President Donald Trump is circumspect about his duties to uphold due process rights laid out in the Constitution, saying in a new interview that he does not know whether U.S. citizens and noncitizens alike deserve that guarantee.
He also said he does not think military force will be needed to make Canada the “51st state” and played down the possibility he would look to run for a third term in the White House.
The comments in a wide-ranging, and at moments combative, interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press" came as the Republican president's efforts to quickly enact his agenda face sharper headwinds with Americans just as his second administration crossed the 100-day mark, according to a recent poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
Trump, however, made clear that he is not backing away from a to-do list that he insists the American electorate broadly supported when they elected him in November.
Here are some of the highlights from the interview with NBC's Kristen Welker that was taped Friday at his Mar-a-Lago property in Florida and aired Sunday.
Critics on the left have tried to make the case that Trump is chipping away at due process in the United States. Most notably, they cite the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran man who was living in Maryland when he was mistakenly deported to El Salvador and imprisoned without communication.
Trump says Abrego Garcia is part of a violent transnational gang. The Republican president has sought to turn deportation into a test case for his campaign against illegal immigration despite a Supreme Court order saying the administration must work to return Abrego Garcia to the U.S.
Asked in the interview whether U.S. citizens and noncitizens both deserve due process as laid out in the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution, Trump was noncommittal.
“I don’t know. I’m not, I’m not a lawyer. I don’t know,” Trump said when pressed by Welker.
The Fifth Amendment provides “due process of law,” meaning a person has certain rights when it comes to being prosecuted for a crime. Also, the 14th Amendment says no state can “deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”
Trump said he has “brilliant lawyers ... and they are going to obviously follow what the Supreme Court said.”
He said he was pushing to deport “some of the worst, most dangerous people on Earth,” but that courts are getting in his way.
“I was elected to get them the hell out of here, and the courts are holding me from doing it,” Trump said.
The president has repeatedly threatened that he intends to make Canada the “51st state.”
Before his White House meeting on Tuesday with newly elected Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Trump is not backing away from the rhetoric that has angered Canadians.
Trump, however, told NBC that it was “highly unlikely” that the U.S. would need to use military force to make Canada the 51st state.
He offered less certainty about whether his repeated calls for the U.S. to take over Greenland from NATO-ally Denmark can be achieved without military action.
“Something could happen with Greenland,” Trump said. “I’ll be honest, we need that for national and international security. ... I don’t see it with Canada. I just don’t see it, I have to be honest with you.”
Trump said the U.S. economy is in a “transition period” but he expects it to do “fantastically” despite the economic turmoil sparked by his tariffs.
He offered sharp pushback when Welker noted that some Wall Street analysts now say the chances of a recession are increasing.
“Well, you know, you say, some people on Wall Street say,” Trump said. “Well, I tell you something else. Some people on Wall Street say that we’re going to have the greatest economy in history.”
He also deflected blame for the 0.3% decline in the U.S. economy in the first quarter. He said he was not responsible for it.
“I think the good parts are the Trump economy and the bad parts are the Biden economy because he’s done a terrible job,” referring to his Democratic predecessor, Joe Biden.
Trump doubled down on his recent comments at a Cabinet meeting that children might have to have two dolls instead of 30, denying that is an acknowledgment his tariffs will lead to supply shortages.
“I’m just saying they don’t need to have 30 dolls. They can have three. They don’t need to have 250 pencils. They can have five.”
The president has repeatedly suggested he could seek a third term in the White House even though the 22nd Amendment of the Constitution says that “No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice.”
Trump told NBC there is considerable support for him to run for a third term.
“But this is not something I’m looking to do,” Trump said. “I’m looking to have four great years and turn it over to somebody, ideally a great Republican, a great Republican to carry it forward.”
Trump's previous comments about a third term sometimes seem more about provoking outrage on the political left. The Trump Organization is even selling red caps with the words “Trump 2028.”
But at moments, he has suggested he was seriously looking into a third term. In a late March phone interview with NBC, Trump said, “I’m not joking. There are methods which you could do it.”
