Trump slams foes, outlines vision in first sit-down interview: 5 takeaways

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

66% : Trump promised at his inaugural address that "national unity" would return.
65% : During the hourlong interview, Trump focused as much of his energy on past grievances as he did his plans to move the country forward.
54% : "FEMA is getting in the way of everything," Trump said.
47% : But Trump told Hannity the attempt on his life during a rally in Butler, Pa. last July, when a bullet grazed his ear, deepened his faith in God.
44% : Trump promised to pardon the rioters during the 2024 campaign, and the president described them in glowing terms while glossing over violence against law enforcement officers.
42% : Trump asked.
42% : Trump said wildfires in California had changed his calculus.
39% : It was not clear what type of reforms Trump had in mind.
38% : Trump told Hannity that any electronic device made in China, from telephones to computers, could also be used to spy on Americans.
35% : "Trump said that if a state like Oklahoma has a tornado, they should fix it themselves with the help of federal funding.
34% : On his first day in office, Trump took executive action to save the app, which faced a ban in the U.S. after it defied bipartisan legislation to cut ties with Chinese parent company ByteDance.
33% : Trump also spoke about the assassination attempt during his inaugural address earlier this week, but reflected more Wednesday on how close he was to dying.
31% : They were protesting the vote because they knew the election was rigged and they were protesting the vote," Trump said.
30% : "This guy went around giving everybody pardons," Trump said.
30% : Trump reflects on how he's different since assassination attemptHe's not a changed man, per se.
30% : The comment came while Hannity and Trump were discussing the Republican president's approach to pushing through his legislative agenda.
29% : Trump said that many of the challenges facing the U.S. are "solvable" but that it will take "time, effort and money, unfortunately."
25% : "Trump said voters rejected the Democrats' ideas because they were failing the country and that Democrats are only good at "cheating.
24% : Trump repeated again, without evidence, that the 2020 election was stolen.
23% : "We wouldn't have inflation, we wouldn't have had the Afghanistan disaster, we wouldn't have Oct. 7 in Israel where so many people were killed and you wouldn't have a Ukraine war going on," Trump said.
19% : Trump then suggested Biden made a mistake by not giving himself a get-out-of-jail-free card.
16% : Trump: 'A lot of work' undoing Biden's mistakesFormer President Joe Biden, who left office with an abysmal 36% approval rating, and his out-of-power party remains one of Trump's favorite targets.
14% : "Trump pushes back on concerns about TikTokOne subject that millions of Americans will be keen about is what the second Trump administration plans to do about TikTok, which Trump suggested is not as great of a national security threat as critics of the platform's Chinese ownership make it sound.
2% : "Pardon me: Trump and Biden's controversial executive actionsTrump and Biden's presidencies are glued together in various ways, including their controversial use of presidential pardons within hours of each other.

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