The President of the country, Mr. Donald Trump, has vowed to make changes as soon as possible after taking office on January 20, such as pardoning the victims of the attack on the US Capitol, and said that he wants to find a legal solution for the Dreamers to stay in the country. it is legal.
In an interview with Kristen Welker, moderator of NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” Trump also said he would work to extend the tax cuts passed in his first term. He said he would not seek to impose sanctions on abortion pills. He plans to deport millions of undocumented immigrants and try to end birthrights. And he said the January 6 amnesty for the rebels will take place on the first day, arguing that many have endured severe torture in prison.
“These people are living in hell,” he said.
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Trump’s first postelection network television address was held Friday at Trump Tower in Manhattan, where he spoke for more than an hour about the political agenda Americans can expect in his next term.
Mr Trump said he would fulfill a campaign promise to impose tariffs on imports from American traders. Soon, he admitted skepticism when Welker asked if he could “guarantee that American families will not pay more” for his plan.
President-elect Donald Trumps sits down for an interview with Kristen Welker on “Meet The Press” on December 6, 2024.
“I can’t promise anything,” Trump said. “I can’t promise tomorrow.”
Mr. Trump also said that he will not raise the age of government programs such as Social Security and Medicare and that he will not cut them as part of the efforts to cut costs led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. Asked if “raising the age limit or any of those things” was “on the table,” Trump agreed, saying, “I don’t.”
Trump spoke in a calm, measured voice and was sometimes comforted by Welker’s gaze. He seemed to be delighted with his victory on November 5. After winning the popular vote and capturing seven key battleground states, he proudly said, “I am being called by everyone.”
He heard from Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and owner of The Washington Post: “We are having dinner,” he said.
“People like me now, you know?” he said, adding, “It’s different from the beginning – you know, when I won the first time, I wasn’t famous like this. And one thing is important, in terms of the election, I like that I won the popular vote, and by a lot.”
‘Maybe he should’
Trump made concessions in common complaints. He would not accept that he lost in the 2020 elections. Asked if, in his opinion, the Democrats rigged this election but not this one even though they controlled the White House, Mr. Trump said, “Because I think it was too big a rigging.”
He accused the president, Mr. Joe Biden, of dividing the country politically and insulted the supposed enemies. Adam Schiff, the incoming Democratic senator from California, “life is low,” he said.
But he has given something of a mixed message when it comes to political revenge. Trump has made it clear that he believes he has been wronged, but he has also sounded a note of reconciliation, saying he will not appoint a prosecutor to investigate Biden. “I’m not looking forward to going back,” he said. “Revenge will be through success.”
The fear among Trump’s political opponents is that he will use the government’s formidable investigative machinery to retaliate. He chose two assistants for top law enforcement positions: Pam Bondi for attorney general and Kash Patel for FBI director. If confirmed, Trump suggested, they would have more autonomy in how they make laws.
However he singled out the people he believes crossed the line in the investigation into his actions, calling the special counsel Jack Smith “corrupt.”
Members of the House committee that investigated the January 6 attack on the US Capitol were “political criminals and, you know, creeps,” committing crimes in the line of duty, he said.
“For what they did, of course, they should go to jail,” Trump said.
Asked if he would order the Department of Justice and the FBI to punish them, Mr. Trump said, “No, no. I think they’ll have to look at it, but I’m not going to – I’m going to look at drilling, baby, drilling” – a reference to holding more oil for use.
If Biden wants to do it, he can pardon committee members, Trump said, “and maybe he should.”
Minimum wage, immigration and Obamacare
The interview covered a number of issues – during which he continued to keep some distance between himself and the conservative “Project 2025” which was intended to be the plan of his administration to implement new policies. But when he once lost the direction of the document, he accepted it very much and agreed that some of the producers will be part of his upcoming administration.
“Most of those things I agree with,” Trump said.
They said they will consider raising the government salary, which has been $7,250 an hour since 2009, but they want to negotiate with state governors. “I will admit, the number is very low,” he said.
He said he would release his full medical records. Trump will be 82 years old when his term ends in 2029 – the same age Biden is now. He said he has no plans to exit Truth Social, the multibillion-dollar platform he launched after retiring. “I don’t know what to dip,” he said. “All I do is post messages.” And he said he would not try to replace Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, whom he has criticized in the past.