Trump said in the interview that Vice President JD Vance is doing a “fantastic job” and is “brilliant.” Secretary of State Marco Rubio, whom Trump last week tasked to simultaneously serve as acting national security adviser, is “great,” the president said.
But Trump said it is “far too early” to begin talking about his potential successor.
He is confident that his "Make America Great Again" movement will flourish beyond his time in the White House.
“You look at Marco, you look at JD Vance, who’s fantastic,” Trump said. “You look at — I could name 10, 15, 20 people right now just sitting here. No, I think we have a tremendous party. And you know what I can’t name? I can’t name one Democrat.”
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has been under fire for his participation in Signal text chains in which sensitive information about military planning was shared. But Trump said he is not looking to replace his Pentagon chief.
“No. Not even a little bit. No. Pete’s going to be great,” Trump said. Hegseth's job is “totally safe."
The president also said his decision to nominate national security adviser Mike Waltz to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations was not punishment for starting the chain to which Waltz inadvertently added a reporter.
“No. I just think he’ll do a nice job in the new position," Trump said. He said his decision to have Rubio take over Waltz's duties will likely be temporary.
“Marco’s very busy doing other things, so he’s not going to keep it long term. We’re going to put somebody else in," Trump said, adding that it would nonetheless be possible to do both jobs indefinitely. “You know, there’s a theory. Henry Kissinger did both. There’s a theory that you don’t need two people. But I think I have some really great people that could do a good job."
One person he said he is not considering for the post? Top policy aide Stephen Miller.
“Well, I’d love to have Stephen there, but that would be a downgrade," he said. “Stephen is much higher on the totem pole than that, in my opinion.”
Trump denied he is profiting from the presidency, even as he continues to promote a series of business ventures, including cryptocurrency holdings.
“I’m not profiting from anything. All I’m doing is, I started this long before the election. I want crypto. I think crypto’s important because if we don’t do it, China’s going to. And it’s new, it’s very popular, it’s very hot,” Trump said, adding that he hasn't even “even looked” at how much he’s made from the venture.
Just days before taking office, Trump launched his own meme coin, which surged in value after it announced that top holders would be invited to an exclusive dinner at the president's Washington-area golf club later this month and a tour of the White House. He also helped launch World Liberty Financial, another cryptocurrency venture, last year.
That's in addition to a long list of other business ventures, from Trump Media & Technology Group, which runs his Truth Social site, to branded sneakers, watches and colognes and perfumes.
“Being president probably cost me money if you really look,” Trump said. "In fact, I do something that no other president has done, they think maybe George Washington has done.”
He added: “I contribute my entire salary to the government, back to the government. And I’m doing it again.”
Trump said he is open to extending the deadline for a deal on TikTok once again.
“I’d like to see it done,” he said. “I have a little warm spot in my heart for TikTok. TikTok is — it’s very interesting, but it’ll be protected.
He later added: "If it needs an extension, I would be willing to give it an extension, might not need it.”
Last month, Trump used executive action to keep TikTok running in the U.S. for another 75 days to give his administration more time to broker a deal to bring the social media platform under American ownership.
White House officials had believed they were close to a deal in which the app’s operations would have been spun off into a new company based in the U.S. and owned and operated by a majority of American investors. But Beijing hit the brakes after Trump slapped wide-ranging tariffs on nations across the globe.
“We actually have a deal. We have a group of purchasers, very substantial people. They’re going to pay a lot of money. It’s a good thing for us. It’s a good thing for China. It’s going to be, I think, very good," he said. "But because of the fact that I’ve essentially cut off China right now with the tariffs that are so high that they’re not going to be able to do much business with the United States. But if we make a deal with China I’m sure that’ll be a subject, and it’ll be a very easy subject to solve.”
Associated Press writer Jill Colvin in New York contributed to this report.
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R B Quinn
Convicted felons, election results deniers, insurrectionist, etc. think they are above the law, and due process is not a subject they care about.
