India, April 7 -- US President Donald Trump on Sunday reacted to the fall in American and global markets, saying that sometimes you have to take medicine to fix something.

"Sometimes you have to take medicine to fix something," Donald Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One as he returned to Washington from a weekend of golfing in Florida, reported AFP.

He reiterated his claim that trading partners have treated the United States "badly" and blamed the previous Joe Biden-led administration for it.

"We have been treated so badly by other countries because we had stupid leadership that allowed this to happen," he said, according to Reuters.

Trump also showed no sign of backing away from his tariff plans. "What's going to happen to the ...