Trump promises “mass deportations” and pardons on January 6th on the first day of his term as president

Trump promises “mass deportations” and pardons on January 6th on the first day of his term as president

Dec. 8 (UPI) — President-elect Donald Trump said he plans to pursue efforts to deport millions of undocumented immigrants, impose tariffs on foreign countries that do business with the U.S. and pardon some of the people involved in the Capitol breach on March 6 . January 2021 were sentenced.

Trump made his comments as he described his agenda in the more than hour-long interview with Kristen Welker on NBC News’ “Meet the Press.”

Trump also said he would work to extend the tax cuts passed during his first term, not to raise the age of Medicare or Medicaid, and that he would look for ways to reduce federal spending.

He also said he would not impose restrictions on abortion pills and would continue to want abortions to be determined by individual states.

Former president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump stands with vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance, R-OH, at the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in July. Photo by Tannen Maury/UPI

Former president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump stands with vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance, R-OH, at the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in July. Photo by Tannen Maury/UPI

In addition to the deportation efforts, he will also seek to abolish birthright rights, which are enshrined in the 14th Amendment. He wants to take away the right to undocumented parents from those born in the country.

Regarding deportations, Trump said: “We start with the criminals and we have to do it. And then we’ll start with the others and we’ll see how it goes.”

An estimated 4 million families in America have mixed immigration status.

“I don’t want to destroy families. So the only way to not break up the family is to keep them together and then have to send them all back.”

Trump said he wants to work with Democrats to ensure that Dreamers, undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children nearly 20 or more years ago, can stay in the country.

“We have to do something about the Dreamers because these are people who were brought here at a very young age, and many of them are now middle-aged people, they don’t even speak the language of their country,” Trump said.

No law was passed to protect Dreamers during his term as president. They fall under the DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) program, which allows them to stay in the country and work legally.

He referred to his efforts to pardon the Jan. 6 rioters, saying many of them had endured excessively harsh treatment in prison.

Trump said the pardons would come on day one, arguing that many endured excessively harsh treatment in prison.

“These people are living in hell,” Trump said during the interview.

In total, 1,251 of the 1,572 defendants were convicted or found guilty of the attack. At least 645 defendants were sentenced to prison terms ranging from a few days to 22 years.

He said House committee members “committed a serious crime” on Jan. 6 by destroying evidence. Committee members said that wasn’t true because evidence had been stored at the committee, the White House or the Department of Homeland Security.

“Frankly, they should go to jail,” Trump said of the committee members, adding that he would not order his appointees to arrest them.

Regarding the consequences of the tariffs, Trump said he could not assure US consumers that they would no longer pay for some products if the new rules were implemented.

“I can’t guarantee anything,” Trump said. “I can’t guarantee tomorrow.”

Trump also said Ukraine “maybe, probably” should expect less help in the fight against Russia and that he was trying to negotiate with Russia to end the war.

The future president said he would not raise the eligibility age for Medicare and Medicaid recipients and said those programs would also be protected from the sweeping cuts promised by Elon Musk, whom Trump appointed with another to head a newly created Department of Government Efficiency was appointed by billionaire Vivek Ramaswamy.

“I won’t do it,” Trump said.

Musk said the department could cut up to a third of the federal budget, or more than $2 trillion, but did not elaborate.

Analysts say it would be nearly impossible to cut much of the U.S. spending plan in the short term while keeping the country’s vital services intact and the nation running, even if the department only targets so-called “discretionary spending.”

Trump has claimed that his stunning victory on November 5th was a mandate. He won by about 2 million votes out of 152 million cast, although his Electoral College margin was 312 to 226 over Vice President Kamala Harris.

He said he has broad support not only from the American people, but also from corporate giants like Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, with whom Trump is reportedly having dinner.

“People like me now, you know?” he said in the interview. “It’s different than the first time – you know, the first time I won I wasn’t nearly as popular. And one thing is very important about the election: I love that I won the popular vote, and by a lot.

While he sounded tough on the campaign trail, Trump said in the interview that he planned to “move on” and, for example, had no plans to appoint a special counsel to investigate President Joe Biden. He also said he had no plans to use the legal system to punish his political or personal opponents.

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