Donald Trump said he can’t guarantee that his promised tariffs on key U.S. foreign trade partners won’t raise prices for American consumers and he suggested once more that some political rivals and federal officials who pursued legal cases against him should be imprisoned.
The president-elect, in a wide-ranging interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press” that aired Sunday, also touched on monetary policy, immigration, abortion and health care, and U.S. involvement in Ukraine, Israel and elsewhere.
Trump often mixed declarative statements with caveats, at one point cautioning “things do change.”
He offered conflicting statements on how he would approach the justice system after winning election despite being convicted of 34 felonies in a New York state court and being indicted in other cases for his handling of national security secrets and efforts to overturn his 2020 loss to Democrat Joe Biden.
“Honestly, they should go to jail,” Trump said of members of Congress who investigated the Capitol riot by his supporters who wanted him to remain in power.
Hope you're all happy with the inflation and cost of living going up again.
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You omitted all of the positive points that were made. Here are two.
"He has pledged that, on his first day in office in January, he would impose 25% tariffs on all goods imported from Mexico and Canada unless those countries satisfactorily stop illegal immigration and the flow of illegal drugs such as fentanyl into the United States. He also has threatened additional tariffs on China to help force that country to crack down on fentanyl production."
My neighbor whose son is now a partially paralyzed, aphasic 26 yr old from a fentanyl laced joint probably liked that part.
Seniors, future seniors, and children of seniors will be pleased at his statement on Social Security.
"Trump promised that the government efficiency effort led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will not threaten Social Security. “We’re not touching Social Security, other than we make it more efficient,” he said. He added that “we’re not raising ages or any of that stuff.”
I do not know how life has damaged you to such a level of toxic obsession, but I am sorry for you.
So ....
He'll will ruin the balance of trade relationships with Canada & Mexico until Mexico "Wins the war on drugs" that America has failed to do in 30 years ?
Clearly its nigh on impossible for Mexico to achieve that so basically he's just messing up the economy for no reason and still not achieving a reduction in drugs or immigrants.
What A genius
Thats what happens when you elect a man with the brain of a toddler to office.
You guys need to pipe tf down with your political commentary as you've exposed how little you actually know in the lead up to the elections. If someone wants a wrong opinion about something they'll come to you ok and if they want a leader to lead the country they'll vote Trump as POTUS. Oh wait a minute.
So what do you guys with the correct opinions and who understand politics and economics and voted Trump in for those reason think will be the result of Trumps "opening gambit" ?
I think it will result in lots of crying no matter what as usual, from you people who are easily programmed by a cabal of farthuffing coastal political activists masquerading as journalists, who like you also have very little understanding of leadership, masculinity or geopolitics.
The positive points are just more Trump lies. Mexico is just as unlikely to do anything to stop the flow of drugs inside its borders anymore than the USA is going to greatly reduce the flow of drugs without our own borders.
What Trump is saying is that he is going to screw over Americans, but is putting the blame on Mexico and China.
What good is a Trump promise on Social Security anyway? "Not touching Social Security, other than...."? Who do they think they are kidding other than the MAGA cult? They will touch it by reducing benefits and raising the tax most likely.
No need to feel sorry for me at all. I am completely undamaged as my life does not revolve around making excuses for a cult leader.