President Donald Trump kept his foot on gas during an expanded version of the Super Bowl interview that aired Monday, expressing his trust in billionaire Elon Musk and defending the executive whiplash.
A one-on-one interview with Fox News chief political anchor Bret Baier aired ahead of Sunday’s match, with 53% of Americans approving the handling of their jobs on CBS News/Yougov Because of this, I’ve touched on a lot of topics. The poll was released on Sunday.
Trump exuded confidence in most of the conversation, saying unlike his first term, he learned how to make Washington better by working with him.
“I put people in office and put some great, some really good stuff, but I had some things I wouldn’t put,” the president said in an interview. It said it was recorded at a Mar-a-Lago club and a private residence in South Florida. “If I had a few years from now or a little more experience in DC, I would have known well if I was from New York.”
Americans revealed that consumer anxiety was at the heart of decision-making during last year’s presidential election between Trump and Democratic candidate Kamala Harris.
For example, in a USA Today/Suffolk University poll released last month, 47% said the economy is their number one priority. Trader Joe’s has placed a purchase limit on eggs, and Waffle House is paying extra for them as a result of the ongoing pricing and availability issues brought about by the H5N1 bird flu.
But Trump avoids important questions about how long Americans will have to wait before prices drop, a topic that will help him control the 2024 campaign and bring him back to power. I did.
He said the US “goes rich” but must first stop foreign countries from “using the US” before defending tariffs on allies and enemies.
This is the most important moment from the interview.
“He’s a great guy”: Trump trusts Musk
Musk’s role, the wealthiest person in the world and source of over $250 million to support Trump’s 2024 campaign, was a serious issue in the early days of Trump 2.0, and Democrats is trying to demonstrate a South African-born entrepreneur. It is the weakness of the new GOP-led administration.
With about three dozen lawsuits already being filed against the president’s enforcement actions, a bigger legal battle is being fought against many of the mask moves within the Trump administration. Legal applause challenges Trump’s authority to freeze government spending. End citizenship from birth. Acquisition of federal employees. It will incorporate the US international development organization.
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Last week, federal judges pumped the brakes on masks and other members of government efficiency, from accessing government payment processing systems in response to challenges from the attorney general of 19 states, for example.
53% of voters disapproved of Musk, who plays a prominent role in the Trump administration, including 56% of independents. But for now, the president is standing by his mask. Beside the mask, he stands by a tech billionaire who boasted of X, a social media site that supplied “wood chippers” to the US international development agency.
“We have to solve the efficiency issue,” Trump said. “We have to resolve fraud, waste, abuse, or anything that has entered the government.”
The president described masks as “great man” and “very smart” who cleaned up various departments and agencies of the federal government, including the military, although he was not a supporter at first.
Trump says he’s serious about making Canada the 51st state
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Trump’s broad and rude style continues to plague political observers, and has not demonstrated a better place than interacting with American neighbors in the North.
When asked if he wanted Canada to join the United States rather than a foreign alliance, the president did not retreat.
“I think Canada would be much better in the 51st state,” Trump said.
Comments in Trump’s interview, backed by a new executive order on Monday, imposing a 25% tariff on all steel and aluminum imports, including US closest neighbors.
Success will bring unity, Trump says
America remains violently divided after the bruise election, and most of Trump’s early actions appear to have exacerbated that partisan division.
A Pew Research Center survey released last week found that 40% of voters strongly approve of Trump’s performance.
Asked what he could do to regain a sense of unity after a more decisive victory in 2024, the president said before the Covid-19 pandemic was first hit in his first term five years ago. It pointed out financial success.
“We have to get together, but there’s only one thing we’re trying to do to get together. It’s a huge success,” Trump said.
The president said it’s difficult for the nation to unite, referring to certain divisive issues such as border security, trans athletes, diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
Vance ’28: Not too fast, vp
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At one point, Baier uses an interview to turn his attention to what is too early to think about the 2028 presidential contest, and if the president considers JD Vance’s Vice President as his natural successor .
“No, but he’s very capable,” Trump said. “I think you have a lot of very capable people.”
A recent survey of Republican voters shows that Vance, 40, will be the biggest option to take the presidential nomination, as well as 27% of those who voted to say he would bring back his former Ohio Senator. The second-ranked figure was Donald Trump Jr., the president’s oldest son, age 47. He raked in 21% of votes. Over 8 years. He mentioned it again at last week’s national prayer breakfast.
Trump defends the idea of seizing his Palestinian homeland without the military
More: With a major policy shift, Trump says the US should take over Gaza and won’t rule out US military use
One of Trump’s more provocative proposals is the idea of purchasing and redeveloping Gaza, which was attacked by Israel as a result of the war with Hamas.
But former real estate mogul Trump said in an interview with Fox that the enclave is now a “demolition site” and Palestinians should be shipped to other Middle Eastern countries, but they have no right to return. He said that.
“No, because they have better housing,” he said. “I’m talking about building a permanent place for that, because if they have to go back now, it’s going to take years before you can, so it’s not habitable. It’s the body.”
Trump’s Gaza proposition elicited responsibilities from several US allies, as well as global leaders, including many human rights groups, Arab countries and Palestinian leaders.
However, Trump has proposed to bring displaced Palestinians from Jordan and Egypt, and with some anti-war supporters expressing concern, the US military is not needed.
“Israel will see that,” Trump said of Gaza. “Because it’s right next to Israel.”
