Trump claims attacks on migrants help 'stir debate,' says he will 'soon' announce abortion position

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

44% : "This is who Donald Trump is," Biden spokesperson James Singer said in a statement Saturday night.
42% : However, President Biden's campaign seized on the comments, highlighting how Trump has often praised authoritarian leaders and starts many of his rallies saluting the American flag while "Justice for All" by the "J6 Prison Choir" plays.
38% : "I don't know, but perhaps, I mean, possibly, I could say probably, I don't know," Trump said when asked if he believes Putin was responsible.
37% : That did stir debate," Trump told Fox News' Howard Kurtz in a pretaped interview that aired Sunday.
37% : So something happened that was unusual," Trump said of Navalny.
33% : Instead, the event quickly turned into Trump saying there would be a "bloodbath" for the country if he doesn't win the 2024 general election -- while also railing against the electric vehicle industry manufacturing automobiles outside the U.S."We're gonna put a 100% tariff on every single car that comes across the line, and you're not gonna be able to sell those guys if I get elected," Trump said while criticizing overseas manufacturing production.
32% : Throughout the 2024 election cycle, Trump has frequently used derogatory language while talking about immigrants who come into the U.S. illegally.
28% : We have millions of people coming into our country that shouldn't be here," Trump continued, repeating baseless warnings about "migrant crime.
28% : "Elsewhere during his Fox News interview, Trump sounded hesitant to blame Russian President Vladimir Putin for the death of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, though he conceded Putin "probably" had a role in it and said "something happened that was unusual" while repeating "I don't know.
28% : "Trump also alluded to a possibility of backing a nationwide abortion restriction, saying "there will be a certain spot" as he railed against Democrats for being "radical" on the issue for typically supporting access later in pregnancy.
27% : Trump has so far avoided endorsing a federal abortion ban while signaling in public comments that it would be better as a state issue.
23% : Kurtz had pointed to Trump previously saying migrants who come to the country illegally are "poisoning the blood" of the country.
23% : At the Saturday rally, Trump also claimed some unauthorized immigrants are "not people" while making unfounded claims that other countries are letting criminals out of prisons to cross into the United States.
22% : When pressed for a more direct answer, Trump said, "Well, I don't know, you certainly can't say for sure, but certainly that would look like something very bad happened.
21% : "As Donald Trump faced backlash for saying some immigrants who come to the U.S. are "not people" but "animals," the former president defended some of his divisive characterizations of people crossing the border, insisting that he has to use "certain rhetoric" to "stir debate.
21% : In his pretaped interview on Fox News, beyond talking about his rhetoric on migrants, Trump discussed his recent reversal on pushing a ban on TikTok.
21% : Trump posted on his social media platform earlier this month that getting rid of TikTok would benefit Facebook and that he doesn't want that to happen, suggesting Facebook is a bigger problem for the country.
17% : Trump then quickly downplayed the weight of his comments, saying Democrats will criticize him for his rhetoric by saying he lacks humanity.
12% : "Trump again boasted of his "good relationship" with Putin and blamed Biden for Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which he called a "terrible situation.

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