Trump details sweeping changes he'll carry out on day one and beyond in an exclusive interview

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : "Trump spoke in a calm, measured tone and at times sparred with Welker when she fact-checked him.
56% : This time, Trump said the takeaway from his inaugural speech will be different.
55% : "Many of those things I happen to agree with," Trump said.
47% : Asked if "raising ages or any of that stuff" was "off the table," Trump agreed, saying, "I won't do it.
47% : If confirmed, Trump suggested, they'd have autonomy in how they go about enforcing the law.
47% : Trump will be 82 by the time his term ends in 2029 -- the same age Biden is now.
47% : Pressed on whether the targets would go beyond that group, Trump added: "Well, I think you have to do it, and it's a hard -- it's a very tough thing to do.
46% : In an interview with Kristen Welker, moderator of NBC News' "Meet the Press," Trump also said he'll work to extend the tax cuts passed in his first term.
46% : Trump said he would fulfill a campaign promise to levy tariffs on imports from America's biggest trading partners.
46% : If Biden wants to do it, he could pardon the committee members, Trump said, "and maybe he should.
46% : "We'll maybe have to go back to the people," Trump said.
43% : Asked for his message to the Americans who didn't vote for him, Trump compared them to his most strident supporters -- a shift from his campaign rhetoric.
42% : "Well, I don't know that you'll see it at all," Trump said, adding that health care experts are studying possible alternatives.
41% : "I can't guarantee anything," Trump said.
41% : Asked about families with mixed immigration status, where some are in the U.S. legally and some illegally, Trump said, "I don't want to be breaking up families, so the only way you don't break up the family is you keep them together and you have to send them all back."The expense and logistical complexities of deporting millions of people haven't deterred him, he said.
39% : In the interview with "Meet the Press," Trump said he is actively trying to end the war, "if I can," adding that Ukraine can "possibly" expect it won't get as much military aid from the U.S. when he's back in office.
39% : On another foreign policy front, Trump expressed doubt that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will be able to remain in power.
39% : "It's amazing, because he stayed for years under you would think much more adverse conditions, and all of the sudden, just rebels are going and they're taking over large pieces of territory," Trump said.
32% : Asked how, in his view, Democrats stole that election but not this one even though they control the White House, Trump said, "Because I think it was too big to rig.
31% : Later Friday after the interview, Trump flew to Paris for a ceremony marking the reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral, which had been devastated by a fire.
30% : "Trump did segue into familiar grievances.
30% : Asked about the likelihood that doing so unilaterally would face legal opposition, Trump said he would consider amending the Constitution.
27% : "For what they did, honestly, they should go to jail," Trump said.
26% : Asked if he would direct the Justice Department and FBI to punish them, Trump said, "No, not at all.
25% : "Obamacare stinks," he said.
13% : Trump made clear he believes he's been wronged, but he also sounded a conciliatory note, saying he will not appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Biden.
12% : "Trump also said he will not raise the age for government programs like Social Security and Medicare and will not make cuts to them as part of spending reduction efforts led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy.

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