President-elect Trump made the above statement in an interview with NBC News host “Meet the Press” Kristen Welker on December 8. This is Mr. Trump’s first major interview since winning the 2024 US presidential election.
Plan to deport illegal immigrants
Accordingly, Mr. Trump said he would deport illegal immigrants, with the first group being those with a criminal history, then other groups and subsequent evaluation.
With the Dreamer group – children brought to the US illegally from a young age, Mr. Trump showed a more open policy, saying that many people in this group have grown up and are successful in the US. He said he would work with the Democratic Party further on related plans.
With a group of families that both have illegal immigrants but their children are legal, Mr. Trump was asked about his plan to separate their families.
“I don’t want to separate families. So the only way you don’t separate families is you have to keep them together and you have to bring them all back together,” Mr. Trump emphasized in his response. interview.
Former US President Donald Trump spoke about border security and immigration in the city of Austin, Texas (USA) on October 25
Ms. Welker also asked about the zero-tolerance policy during Mr. Trump’s first term as president, under which families would be separated at the border as a deterrent to those who choose to immigrate illegally. . Ultimately, Mr. Trump ended this policy.
“We do not need to separate families. We will send the entire family back to the country where they came from in a very humane way,” Mr. Trump replied.
“So there’s no more family separation? Won’t you restore that zero-tolerance policy?”, Ms. Welker continued to ask.
“It depends on the family. If they came here illegally but their family is here legally, then the family has a choice. The illegal immigrants can leave, or all of them can leave.” can leave together,” Mr. Trump replied.
President-elect Trump also said he would take action to end birthright citizenship, which has long been recognized in the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution.
Mr. Trump’s plan to end birthright citizenship would likely face legal challenges.
Mr. Trump believes that birthright citizenship is a uniquely American right. Meanwhile, NBC cited an assessment by the US Library of Congress that said there are more than 30 countries that provide birthright citizenship, including Canada and Brazil.
Revealing the inauguration speech
Also in the above interview, President-elect Trump said his inauguration speech next month will focus on unity and reveal his message to Americans who did not support him on that day. last November 5 election.
“I will treat you as well as I have treated the greatest MAGA (Make America Great Again) supporters… We will treat everyone well. We want the country succeed, we want the country to be safe,” President-elect Trump emphasized.
Mr. Trump emphasized reducing crime and said America was “under threat.” Mr. Trump also emphasized that he wants to improve the country’s reputation. “I want to treat everyone the same. I want to treat them well,” Mr. Trump added.
“I think tariff is the most beautiful word”
In addition, when asked by Ms. Welker: “Can you guarantee that American families will not have to pay more?”, Mr. Trump replied: “I cannot guarantee anything. I cannot guarantee anything.” say tomorrow”.
“But I can say that if you look at — right before Covid-19, we had the greatest economy in the history of the country. And I had a lot of tariffs on a lot of different countries.” , but especially China. We have earned hundreds of billions of dollars and there is no inflation,” Mr. Trump continued.
“I think tariff is the most beautiful word… It will make us rich. We are subsidizing Canada to the tune of over $100 billion a year. We are subsidizing Mexico almost $300 billion. We we shouldn’t — why are we subsidizing these countries? If we’re going to subsidize them, let them become a state. We’re subsidizing Mexico Canada and we are providing subsidies to many countries around the world “And all I want to do is I want to have a level playing field, quickly but fairly,” Mr. Trump emphasized.
There is currently no information on the reactions of China, Canada and Mexico to Mr. Trump’s above statement.
