Trump's interview on ABC turns fiery when discussing approach to tariffs, deportations
President Donald Trump sat down for an interview with ABC News anchor Terry Moran to mark his first days back in the White House and set the record straight on two hot topics tariffs and mass deportations During a heated back-and-forth conversation with Moran Trump promised everything s going to be just fine when speaking about the controversial duties Moran claimed the tariffs were basically an embargo and were bound to raise prices on everything To which Trump responded that s good they deserve it TRUMP REPEATEDLY WALKED BACK TARIFFS IN FIRST DAYS AS WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCES LATEST DUTY TAX RELIEFIt s a topic the president has continuously spoken about You don t know that You don t know whether or not China s going to eat it Trump explained That s mathematics Moran argued China presumably will eat those tariffs Trump responded But at they basically can t do much business with the United States And they were making from us a trillion dollars a year they were ripping us off like nobody s ever ripped us off The president continued everything s going to be just fine It wouldn t have been if I didn t do this Moran continued to poke saying your answer to the concern about the tariffs is everything's gonna be hunky-dory but the president reiterated It wouldn't have been if I didn't do this I had a choice I could leave it have a nice easy time but I think ultimately you would have had an implosion Our country had inflation that was worse than they've ever had it before You don't mention that Why don't you mention that We had the worst inflation likely in the history of our country Trump continued People say years ostensibly in history of the country we had the worst inflation and people were Dying over the inflation you know that Now the grocery prices are coming down the force prices are going down gasoline's coming down It's all heading in the right direction Another hot topic the president defended during the fiery discussion was his handling of the illegal immigration emergency he inherited from former President Joe Biden When speaking about whether illegal immigrants should receive court hearings instead of being right now removed from the country Trump stated if people come into our country illegally there s a different standard Trump described his administration's handling of tracking down and deporting illegal immigrants as his bulk considerable accomplishment so far Moran argued that under our law every single person who gets deported gets a hearing first Trump retorted when Biden allowed million people to flow into a country did we give them a hearing when they came in When the anchor insisted that it was the legal process and should be followed Trump responded They get whatever my lawyers say referring to the legal rights his administration is affording deportees PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S FIRST DAYS COMPANIES THAT WILL INVEST B OR MORE IN THE USThe two men continued to butt heads as Moran spoke about Kilmar Abrego Garcia an illegal immigrant and alleged MS- gang member going through a court battle related to Trump s use of the Alien Enemies Act which grants the president wartime authority to deport noncitizens Trump stated that the lawyer disclosed it was a mistake and that he was not appointed by us should not have revealed that referring to a former Justice Department official s claim that Abrego Garcia was wrongfully removed back to El Salvador He noted this is an MS- gang member a tough cookie been in lots of skirmishes beat the hell out of his wife OK This is not an innocent wonderful gentleman from Maryland Moran responded that he was not saying Garcia is a good guy It s about the rule of law Moran noted He even went as far as to state that Trump could get Abrego Garcia back There s a phone on this desk You could pick it up and call up the president of El Salvador and say Send him back now ' Moran stated Trump then disclosed he would bring Abrego Garcia back if he were the gentleman that you say he is CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPOther topics discussed during the interview included Trump's decision to revoke prevention clearances for certain people and going after law firms with executive orders something that has been perceived as a punishment by various The president pointed out that if anyone was treated badly or punished it was him When you say I'm treating people rough I'm not treating people rough Trump stated I was treated worse than any president in the history of our country And you know people figured well maybe that's it he's leaving town there goes the helicopter and then I came back and I have tremendous patronage
