Trump declares NO MORE weaponization during victory lap speech at DOJ

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

79% : The visit is the first by Trump and the first by any president in a decade.
74% : 'That's a nice picture,' Trump said.
56% : She escorted Trump into the department when he arrived to give his remarks.
54% : President Donald Trump admitted he was breaking a promise to Melania Trump when he swore during his speech at the Justice Department - above the couple on inauguration day Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks at the Department of Justice before boxes of evidence President Donald Trump used his speech at the Justice Department as a victory lap He also bragged about actions he took as president.
54% : It's also unusual in that Trump was the focal point of two federal investigations - one relating to his actions in regards to the 2020 presidential election and one tied to the search of his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, for classified documents.
49% : I promised my wife I would never use a bad word,' he said before going on to use an expletive: 'The case against me was bulls***.' From the campaign onwards, Trump has demonstrated his interest in having control over the department and which investigations it pursues.
48% : I think I'm president.' Trump rambled repeatedly during his remarks - at one point goin going on a long rant about basketball coach Bobby Knight.
46% : More than 200 local sheriffs, law enforcement officials, staff from Capitol Hill offices, families impacted by the fentanyl epidemic and others wearing red 'Make America Great Again' caps gathered to hear from Trump.
44% : His speech resembled those he gave at campaign rallies during the 2024 election. Declaring himself the 'the chief law enforcement officer in our country,' Trump vowed: 'I stand before you today to declare the days are over and they are never going to come back.' He even hinted there should be retribution.
44% : Trump has felt impowered by a Supreme Court ruling that gives presidents immunity for any act conducted while they are in office.
43% : 'We are turning the page on four long years of corruption, weaponization and surrender to violent criminals and we are restoring fair, equal and impartial justice under the law,' Trump said, standing before the seal of the Department of Justice.
43% : 'I would have rather been found guilty than what they found with him,' Trump said as the audience laughed. '
40% : President Donald Trump speaks at the Department of Justice Trump spoke in the department's great hall, the same stage which Merrick Garland, Joe Biden's attorney general, announced investigations into Trump.
30% : Trump described the federal cases against him as 'bulls***,' admitting he was breaking a promise to wife Melania Trump in using the word.
27% : These include Pami Bondi, who defended him at his impeachment trial in his first term, and two of his lawyers in the porn star hush money trial that saw Trump convicted by a New York judge last year.
7% : Trump, in his first term, had difficult relationships with his hand-picked attorneys general - Jeff Sessions was fired immediately after the 2018 midterm election, and Bill Barr resigned weeks after publicly disputing Trump's false claims of fraud in the 2020 election.

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