He said his children would not join him as White House aides, starting from his last term, when daughter Ivanka Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner both served as senior advisers in the West Wing offices. “I will miss them,” he said. He did not answer the question of what role his wife, Melania Trump, will take in the new term, although he described the first lady as “very beautiful” and “popular.”
Immigration has been a central theme of Mr. Trump’s campaign, and he has not hesitated to say that he will deport more people living in the country illegally.
First, they will be convicted, he said. Pressed on whether the goals would pass that group, Trump added: “Well, I think you have to do it, and it’s a difficult — a difficult thing to do. It’s — but you have to have, you know, you have rules, regulations, rules. They came in illegally.”
It is also possible that American citizens will be caught in the sweepstakes and deported by family members who are here illegally, or may choose to leave.
When asked about families with different people, where some are in America legally and others illegally, Mr. Trump said, “I don’t want to break up the family, so the only way you don’t break up the family is to keep it.” together and you must return them all.
The cost and complexity of deporting millions of people did not deter him, he said.
“You have nothing to do,” he said. “First of all, they are costing us a lot of money. But we are starting with criminals, and we have to do it. And then we’ll start with others, and then we’ll see how it goes. “
One could be “Dreamers” – people who were brought to the US illegally as children and have lived here for years. They spoke openly about the legal solution that would allow them to stay in the country.
“I will work with the Democrats on the plan,” he said, praising the “Dreamers” who found good jobs, started businesses and became successful citizens. “We will have to do something with them,” he said.
He also stated that he intends to eliminate birthright, a protection enshrined in the 14th Amendment that guarantees citizenship to anyone born on US soil regardless of parentage. When asked about the possibility that doing this unilaterally will be opposed by law, Mr. Trump said that he will consider amending the Constitution.
“Maybe we’ll have to go back to the people,” Trump said. “But we have to finish it.”
During Trump’s debate with Vice President Kamala Harris, he was criticized for saying that he had “an agenda” to replace the Affordable Care Act, the health law signed by President Barack Obama.
It’s not clear that Trump’s thoughts continued.
“Obamacare stinks,” he said. “If we come up with a better solution, I would give the solution to the Democrats and to everybody and I would do something about it.”
When will he have an updated plan? “Well, I don’t know if you’re going to see it,” Trump said, adding that health experts are studying other possible options.
foreign policy
Later Friday after the interview, Trump flew to Paris for a ceremony marking the opening of Notre Dame Cathedral, which had been destroyed by fire.
Upon arrival, he met privately with French President Emmanuel Macron and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, writing on social media that the three discussed “peace” in their country’s war with Russia. Zelenskyy joined for about the last 10 minutes of the meeting, the Trump transition official said.
In an interview with “Meet the Press,” Trump said he is trying to end the war, “if I can,” adding that Ukraine can “hope” that it won’t get too much help from the U.S. when he returns. in the office.
He would not commit to keeping the US in NATO, the European military alliance that has been a bulwark against Russia since World War II. “If they pay their bills, absolutely,” he would preserve America’s role in the union, he said.
On another matter of foreign policy, Mr. Trump expressed doubt that the President of Syria, Bashar al-Assad, will be able to remain in power.
“It’s amazing, because he lived for years under you he thought the situation was very bad, and all of a sudden, only the rebels are going and they are taking the big places,” Trump said. “People have gambled on him for a long time, and so far it hasn’t worked. But this seems to be different. “
‘No killing America’
One line popped up in Trump’s first inaugural address in 2017: “America’s murder.” It inspired a nation ravaged by crime and riddled with rusting factories.
This time, Trump said the takeaway from his first speech will be different.
“We will have a message,” he said. “It will make you happy: unity. It will be a message of unity.”
“And no American massacre?” Welker asked.
“There is no killing America, no,” the 45th and soon-to-be 47th president said.
Asked about his message to Americans who didn’t vote for him, Mr Trump compared them to his most ardent supporters – a departure from his speech.
“I will treat you,” he said, “just as I did the great supporters of MAGA.”
This article was originally published on NBCNews.com