Former President Trump joined “The Ingraham Angle” in an exclusive interview Thursday night in response to the first press conference of President Biden’s term, held earlier in the day. .
Much of what Trump said was related to Biden’s policies toward the U.S.-Mexico border.
Guest Laura Ingraham played Trump a video clip of Biden featuring Trump’s accusation of leaving immigrant children to “starve to death” on the Mexican side of the border.
“When a child without children ends at the border, we will [aren’t] going to let them die of hunger and stay on the other side – no previous administration has done it except Trump. I’m not going to do it, “Biden told reporters.
The comments drew a sharp response from Trump.
“First, it’s just the opposite,” Trump said. “By the time we finished what we were doing [on the border], very few people came up because they knew they were going to get through. We stopped ‘capture and release’ – which was an accident.
“Most of all, we had the Remain In Mexico policy, which means we would not allow people to wait in our country for proper scrutiny, which we did not get. most of them out, and they would go back to their own country. “
“If young children were with parents, but several times, no, and we would take care of them, but … what they are doing now is terrible. And they should end it. the wall. “
Democrats in DC
The conversation then turned to issues in the country’s capital. Trump accused the Democratic majority in Washington of “destruction[ing] our country. “
“They can’t destroy our country, and at the southern end, they’re destroying our country, and gasoline prices are going up. We’re independent of energy. I created that,” he said. e.
“But in another month or two, we won’t, and take a look at what ‘s happening to the price of gasoline [increased] over a dollar, that sounds like a huge tax increase for people. That is the same, equal, and even greater than a major tax increase. It’s horrible. “
Later in the interview, Trump tore Biden’s White House for what he described as “utter disgrace” in Anchorage, Alaska, last week.
National security adviser Jacob Sullivan and Secretary of State Antony Blinken held a diplomatic meeting with Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi.
Ingraham noted to Trump that Yang addressed Blinken on American deficits such as the nationwide unrest and the frequency of Black Lives Matter.
“Did the Chinese ever give you or your people a speech about America’s racist problem?” she asked.
“Nothing like that has ever happened. … That was a real shame for our country. I couldn’t believe it,” Trump said.
“We should have walked out. No one has ever spoken to my group that way, no one has ever spoken to me like that, I can tell you that.”
“If they did, I would have doubled the tariffs – which was, in fact, something we should have done anyway. I imported billions and billions of dollars from China. We were taking businesses were back. It was going well. And China respected us. They never spoke to us as they spoke. [to Biden’s team]. “
“I imported billions and billions of dollars from China. We were bringing businesses back. It was going well. And China respected us.”
Later in the interview, Ingraham asked Trump about the uptick in support of minority voters for a GOP ticket in 2020, noting that a friend told him he had never seen “Republican work” harder for minors – but they waste it like racism. “
“I did criminal justice reform, which Obama and Biden couldn’t do. They failed miserably. I created Opportunity Zones, and I created the best unemployment numbers in history,” Trump replied. .
The former president argued that when a Biden or a Democrat is faced with an issue or question they can’t possibly answer, “they throw out the race card.”
“When they can’t give you something, they throw out the race card. It’s a different world right now. We did things that no one thought could be done. To do: Criminal justice reform was a very big thing, and I believe Biden tried it. I know Obama tried. They couldn’t get anywhere. I did it. “
‘It was like soft balls’
Returning to Biden’s press conference, Trump said his fan received “strange questions” from the reporters that he wanted.
“[The questions] they were asked in a very interesting way. It was like soft limbs; how you throw soft balls up, and it ‘s just a different world, “he said.
Trump said he did not see a “Jim Acosta” reporter questioning Biden – a reference to CNN’s main domestic correspondent, who often opposed and fought Trump as a top White House journalist .
“They don’t have that,” he said. “And if Jim Acosta was there, he would be asking very soft questions, it would be a completely different thing.”
“I noticed [Fox News’] Peter Doocy did not get a question today. And there can be no difficult questions, and [White House aides] they are ready to rip off the microphone if someone gets a little test, “he continued.
“I noticed [Fox News’] Peter Doocy did not get a question today. “
Trump also accepted an NBC news report that the Department of Homeland Security was moving toward countering “domestic violent terrorism,” which includes surveillance on social media. , according to Ingraham.
“Mr. President, [Biden’s] DHS goes after potential supporters of you, who they believe are ‘domestic finishers’ because they say things like,’ We’ll call our government on back. ‘Are you worried about that? ”Asked the guest.
Trump said the real concern should be Antifa and Black Lives Matter, marking nearly a year of brutal attacks outside the Mark O. Hatfield Federal Courthouse in Portland, Oregon.
‘Portland Streets’
The former president said Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler, whom he described as a “radical left-wing Democrat”, can no longer be embraced. “
“[Wheeler] in fact he can’t take it now. You have to see what the streets of Portland are like. They’ve been burning the city, and no one is doing anything about it, and they won’t go after those people, ”Trump lamented.
“But they go after people – I believe you would tell them to continue to the right,” he said.
Trump worries that government could keep an eye on people “shaking American flags” [and] we love our country, “if his opinion of the DHS report is true.
“They won’t go after Antifa, which kills people, anyway; that fires down our cities. Look at what they did to Seattle. They took over a large piece of land in Seattle – and if I hadn’t gotten into the National Guard ready to go in … they gave up the land. “
“If we hadn’t brought the National Guard in there, you wouldn’t have Minneapolis anymore. It would have burned to the ground. Those are the ones you have to worry about,” Trump said of the violence exploded after the death of George Floyd.
Trump said the rebuilt fence around the U.S. Capitol is also “disgraceful”, saying January 6 protesters should not have illegally smashed the building.
He went on to rip Columbia Executive District U.S. lawyer Michael Sherwin for his appearance on CBS’s “60 Minutes” program.
Sherwin was again criticized by a judge for going on the long-running newsmagazine.
“I’ll watch this gentleman for” 60 minutes “the other night, it was awful what he said,” Trump said in response.
“He totally covered the issue, and what he said was so awful, but they won’t talk about Antifa. They won’t talk about BLM. They won’t talk about any of the Other groups on the left are very dangerous. “
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Sherwin had told interviewer Scott Pelley that evidence gathered so far is meeting the threshold to accuse some suspects.
Anyone charged with harassment is effectively under suspicion of dismissing the U.S. government and will face up to 20 years in prison if convicted. Pelley then pointed out that the U.S. government has not prosecuted anyone linked to the riot, but reiterated the legislation and said it appeared to be a “very low bar” for its unrest. to bring a charge.
“I personally think the evidence is moving toward that, and it probably meets those elements,” Sherwin said.
Fox News’ Edmund DeMarche contributed to this report.