TaiwanIsNotChina
Yeah he's not too sure about that whole democracy thing. Monarchy with him as king sounds much better to him.
marc laden
Those who has eyes and years then watch and listen directly what was the question ( always loaded and twisted and under valued questions, *they never asked such questons to Biden, a typical left strategy questions) *and the answers what Trump gave ... instead of some lunatic negative narrative...
TaiwanIsNotChina
Because there was no question Biden was adult enough to relinquish power.
TaiwanIsNotChina
Because you are deporting families instead, mayhap.
I'veSeenFootage
Donald Trump is an ignorant, senile and idiotic autocrat. Nothing else to say.
TaiwanIsNotChina
I'm sure that totally makes up for the insider trading.
Simon Foston
How can he not know something like that?
Peter Neil
Hmm. 75% of those deported had no criminal record at all. Also deported a Marine veteran decorated for combat in the Middle East who had no criminal record.
He doesn’t know if he should uphold the Constitution even though he answered yes to the oath of office that explicitly says he will uphold The Constitution?
Twisting this and everything into something about Biden is what a psychopath does.
lincolnman
He's not the Pope either but he likes to cosplay as one...
Of course he's against it - it's a right in the Constitution - a document he wholly disagrees with and is trying to gut...
Oh sure, just look at their "ratings" - i.e. win/loss record - which is like 1-70...
And if they're all so great, why is he still stiffing Rudy Giuliani in $2 million in legal fees?
Sure, he said the same thing about Mike Pence and Rex Tillerson - and look what happened to them...JD and Little Marco better have their McDonalds job applications ready...
Peter Neil
Let’s see, he also said that all business leaders and economists support his tariffs.
And hundreds of governors have called him to say that they support him.
Hundreds of governors? Oh boy.
The succession for the presidency is president, VP then Speaker of the House. Three of worst human beings rational people would want.
Yrral
I think it unethical to interview Trump at his property,it put undue info on reporting
lincolnman
Indeed - they don't edit out his gaffes, glitches, and goofs like any good far-right media outlet would do...
Yet none of them had to fork out $787 million for lying to its viewers...
MAGA-world; all delusion, all the time...
Yrral
More like Marco Polo
Simon Foston
marc ladenToday 06:18 am JST
Honestly I can't be bothered. I don't want to see him or listen to him. Can you just quote the relevant comments please, and explain exactly how they "spin" his words. Otherwise it just looks like you're trotting out the usual lame excuse for all the deranged outpourings from his diseased, decaying brain.
bass4funk
Liberals can't tag or accuse conservatives of anything since they're not better, at least that's what the voters thought.
Bob Fosse
He has 3 modes; lying, confusion or irritation. Signs of dementia.
bass4funk
According to whom? MSM, the DNC? Again, Democrats need to look at themselves and the utter failures they are and have been, Trump living in their heads 24/7 is a sickness they can't seem to cope with.
Some did have criminal records
That question should be asked to some of these activist lib rogue judges
No, it's what the media has been doing, desperately trying.
wallace
Early dementia is a concern, he has thoughts about defying the constitution. Denies the courts when he does not agree with their decisions. Wants to serve a third term. Posts an image of himself as the pope. None of the usual actions of a president.
patkim
Not really surprised. Just listen to Trump when he talks. It always starts with him and how his numbers and popularity is. Of course, those numbers are always suspect. Take the case when Pam Bondi constantly changes the numbers of fetanyl seized at the borders. It goes up, then back down to reality, then up again. She even stated that he saved like 75% of American lives from fetanyl poisoning. Total BS.
Now when it comes to deportation numbers, he wants large numbers, so of course, he'll disregard due process in order to achieve those numbers, even though it may hurt American citizens in the process. Legal or illegal, he wants immigrants out of the country.
