifted” and an “all-out trade war would be extremely damaging”.

China, on Friday, retaliated to the US by putting a 34 per cent tariff on many US goods and barring imports of some other American products completely.

The world’s biggest bank JPMorganChase has said there is now a 60 per cent chance of a recession, which could spread globally.

But Donald Trump remains insistent that his tariffs plans augers a “golden age “of America with tariff income and more domestic jobs.

Read on for more updates.

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