President-elect Trump, in a new interview, said he intends to act on his first day to pardon individuals involved in the Jan. 6, 2021, storming of the Capitol, including those who have pleaded guilty.
"I'm going to be acting very quickly. First day," Trump told Kristen Welker on "Meet the Press" in his first major sit-down interview since winning a second term.
When asked about those who had admitted to assaulting police officers, Trump claimed "they had no choice" and suggested hundreds of others who pleaded guilty to other offenses were victims of a "very corrupt system."
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President-elect Trump in a new interview said he does not plan to try and fire Jerome Powell as chairman of the Federal Reserve upon taking office next year.
"No, I don't think so. I don't see it," Trump told Kristen Welker on "Meet the Press." |
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Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Sunday that he believes President-elect Trump will not intervene in Syria.
"Donald Trump is always consistent, if there's one thing, that he did not wanna get involved in war. So, I think we should take him at his word on that," Esper told anchor Jake Tapper on CNN's "State of the Union." |
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President-elect Trump early Sunday called for an "immediate ceasefire" in the fighting between Ukraine and Russia following the fall of the Assad government in Syria and after a meeting in Paris with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
"Assad is gone. He has fled his country. His protector, Russia, Russia, Russia, led by Vladimir Putin, was not interested in protecting him any longer. There was no reason for Russia to be there in the first place," Trump posted on Truth Social. |
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| President-elect Trump in a new interview signaled he would not move to restrict access to abortion pills upon taking office, even as he acknowledged "things change."
"I'll probably stay with exactly what I've been saying for the last two years. And the answer is no," Trump told Kristen Welker on "Meet the Press" when asked if he would restrict the availability of abortion pills. |
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| President-elect Trump in a new interview that aired Sunday said he couldn't guarantee Americans would not pay more because of tariffs he has pledged to impose on imported goods.
Trump, in an interview with Kristen Welker of "Meet the Press," shrugged off repeated warnings from economists that tariffs on Canada, Mexico, China and others would raise prices for American consumers, saying he did not believe them. |
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Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) on Sunday pushed back on the idea that Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump's choice for Defense Secretary in his upcoming administration, has an issue with drinking.
"Now, if he did have a drinking problem, that would be obvious, but to make something out of it that isn't there just because he's going through secretary of Defense, the media should be ashamed of themselves," Mullin told anchor Jake Tapper on CNN's "State of the Union." |
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