You can clearly see the progression. First it was the violent dangerous illegals, then it was the illegal criminals with minor crimes, then it was pretty much any illegal immigrants even though they had no criminal record, then we saw immigrants who have become citizens deported so-called 'mistakenly'. Now we're hearing of legal American citizens being so-called 'mistakenly' deported. And when they do deport those mistakenly, they just say "Oops, but sorry we can't really do anything about it". At each step it becomes the norm and thus acceptable, even though it shouldn't.
Underworld
bass4funk
Hmm. 75% of those deported had no criminal record at all.
How is any of this relevant?
If 75% of those deported had no criminal record and they received no due process, almost certainly innocent people have been deported and imprisoned.
Yrral
Trump is convicted,he got his due process,but no. way he wish
bass4funk
Rhetorical question?
Acc to whom?
Peter Neil
Isn’t it about time America stop putting up with geezers with dementia and nutcases?
Yrral
Brilliant lawyer got you convicted,how many of you would hire an. lawyer,who could not defend you in court,an hire him to represent in the government
lincolnman
Trump's own DOJ - the National Crime Information Center...
It seems you missed this in the article...
“I think the good parts are the Trump economy and the bad parts are the Biden economy because he’s done a terrible job,” referring to his Democratic predecessor, Joe Biden"
His Biden obsessiveness is a clear dementia symptom...
But this Vet didn't - and Trump deported him. Disgraceful, right?
Poor, weak deflection - Trump swore to uphold the Constitution, now he is destroying it...
Far-right media...the one that had to pay $787 for lying to its viewers..
bass4funk
Doesn't seem remotely so.
Either the courts lead the country and do the job of the executive or we let President do it.
Libs are gullible
Because he knows you will be annoyed and talking about it, I think it's funny. Look, Trump loves to troll the left left viciously as much as they love to try and antagonize the guy. When the left stops, so will he, the left continue their barrage, so will he, kinda that simple. And let's not forget, Trump used to be a liberal, so he knows the game and the lefts weak points.
Underworld
bass4funk
How is any of this relevant?
No. Asking you to explain how a rant about Democrats answers the question.
If 75% of those deported
Referring to the people sent to El Salvador, internal government documents listing their names and any known criminal information.
wallace
Donald Trump doubled down on his threat to use military force to take Greenland if the autonomous Arctic island doesn't concede to his offers to purchase it from Denmark.
Putin believes the same about Poland.
Trump does not care about what the people of Greenland want.
Simon Foston
bass4funkToday 07:21 am JST
The comment doesn't say anything about conservatives. No one was accusing conservatives of being convicted felons, election deniers or insurrectionists. Even if they were, everyone has the right to say what they like. No one can tell you what you can or can't say, isn't that correct?
bass4funk
ICE stated that Ramos-Gomez claimed to be a foreign national illegally present in the U.S., leading to his detention. He was released after documentation confirmed his citizenship.
I was looking at the statements of ICE and the DOJ
You and the left with your Trump obsession can't talk, lol
?
No, spot on
No, that's the activist judges doing that.
And still the most watched network in the entire nation. Americans are very forgiving.
Blacklabel
well isn’t that significant change of narrative now that more domestic violence and human trafficking evidence is available.
“Salvadoran man who was…”
bass4funk
According to whom? Which law agency?
lincolnman
Perfect example of two things...
1) After accusing the "Dems", Trump is now waging his own war on Christmas...
2) Trump Making Children Miserable Again....
Tells them they only need "five pencils" to be happy...
Defunds Elmo, Bertie, and Big Bird...
Cuts funds for agencies investigating child abuse...
Blocks funding for Head Start, school meals, and school safety...
TaiwanIsNotChina
I'm more concerned he seems to be admitting he might not make it to 2029 and J. D. Vance could be worse.
bass4funk
No, he didn't, why you guys exaggerate like that. lol
I hope so.
lincolnman
You said "the MSM" provided the stats - it was Trump's own DOJ and Barbie Bondi ...you self-owned...
Better to read the whole article then you won't be so humiliated...
ROFL...what a whiff and miss...
Don't know if it's disgraceful? That's even more disgraceful...
