‘Biden didn’t pardon himself’: Key takeaways from Trump’s first interview after becoming president

The quality connected the amusement came a mates of days aft Trump signed a flurry of enforcement orders, from US’ withdrawal from WHO to revoking birthright citizenship, sweeping pardons for January 6 Capitol rioters, to announcing tariffs for Canada, Mexico and China among others.

‘Biden didn’t pardon himself’

Former President Joe Biden signed orders successful the past infinitesimal to pardon his household members, members of the January 6 committee and witnesses and Dr. Anthony Fauci earlier demitting the office.

President Donald Trump criticised the determination and said that “And you know, the comic thing, possibly the bittersweet happening is, helium didn’t springiness himself a pardon.”

Republican statesmanlike nominee erstwhile President Donald Trump speaks astatine a run municipality hallway astatine the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center & Fairgrounds, Oct. 14, 2024, successful Oaks, Pa., arsenic moderator South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem listens. (AP Photo)

Trump, referring to Biden further stated successful the interview, “Well, I went done 4 years of hellhole by this scum that we had to woody with. I went done 4 years of hell. I spent millions of dollars successful ineligible fees, and I won, but I did it the hard way. And it’s truly hard to accidental that they shouldn’t person to spell done it all. So it is precise hard to accidental that.”

Releasing FBI records connected JFK assassination

President Donald Trump said that helium would guarantee that the FBI records connected erstwhile President connected John F. Kennedy’s assassination volition beryllium released “immediately” arsenic and erstwhile the files are reviewed.

Trump stated that helium had released immoderate of the files connected Kennedy to an grade during his archetypal term, but was stopped by past Secretary of State Mike Pompeo from releasing it further arsenic helium felt “it was conscionable not a bully clip to merchandise them.”

“I did it with Kennedy, to an extent. But I was asked by immoderate of our authorities officials not to, and, you know, you person to respect them,” Trump said.

Concerns regarding TikTok, China

President Trump acceptable speech the concerns regarding societal media app TikTok’s information collection of American’s idiosyncratic accusation being allegedly exposed to China. Trump was asked astir it arsenic TikTok’s genitor institution ByteDance is based successful China.

“Is it that important for China to beryllium spying connected young people? On young kids watching brainsick videos? But you tin accidental that astir everything made successful China – look, we person our telephones made successful China for the astir part, we person truthful galore things made successful China, truthful wherefore don’t they notation that?” Trump said.

Trump had archetypal issued the enforcement orders of banning the TikTok app during his archetypal word but has present taken a wholly reversed stance. Trump had said earlier that TikTok “threatens to let the Chinese Communist Party entree to Americans’ idiosyncratic and proprietary information”. He told Fox News that galore radical privation to bargain TikTok successful the US.

(with inputs from Fox News)