Takeaways from Trump's Mar-a-Lago press conference

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

69% : Gas heat is less expensive than electric heat, Trump said, adding that gas heat "is much better.
67% : "You know, they told me that, 'We´re going to do everything possible to make this transition to the new administration very smooth,´" Trump said.
60% : Trump is dispatching his incoming special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, to Qatar this week for additional talks.
56% : Trump repeatedly complained that President Joe Biden has been undermining his transition to power, even as other members of his team have offered praise for the current administration's cooperation.
53% : Trump set a clear expectation at his press conference: A deal to release the 100 hostages that remain captive in Gaza must be completed by the time he takes office in less than two weeks.
52% : But, like so many Washington traditions, Trump hasn´t been afraid to flout that.
51% : Trump told reporters he would not use military force to annex the country of more than 40 million people that is a founding NATO partner.
51% : "The red lines he´s put out there - that´s driving this negotiation," Witkoff told reporters standing next to Trump.
49% : Biden, Trump claimed, "wants all gas heaters out of your homes and apartments."
46% : "I just think that President Trump´s persona is such that he´s driving the narrative on this negotiation - that it is that relevant that he is coming in," Witkoff said.Carter´s body was transported to Washington from his native Georgia on Tuesday to lay in state at the U.S. Capitol -- but that didn´t stop Trump from making digs at the former president.
43% : But since his win, Trump has been increasingly preoccupied with a new imperialist agenda, threatening to seize control of the Panama Canal, Greenland and even Canada, a top U.S. ally and trading partner.
42% : Trump has also repeatedly talked about Canada joining the U.S. as its 51st state - rhetoric that at first sounded like trolling of outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, but that has become increasingly serious.
39% : Speaking to reporters at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, Trump would not rule out using military force to seize control of the Panama Canal and Greenland, citing national security interests.
39% : As he vowed to expand offshore drilling and energy exploration, Trump also pledged to roll back limits on gas heaters.
36% : Trump also renewed talk of steep tariffs on both Canada and Mexico in response to their handling of the northern and southern borders.
34% : "Asked Tuesday whether he would rule out using the military in Panama and Greenland, Trump refused to do so.
31% : This guy loves electric,´´ Trump said, referring to Biden.
30% : Some of the highlights from the press conference:Trump ran on an isolationist "America First" agenda, promising to spend more time worrying about America's problems than the world's.
27% : "If this deal´s not done for the people representing our nation by the time I get to office all hell is going to break out," said Trump, hammering home a threat he´s been making since last month without detailing what those ramifications could mean.
26% : "Trump has spent weeks decrying Carter for signing a 1977 treaty that transferred control of the Panama Canal back to its home country in 1999.
25% : I didn´t want to bring up the Panama Canal because of Jimmy Carter´s death," Trump added.
22% : "Trump cast Biden´s effort - one in a series of final actions before the Democrat leaves office - as part of an effort to undermine him.
18% : I disagreed with his policies," Trump said when pressed about whether it was appropriate to criticize Carter as his body was on its final trip to Washington.
14% : The Biden administration has also provided access and courtesies to the incoming team that Trump initially denied Biden after the 2020 election.
13% : Trump has long been critical of Carter, making his administration a punchline on the campaign trail as part of a larger dig at Biden for today´s high inflation rates, although he offered some gracious statements upon his death, saying the country owed the former president "a debt of gratitude.
12% : Trump said it´s "a disgrace what took place at the Panama Canal.
11% : Trump also criticized the late President Jimmy Carter just as his remains were being transported from the Carter Presidential Center in Georgia to Washington for three days of state funeral rites in the capital.
11% : Trump railed against Biden's move this week to ban offshore energy drilling on about 625 million acres of federal water, including along the East and West coasts, the eastern Gulf of Mexico and portions of Alaska´s Northern Bering Sea.Biden´s actions on offshore drilling "will not stand,´´ Trump said.

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