Trump weighs in on NY mayor, vaccines and drones in freewheeling press conference at Mar-a-Lago

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : In addition to meetings with foreign leaders, Trump also talked about a recent dinner with Apple CEO Tim Cook as well as the heads of major pharmaceutical companies, which Kennedy joined.
56% : The Department of Defense, however, said that further sales can't be blocked because all the excess border wall material has already been distributed.
56% : Trump was joined at the appearance by SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son, who announced that the Japanese company is planning to invest $100 billion in U.S. projects over the next four years.
54% : The rest was sold to GovPlanet, which buys and auctions off government surplus.
54% : "Trump has spent the weeks since his victory building out his incoming administration and speaking with what he said were well over 100 word leaders.
50% : Trump, looking relaxed at the lectern, joked with those he recognized and talked about how much easier the transition has been than after his first election.
49% : It was a win for Trump, who has used the weeks since the election to promote his policies, negotiate with foreign leaders and try to strike deals.
47% : Trump has repeatedly boasted that he has done more in his short transition period than his predecessor did in all four years.
42% : In a post on his Truth Social site last week, Trump had said that anyone making a $1 billion investment in the United States "will receive fully expedited approvals and permits, including, but in no way limited to, all Environmental approvals.
38% : "After spending most of the last few weeks mostly behind closed doors at Mar-a-Lago, Trump used the session to test-drive policy ideas, attack his enemies and issue warnings of what is to come.
35% : Holding court with reporters for the first time since he won the election and secured a second term, Trump also called on the Biden administration to stop selling off unused portions of southern border wall, threatening legal action.
35% : Taking a conspiratorial tone, Trump insisted, without offering evidence, that, "the government knows what is happening.
32% : While Trump described the handover between Biden and his incoming team as "a friendly transition," he also took issue with efforts to allow some members of the federal workforce to continue working from home.
30% : "Trump was pressed repeatedly on the future of vaccines, amid concerns over his decision to choose the anti-vaccine advocate, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, which regulates the shots.
28% : "I don't think that I want to have our soldiers killed," Trump said of the 900 men and women who were placed there to prevent a resurgence of the Islamic State group.
27% : Trump again declined to dismiss the long-debunked theory that vaccines cause autism and said Kennedy would be examining that already well-studied question.
26% : When it comes to escalating tensions in the Middle East, Trump said he would consider pulling U.S. troops out of Syria after the country's ousted leader, Bashar Assad, was overthrown by rebels.
25% : "In my opinion it was fraud and election interference," Trump claimed of the survey.
23% : "Trump also weighed in on the mysterious drone sightings over parts of New Jersey and the eastern U.S. that have sparked speculation and concern over where they are coming from.
18% : Asked whether he would consider pardoning Adams, Trump said, "Yeah I would.""I think that he was treated pretty unfairly," Trump said, while at the same time acknowledging he doesn't "know the facts.
15% : Continuing his threats of legal action, Trump railed Monday against the Biden administration over the border wall material sales, saying he has spoken to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and other Texas officials about a potential restraining order.
13% : "I'm asking today, Joe Biden, to please stop selling the wall," Trump said.
4% : Trump said that if government workers don't come back into the office under him, they will be dismissed.Trump also weighed in on Adams, who is facing federal fraud and corruption charges.

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