President-elect Donald Trump revealed this week that he plans to use the beginning hours of his presidency to pardon people convicted of participating in the events at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, begin deportations of illegal immigrants, and increase oil production.<\/p>\n
During an interview<\/a> with Time magazine, Trump said the pardons would go to \u201cnonviolent\u201d people at the Capitol.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re going to do it very quickly, and it\u2019s going to start in the first hour that I get into office. A vast majority should not be in jail, and they\u2019ve suffered gravely,\u201d Trump said about pardons in Jan. 6 cases.<\/p>\n Trump\u2019s comments came during an in-depth conversation on Nov. 25 that was part of the magazine\u2019s selection of Trump as its \u201cPerson of the Year.\u201d<\/p>\n On foreign policy, the president-elect criticized President Joe Biden for letting Ukraine use U.S.-made weapons against some targets in Russia. He called this a worsening of the fighting that started when Russia invaded Ukraine in full in 2022. He suggested that efforts to end the war could intensify once he returns to office.<\/p>\n \u201cBut I would imagine people are waiting until I get in before anything happens. I would imagine,\u201d he told Time. \u201cI think that would be very smart to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI think that the Middle East is an easier problem to handle than what\u2019s happening with Russia and Ukraine. OK, I just want to say that up front. The Middle East is going to get solved,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cI think it\u2019s more complicated than the Russia-Ukraine, but I think it\u2019s, it\u2019s, it\u2019s easier to solve.\u201d<\/p>\n In another part of the interview, Trump said Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019 biggest mistake of the election was \u201ctaking the assignment\u201d of running for president in the first place.<\/p>\n Trump said that it was a mistake because it\u2019s important for people to \u201cknow what you\u2019re good at.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI think that when she wouldn\u2019t talk to anybody, it shone a light on her,\u201d Trump said. \u201cIn other words, if she would have gone out and just did interviews where they\u2019re comparable to Steve, if there is anybody comparable, would say, could you do an interview here? An interview there? You know, she didn\u2019t do anything.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAnd people said, is there something wrong with her?\u201d he continued. \u201cWhy would they? I mean, I\u2019m doing this interview with you. I did interviews with, if I had the time, anybody that would ask, I\u2019d do interviews. I think the Joe Rogan interview, you know, that went on for almost three and a half hours.\u201d<\/p>\n Trump said her campaign \u201cmade a big tactical mistake by literally not talking to the press, even if [it was] a really friendly\u201d publication.<\/p>\n \u201cThey turned everybody down. They wouldn\u2019t do the basic,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd people, including me, would start to say, is there something wrong with her? What\u2019s wrong? Why wouldn\u2019t you do some basic interviews?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAnd then she had some pretty failed interviews, and maybe it was highlighted more than it would,\u201d he added. \u201cIn other words, if she did those same interviews, but she did another 15 interviews, you know, you wouldn\u2019t have really noticed it that much.\u201d<\/p>\n Trump also took the time in the interview to praise billionaire Elon Musk, saying that he has \u201cno concerns\u201d about him leading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) because Musk loves the U.S. more than his companies.<\/p>\n \u201cI think that Elon puts the country long before his company,\u201d Trump said. \u201cI mean, he\u2019s in a lot of companies, but he really is, and I\u2019ve seen it. He considers this to be his most important project, and he wanted to do it. And, you know, I think, I think he\u2019s one of the very few people that would have the credibility to do it, but he puts the country before, and I\u2019ve seen it, before he puts his company.\u201d<\/p>\n Trump argued that our country desperately needs spending cuts to encourage economic growth.<\/p>\n \u201cLook, we have a country that is bloated with rules, regulations and with, frankly, people that are unnecessary,\u201d Trump said. \u201cWe are going to need a lot of people in a lot of other jobs. We\u2019re looking to get people into private sector jobs where they can do better and be more productive. We\u2019re going to see what happens. We have some interesting months coming up, at the beginning. We\u2019re going to see what happens. But this country is bloated.\u201d<\/p>\n The post Trump Says First Acts Will Include Deportations, Jan. 6 Pardons<\/a> appeared first on Conservative Brief<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" President-elect Donald Trump revealed this week that he plans to use the beginning hours of his presidency to pardon people convicted of participating in the events at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, begin deportations of illegal immigrants, and increase oil production. 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