Ketchup spot...
Yes, read the article again (in its entirety) - he's denying due process...
The MAGA cult certainly is, after being lied to about the COVID vaccine being "safe", RFK Jr being a "liberal lunatic", EVs being a "hoax and a scam", and that Trump will "protect the unborn"...
MAGA-world - we like being lied to...
Underworld
bass4funk
Referring to the people sent to El Salvador, internal government documents listing their names and any known criminal information.
DOJ records of the people sent to El Salvador and all previous convictions. Only 75% have previous convictions.
Blacklabel
Even Barack Obama would be 75 years old at the end of JDs 2nd term.
Dems sure need some fresh, (but not crazy) leadership which is where they are struggling.
Underworld
Blacklabel
JD has as much charisma as a caravan park. There is no way he will win the GOP primaries.
bass4funk
You just made my argument for me
Show me the records where it states this
Underworld
bass4funk
DOJ records of the people sent to El Salvador and all previous convictions.
No. I didn’t.
Only 75% have previous convictions.
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/what-records-show-about-migrants-sent-to-salvadoran-prison-60-minutes-transcript/
ok1517
Donna Trump's "dic(K)traitorship" making progress!
He only knows what he wants to know.
Doesn't even understand the Constitution.
Doesn't know how to read or write (facts can be found a lot)
But he is good at insulting, humiliating and cheating, that's for sure!
bass4funk
There you go, not self-owned, so where does it say they were wrongly taken
Not me, show the document
Dems keep missing
Hmm
Like J6
And the left made it worse, more deaths, masks that didn't work, all the while knowing it, lock ups, vaccine side effects, the destruction of small businesses, again, the left have themselves to blame for the damage they caused, they don't deserve to lead the nation.
I'veSeenFootage
"Hmmm how can I deflect and avoid talking about the moronic things Trump has once again said? Oh, I know, I'll talk about... Obama!!! That works every time!"
(it doesn't)
Bob Fosse
He could have saved everybody a lot of time and money if he’d said “I don’t know” when he took the oath in January 20th.
funkymofo
Do trump supporters here believe he must uphold the constitution? Just wondering, because he doesn’t seem so sure.
bass4funk
They neither denied nor confirmed either way
so I think we can also agree that it is not true..
Underworld
bass4funk
Well the Trump DOJ aren’t denying the truth of this report,
so I think we can agree that it is true
They have an incentive to deny it, if it is not true. So why haven’t they denied it?
Because it is true.
Wow, you are putting in so much effort to deny an obvious fact.
I guess because you can’t defend DOJ’s actions of sending innocent people to El Salvador without being afforded due process.
wallace
Trump rules like a wisw guy.
Some dude
"He was only joking and owning the libz" yelled the conservative-leaning man as he was thrown into jail without a trial.
wallace
Trump’s grandchildren will not be without their 30 dolls come Christmas.
Tokyo Guy
I sometimes think that a country stupid enough to elect a man like Trump twice doesn't deserve things like due process. They elected a man who all but promised to ignore the laws and standards of the country. Then they elected him again.
Tokyo Guy
I trust the DOJ.
Until they do something that upsets Trump and by extension his cult. Then you'll be calling for a change in leadership faster than you'd be calling for every non-white person to be thrown out of the USA.
wallace
Trump is selling 2028 MAGA hats. $50. Made in America.
https://www.trumpstore.com/product/trump-2028-hat/
Tokyo Guy
Trump is selling 2028 MAGA hats. $50. Made in America.
That's because he knows what his tariffs would do to the price of them if they were made where they usually are.
patkim
I don't know how other people feel, but I for one, would like to have the opportunity to prove and show proof of my citizenship if I am ever wrongfully detained. Of course, it is not common for me to be carrying around my birth certificate everywhere I go to in America, so I would like to be able to have due process to retrieve such document. However, with the current administration, it doesn't seem possible to do that.
bass4funk
Not it means, you want me to think and believe what you say, show proof, if you can't then step aside, there is your rebuttal. ;)
bass4funk
Like trying to jail the man, how'd that work out, 12 years of miserable failure.
