Trump addresses stock market losses, China trade deficit

President Donald Trump took a single question as he left the White House on Thursday for Miami as his tariff announcement continued to rock the world economy.

"Markets today are way down ... How's it going?" a reporter asked the president.

"I think it's going very well," Trump responded. "It was an operation. It's like when a patient gets operated on and it's a big thing. I said this would exactly be the way it is."

Trump continued to project confidence and said nations to be impacted are now trying to see if they can "make a deal."

"The markets are going to boom, the stock is going to boom, the country is going to boom, and the rest of the world wants to see is there any way they can make a deal?" Trump said. "They've taken advantage of us for many, many years. For many years we've been at the wrong side of the ball. And I'll tell you what, I think it's going to be unbelievable."

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo spoke confidently Thursday about Mexico’s position regarding the new tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump Wednesday, saying that despite “some specifications,” no additional tariffs have been imposed on Mexico.

"We still have some decrees that President Trump signed on the automotive industry and steel and aluminum, but that's for everyone," she said. "We are still in talks with the U.S. government, the secretary of economy has a very good relationship with the secretary of commerce. The economy secretary will most likely travel to Washington next week."

In response to questions, she further elaborated on how Mexico is managing to mitigate the effects of tariffs through the integration of the automotive industry with the United States.

-ABC News' Somayeh Malekian and Anne Laurent

German Economy Minister Robert Habeck said in a news conference on Thursday that President Donald Trump will buckle under pressure from Germany and Europe in an escalating trade war.

"That is what I see, that Donald Trump buckles under pressure, corrects his announcements under pressure, but the logical consequence is that he must also feel the pressure, and this pressure must now be exerted from Germany, from Europe," Habeck said.

He urged the European Union to act in a united and strong manner in response to the new tariffs on EU imports into the U.S.

-ABC News' Somayeh Malekian

The Trump administration is still slapping new tariffs on several countries that preemptively tried to lower trade barriers with the United States to avoid getting targeted.

For example, Israel was hit with a 17% tariff despite completely scuttling all of its tariffs on U.S. goods.

Vietnam was hit with a 46% tariff, even though it preemptively cut tariffs on cars, liquefied natural gas and ethanol products, among other items, to reduce its trade surplus with the United States.

-ABC News' Ben Siegel