Top 5 moments from Trump's 'Hannity' interview

President Donald Trump sat down for an exclusive interrogation with Fox News big Sean Hannity connected Wednesday, his archetypal since returning to the White House.

Trump has routinely answered questions from reporters during his archetypal week successful office, including from Hannity.

In beforehand of a primetime audience, Trump reflected connected his instrumentality to the White House 4 years aft his nonaccomplishment to erstwhile President Joe Biden, threatened a reckoning with FEMA, shared his presumption connected TikTok's aboriginal and discussed Biden's preemptive pardons for officials and household members.

Here are the standout moments.

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President Donald Trump speaks with Fox News' Sean Hannity. (Fox News)

1. Trump reflects connected instrumentality to White House

Trump looked backmost connected his historical instrumentality to the White House successful his interrogation with Hannity, saying his governmental comeback proves the policies and philosophies of the "radical left" passim the past 4 years are "horrible" and "don't work."

The 47th president lamented the Biden administration’s policies, erstwhile again targeting inflation, the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and the onset of the Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Hamas wars. 

"With each that being said, I deliberation it's bigger. It's bigger than if it were much traditional," helium said connected "Hannity," referring to his 2 nonconsecutive terms. "I deliberation we got determination conscionable successful the nick of time."

From close to left, erstwhile President Bill Clinton, erstwhile Vice President Kamala Harris, her hubby Doug Emhoff and erstwhile President Joe Biden perceive arsenic President Donald Trump speaks aft taking the oath of bureau during the 60th Presidential Inauguration successful the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol successful Washington, D.C., connected Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

2. Hannity reveals what helium told Trump aft 2020 predetermination loss

Hannity revealed helium told Trump aft the 2020 predetermination that a instrumentality to the White House 4 years aft the Biden medication would beryllium "bigger" than a consecutive win, comparing it to Winston Churchill's instrumentality arsenic premier curate pursuing World War II.

"Maybe I shouldn't disclose this, but I will, and it was aft the 2020 election, and you asked maine a question. And we've known each different for 30 years, truthful we person a friendship, and we person a nonrecreational relationship," Hannity said successful his exclusive interrogation with Trump connected Wednesday. 

"And the question you asked me, ‘maybe successful the end, it volition beryllium amended that if I came backmost successful 4 years.’ And we talked astir history. After World War II, Winston Churchill was thrown out, but they brought him back. Grover Cleveland, the lone different American president that did not service consecutive terms," helium continued. 

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Churchill served arsenic premier curate twice, from 1940-1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. Trump is the 2nd U.S. president to service two, non-consecutive presumption down President Grover Cleveland, the nation's 22nd and 24th president. 

Hannity explained that helium believed "it would beryllium bigger if you came back." Trump agreed that it is already shaping up that mode aft 3 days successful office. 

"It's turning retired to beryllium bigger. And I deliberation 1 happening is happening is radical are learning that they can't govern and that their policies are terrible. I mean, they don't privation to spot a pistillate get pummeled by a antheral successful a boxing ring?" helium said. 

3. Trump warns FEMA faces a reckoning aft Biden administration

Trump warned that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is acceptable to look a reckoning pursuing 4 years nether the Biden administration, arguing the exigency bureau has "not done their job." 

"FEMA has not done their occupation for the past 4 years. You know, I had FEMA moving truly well. We had hurricanes successful Florida. We had Alabama tornadoes. But unless you person definite types of leadership, it's really, it gets successful the way. And FEMA is going to beryllium a full large treatment precise shortly, due to the fact that I'd alternatively spot the states instrumentality attraction of their ain problems," Trump said.

FEMA came nether the nation's microscope past twelvemonth erstwhile Hurricane Helene ripped done North Carolina, devastating residents arsenic it wiped retired homes and businesses and killed much than 100 people. FEMA and the Biden medication faced fierce backlash for its handling of the emergency, portion Trump accused the bureau of obstructing alleviation efforts successful Republican areas. 

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"The Democrats don't attraction astir North Carolina. What they've done with FEMA is truthful bad. FEMA is simply a full 'nother discussion, due to the fact that each it does is complicate everything," helium said. 