What is up with you guys and race all the time?? My god....
Blacklabel
which is the exact point of, and reason for, the tariffs.
made in America!
welcome to the team.
Blacklabel
the problem is, they wouldn’t be be able to “retrieve” something they don’t have.
because they are illegally in our country.
you really think all these 100,000+ deported people are really legal and just needed a chance to swing by the house to get a birth certificate but were denied?
I'veSeenFootage
So if tariffs are so great for the economy, why did he cave in and reduce them all last month?
https://www.usa.gov/asylum
Apparently you're not familiar with this concept.
Tokyo Guy
which is the exact point of, and reason for, the tariffs.
made in America!
welcome to the team.
So why was he originally having all his cheap tat made in China?
Has he no pride in the ability of American manufacturers?
lincolnman
Hmmmm.....
Due process is spelled out clearly in the Fifth Amendment - and Trump says he "doesn't know"....
I guess that means he's also "noncommittal" and "doesn't know" about the Second Amendment either....
Underworld
bass4funk
This is code for "I can't provide a logical rebuttal to what you said, not least because I don't know what rebuttal means"
And when I do show proof, but you have no answer, you say “I disagree”.
Blacklabel
im not. Not the kind of “asylum” where you suddenly claim it years after illegally entering and right after being arrested for violent crime or the crime of illegal entry.
tarrifs were reduced (not eliminated) as part of a negotiation period
but not for Chyna:
“You're not dropping the tariffs against China to get them to the negotiating table?" Welker asked.
Trump responded, "No."
Blacklabel
“President Trump said Sunday he would need to keep at least some tariffs on foreign goods in place to convince businesses to move production to the U.S.
Why it matters: It suggests that the historic levies on nearly all goods coming into America would remain in some form — even as the White House says it intends to strike trade deals with a slew of nations, including China.”
DaDude
Forced out, he was YOUR candidate til months before.
TokyoLiving
Thanks to that clown, US GDP is in negative growth..
Recession is nearer than ever..
Decadence is accelerating..
Tokyo Guy
“You're not dropping the tariffs against China to get them to the negotiating table?" Welker asked.
*Trump responded, "No.*"
So he's guaranteeing that the great majority of what America buys is going to be either more expensive, or harder to acquire when the container ships stop turning up.
More negotiation genius. The Chinese are just biding their time and making pretty amusing AI memes of Trump and his team. The average MAGA brain can't conceive of how much China is snickering at the US right now.
Blacklabel
We simply aren’t buying your Chinese crap anymore.
Don’t know what to tell you “Tokyo guy”
I'veSeenFootage
Of course you aren't.
Yeah nobody can actually do that. Irrelevant xenopbobic fantasy.
The main problem is that the asylum process should take about 180 days, but takes years because of the enormous backlog (=lack of workers and funding).
Non they weren't. As per Trump's own words: "people were getting yippy and afraid" because the stock market tanked. Nothing to to with negociations.
Tokyo Guy
We simply aren’t buying your Chinese crap anymore.
Do you have the faintest idea of how much stuff the average American buys is made in China?
Tokyo Guy
And when I do show proof, but you have no answer, you say “I disagree”.
Be fair, sometimes he says "ROFL" instead.
Underworld
Blacklabel
The result of which will tank the economy yet again.
Blacklabel
It’s like Trump said. I can go to Walmart and buy a half dozen disposable type tshirts for $5 each, supporting the CCP.
or I can buy 1 or 2 nice Made in America high quality shirts for $15 each. Cost is the same overall.
Americans are changing from overconsumption to quality, having less “things” but better value and made by US.
Blacklabel
Yes, entirely too much.
I'veSeenFootage
You're talking like there were no avaliable "made in USA" t-shirt on the shelves before Trump implemented his tariffs. But there were. And there have been for decades. The choice has always been there. So your point makes no sense.
bass4funk
They were reduced not eliminated, big difference.
