Washington DC, Jan. 31 -- In an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal, US President Donald Trump has justified his sweeping tariffs on other countries, stating that they "brought America back" while dismissing their ripple effects on the nations, saying they were "doing just fine.".

In an op-ed published in The Wall Street Journal on Friday, Trump said, "When I imposed historic tariffs on nearly all foreign countries last April, the critics said my policies would cause a global economic meltdown," Trump wrote. "Instead, they have created an American economic miracle, and we are quickly building the greatest economy in the history of the world, with other countries doing just fine!"

The US president said in a barrage of tall claims th...