Trump also wondered whether there would have been a “double standard” against his supporters had Clinton won the election. The first lady and the future first lady had tea and toured the White House.
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How he conducts himself and what sort of radical proposals he’s going to put on the table are anyone’s guesses.
The official presidential salary is 0,000 (plus $50,000 for expenses) – money that President-elect Donald Trump has said he will forgo.
He went on “60 Minutes” and spoke about how he wants to shake things up.
Is there going to be a wall?
On the issue of the wall, Stahl pointed out that some Republicans have talked about a fence.
Mr Trump also insisted that the Mexico would pay for it. But Trump said he didn’t want to hurt the Clintons, calling them ‘good people’ and dodging the focus to his thoughts on healthcare and immigration instead.
“So at one hand Trump is trying to tell his very xenophobic anti-immigrant base, yes we are going to deport three million people and at the same time Paul Ryan appearing with Trump says no, we are not going to do mass deportations”.
Trump gave his first interview after winning the election to “60 Minutes”, where interviewer Lesley Stahl told Trump about attacks on minorities that have allegedly been by Trump supporters.
Many of them made headlines – from banning all Muslims entering the U.S., to building a wall along the border with Mexico.
“They have gangs demanding extortion and threatening them during the day, and security forces breaking doors down and rounding up young men at night”, said Noah Bullock, executive director of Foundation Cristosal, a human rights group in El Salvador. I even had to submit my tax returns to demonstrate I could do so. Last year, for instance, Immigration and Customs Enforcement identified 64,197 crimes committed by fewer than 20,000 “criminal aliens placed in a non-custodial setting”. Stahl asked Trump point-blank if he supports marriage equality, and he said it doesn’t matter, because the Supreme Court already ruled in favor of same-sex marriage in June 2015.
“But having to do with abortion”, he continued, “if it ever were overturned, it would go back to the states”. This could mean Roe v Wade may be revoked, making abortion harder to access.
He says he won’t. “But I think it’s a very small amount…”
“It is my strong belief the majority of the American people would not want to suddenly see those kids having to start hiding again”, Obama said. This is a noble pursuit, but pretty ironic considering Trump’s brash online persona. Even before Trump has taken office, ICE has begun to do his bidding.
Mr Trump was joined by his wife and adult children, including daughter Ivanka who was named as part of his transition team, although she has ruled out joining his administration. They’ll be based in NY, looking after his business empire. If he does it right, he could pleasantly surprise his critics, including me. Wait times can exceed three years.
Hillary Clinton has cited Comey’s late-campaign season disclosures as a reason for her loss.
Trump didn’t say Sunday how he will target criminals. He said numerous remainder were “terrific people” but did not elaborate further on how he would approach the issue of their undocumented status.
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The same goes for firing top dogs at the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