How else are you going to laugh at lib nonsense.
patkim
No, the problem is that ICE agents don't have the right to break your car window to get you, and not give you time to show proof of your citizenship. This is what is happening. They come to you in your car, before you can show proof, they break your car window and drag you out. Then when your lawyer comes with your proof, they just say sorry, it was a mistake, then leave you with a broken car window, all shaken and traumatized for nothing with no oversight.
bass4funk
I will, but at least I can’t say you were just making an assumption
Blacklabel
so knowing this, asylum should be requested at a consulate outside of the USA.
in the first country illegals enter.
Underworld
Blacklabel
So you are OK with reducing choice for no actual benefit?
lincolnman
Trump High Tops - Made in China...
Trump Bibles - Made in China....
Most of the Trump Collection clothing line - Made in China...
MAGA-world - say the like Made in USA - buy and wear mostly Made in China...
Blacklabel
made in America is a huge benefit to our economy and our workers. Our wages, our employment, our families, our national security to be self sufficient.
So absolutely!
Blacklabel
doesn’t sound like China is winning, does it?
“The Chinese government has assembled a list of American products that would be exempt from its 125% tariffs on U.S. goods, Reuters reported last week. Beijing already has exemptions for some U.S. pharmaceuticals, microchips and aircraft engines.”
wallace
Trump has just introduced 100% tariffs on foreign-made movies.
Underworld
Blacklabel
So you are OK with reducing choice for no actual benefit?
No it isn’t. iPhones will never be made in America, they will just be more expensive.
The US moved from being a manufacturing economy to a service economy years ago and hasn’t looked back.
Blacklabel
Not in that Biden 8% inflation economy with $6 gas and with a 27% stock market decrease in 2022 alone.
people had to buy the cheap Chinese crap just to survive then.
but Now?
we are on our way to a golden age of prosperity.
wallace
Trump has said he wants to reopen and reuse Alcatraz Prison, saying it will be a strong symbol of American justice. Does he not know the US has the biggest population of prison inmates, 2 million?
HopeSpringsEternal
Headline misleading, Trump made it clear he's letting his MANY lawyers figure out the scope of 'due process' for different categories of peoples such as..
Citizens, those on visas and illegal alien that are recent entries and some who've been in US for decades, others designated terrorists, gang members, criminals etc.
Due Process is NOT Uniform, designated terrorists get no due process, why Guantanamo is used etc.
Naturally Democrats want EVERYONE to get the SAME Due Process, which is why they're so unpopular, as most regular citizens do not want hard core criminals and terrorists wasting their tax dollars in courts, majority supports deportation for ALL illegals etc.
Blacklabel
But they can be made in India or another country we like and who we have a fair trade deal with for the same price to our citizens.
wallace
MAGA supporters get so excited about the made-in-America hats, probably because the country manufactures so little when compared with the previous golden days.
HopeSpringsEternal
It's called Common Sense, why Trump won re-election.
Most do not know, Pres. Obama deported over 3M illegal aliens in his 8 years and never dealt with 'due process' issues in court.
plasticmonkey
What would be a decent wage for an American working in a T-shirt factory? Or in a factory making MAGA caps? What would you pay your workers?
HopeSpringsEternal
Democrats would rather defend illegal alien MS-13 Gang Members than US citizens victimized by these animals.
Trump and US Citizens want legal vetted immigration, which of course has a 'due process', NOT open borders and dangerous risky often violent criminal illegal aliens.
plasticmonkey
"I, Donald J. Trump, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, unless it goes against something I wanna do."
Underworld
Blacklabel
No it isn’t. iPhones will never be made in America, they will just be more expensive.
But you were saying that it benefits American workers. It doesn’t.
And we don’t care if we buy from China or India. It’s all the same.
plasticmonkey
Let me repeat what I told you yesterday. STFU, you obnoxious troll.
plasticmonkey
You are seriously deluded.