"So I'm stopping connected Friday. I'm stopping successful North Carolina, archetypal stop, due to the fact that those radical were treated precise severely by Democrats. And I'm stopping there. We're going to get that happening straightened retired due to the fact that they're inactive suffering from a hurricane from months ago," Trump said. 

Trump volition sojourn North Carolina connected Friday, his archetypal travel arsenic president, wherever helium is expected to circuit and conscionable with residents who were near devastated by the hurricane successful September. He volition besides sojourn California that aforesaid day, wherever wildfires person ripped done the Los Angeles country this month. 

4. Trump has a 'very lukewarm spot successful my heart' for TikTok

President Trump is pictured successful beforehand of the TikTok logo. (Getty Images)

Trump credited his campaign's determination to spell connected TikTok with his beardown 2024 predetermination show with younker voters, though helium told Hannity the abbreviated signifier video level indispensable beryllium sold by its Chinese owners to proceed to run successful the U.S.

"I deliberation TikTok ought to beryllium sold," Trump said. "People privation to bargain it." 

On his archetypal time successful bureau Monday, Trump issued an enforcement bid granting TikTok much time to run and enactment toward compliance with a instrumentality forcing the platform's Beijing-based owner, ByteDance, to either divest the app to an American purchaser oregon unopen the level down successful the U.S.

He has stated that the U.S. should ain fractional of TikTok and suggested that billionaire Elon Musk oregon Oracle laminitis Larry Ellison should acquisition the app. 

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In the interview, Trump seemed dismissive of Hannity's concerns that TikTok is simply a "spying app for the communist Chinese." 

"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. So wherefore don't they notation that, you know?" Trump said.

"You're dealing with a batch of young people," helium added. "So they emotion it. Is it that important for China to beryllium spying connected young radical and young kids watching brainsick videos of things?" 

Hannity replied that helium does not privation China spying connected anybody.

"No, but they marque your telephones, and they marque your computers, and they marque a batch of different things," Trump said. "Isn't that a bigger threat?"

5. Trump reacts to Biden not pardoning himself

During a treatment connected Biden's preemptive pardons for Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and members of the House Jan. 6 prime committee, Trump suggested the "sad thing" astir it was that Biden did not pardon himself.

"I was fixed the option," Trump said, recalling the extremity of his archetypal term, erstwhile governmental pundits speculated that Trump whitethorn pardon himself to debar prosecution for his alleged relation successful the Jan. 6, 2021 riots. 

"They said, ‘sir, would you similar to pardon everybody, including yourself?’ I said, I'm not going to pardon anybody. We didn't bash thing wrong. And we had radical that suffered," Trump said, noting that his erstwhile main strategist Steve Bannon and erstwhile commercialized advisor Peter Navarro were jailed for contempt of Congress. 

"[Biden] went astir giving everybody pardons, and, you know, the comic happening — possibly the bittersweet happening — is helium didn't springiness himself a pardon. And, if you look astatine it, it each had to bash with him," Trump told Hannity. 

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Biden was asked successful 2020 astir reports that then-President Trump was considering preemptive pardons for members of his household and adjacent himself, describing the anticipation arsenic concerning. 

"Well, it concerns maine successful presumption of what benignant of precedent it sets and however the remainder of the satellite looks astatine america arsenic a federation of laws and justice," Biden told CNN anchor Jake Tapper. 

Four years later, he pardoned his sister, 2 brothers and their spouses. Biden said the array of pardons was successful portion due to the fact that helium feared "baseless" and "politically motivated investigations" into his household from the Trump administration. 

"The issuance of these pardons should not beryllium mistaken arsenic an acknowledgment that they engaged successful immoderate wrongdoing, nor should acceptance beryllium misconstrued arsenic an admittance of guilt for immoderate offense," Biden said successful a statement released connected Inauguration Day.

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Trump declined to reply Hannity's question astir whether Congress should analyse the Biden family. 

"Look, helium didn't springiness himself a pardon, and helium didn't springiness immoderate different radical a pardon that needed it," said Trump. 

Fox News Digital's Ashley Carnahan, Emma Colton and Breck Dumas contributed to this report.