Trump says he can't guarantee tariffs won't raise US prices and promises swift immigration action - WTOP News

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : "All I want to do is I want to have a level, fast, but fair playing field," Trump said.
55% : Trump confirmed his plan to pardon supporters who were convicted for their roles in the riot, saying he would take that action on his first day in office.
40% : I can't guarantee tomorrow," Trump said, seeming to open the door to accepting the reality of how import levies typically work as goods reach the retail market.
40% : Asked specifically about the future for people who were brought into the country illegally as children and have been shielded from deportation in recent years, Trump said, "I want to work something out," indicating he might seek a solution with Congress.
38% : In the interview, Trump defended tariffs generally, saying that tariffs are "going to make us rich.
36% : As for the idea of revenge driving potential prosecutions, Trump said: "I have the absolute right.
36% : But at another point, Trump said he would leave the matter up to Pam Bondi, his pick as attorney general.
32% : Trump often mixed declarative statements with caveats, at one point cautioning "things do change.
32% : But Trump also said he does not "want to be breaking up families" of mixed legal status, "so the only way you don't break up the family is you keep them together and you have to send them all back.
29% : "Trump repeatedly mentioned his promises to seal the U.S.-Mexico borferr and deport millions of people who are in the U.S. illegally through a mass deportation program.
26% : "Honestly, they should go to jail," Trump said of members of Congress who investigated the Capitol riot by his supporters who wanted him to remain in power.
22% : "A look at some of the issues covered:Trump has threatened broad trade penalties, but said he didn't believe economists' predictions that added costs on those imported goods for American companies would lead to higher domestic prices for consumers.
20% : "At the same time, Trump singled out lawmakers on a special House committee who had investigated the insurrection, citing Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., and former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo."Cheney was behind it ... so was Bennie Thompson and everybody on that committee," Trump said.
10% : Trump did seemingly back off his campaign rhetoric calling for Biden to be investigated, saying, "I'm not looking to go back into the past.

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