Blacklabel
A wage where a working father could be the sole provider for his family. while affording to buy a small house and a reasonable car in a crime free neighborhood with a good school.
like it used to be.
plasticmonkey
Nice dream.
But you're talking something like $50 dollars an hour. To make T-shirts.
Jimizo
Saw the interview.
Hard to tell what Trump means these days. He’s never been the sharpest and has always struggled to express himself concisely. Put the obvious mental decline which comes with age on top of it and you get gibberish.
Might hold on for the remainder of the term but I wouldn’t bet on it.
Blacklabel
$22 an hour to cook French fries or pour Starbucks in a cup is fine for leftists.
so yeah $50 an hour in a factory makes sense.
Blacklabel
Although most factories are in low cost of living areas like where I live.
so I think $30-$35 would do it, along with the Trump tax cuts so we can keep more of what we earn.
lincolnman
Indeed - then come on down to deep Red State Mississippi - which leads the nation in poverty, homicides, drug overdoses, and lowest education level...
Yep, a real Red State paradise...
Blacklabel
For drawing a federal government pension and getting government checks for 40+ years, you sure do hate America.
You could always return those checks.
HopeSpringsEternal
Trump answered correctly as he knows it's the lawyers and Courts that will ultimately define the parameters of "Due Process" for different categories of people.
Violent Criminal Illegal Alien Criminals will not merit same Due Process as Law Abiding Citizens = Common Sense
Jimizo
Would that apply regardless of the scale of the operation and what is being manufactured?
HopeSpringsEternal
Trump answered correctly as he knows it's the Lawyers and Courts that will ultimately define exact parameters of "Due Process" for different Categories of People.
Violent Criminal Illegal Aliens will not Merit the same Due Process as Law Abiding Citizens = Common Sense
Blacklabel
Heeeeee won’t follow the law just does what heeeee wants!
Trump says it’s not up to him at all so he doesn’t know, will just follow the law based on his DOJ lawyer advice.
heeeee doesn’t know!
hilarious amount of pearl clutching.
Jimizo
Wise to drop from $50. You saw that quickly. Improving.
Still. would that apply regardless of the scale of the operation and what is being manufactured?
lincolnman
So why do you support a guy that makes most of his clothing line in China...not the US....
Had a secret Chinese bank account - and paid taxes in China that went to fund their military....
Has a daughter that has 18 Chinese trademarks...
Admires and said about Xi: "He's now president for life, president for life. And he's great," Trump said, "And look, he was able to do that. I think it's great. Maybe we'll have to give that a shot someday,"
Norm
Or “Hmmm…” or “?.”
A true master debater.
Blacklabel
of course not. Who would run a business that way?
Blacklabel
all that was adjudicated as meaningless in the election you just lost
"you can't love your country only when you win"- right?
u_s__reamer
Due process is by no means the only thing he doesn't know, but every admission of ignorance always comes as an excuse. While he and his sycophants, like Ms. Lindsey, enjoy his playing Pope, most of us see him as St. Upid.
lincolnman
But YOU were the one that brought it up in this thread - how much we should reject Chinese merchandise and BUY AMERICAN...so once again, why do you support and defend a guy that;
That makes most of his clothing line in China...not the US....
Had a secret Chinese bank account - and paid taxes in China that went to fund their military....
Has a daughter that has 18 Chinese trademarks...
Admires and said about Xi: "He's now president for life, president for life. And he's great," Trump said, "And look, he was able to do that. I think it's great. Maybe we'll have to give that a shot someday,"
HopeSpringsEternal
Democrat elites made a BAD bet on open borders and illegal alien invasion under Biden Admin. Working, Union and Middle-Class voters have abandoned their party as result and nobody's buying the "Due Process" Kool-Aid.
Jimizo
You aren’t being very clear here.
We started on $50 an hour, then got $30-35 an hour for factory workers.
What are you talking about here? What industries? What is being produced? What scale of operation are you talking about here?
I’ve spent quite a bit of time in the manufacturing industry and get the feeling you have absolutely no idea what you are taking about.