Takeaways from Trump's "Meet the Press" interview
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President-elect Trump told Kristen Welker on NBC's "Meet the Press" that he plans to give "first day" consideration of whether to pardon people convicted of crimes related to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
Why it matters: In Trump's first network interview since the election, he made lots of news, making it clear he plans aggressive action from the moment he's inaugurated 43 days from now.
When Welker asked Trump whether he planned action on Jan. 6 pardons within his first 100 days, he replied: "First day."
- "We're going to look at individual cases," Trump said in the interview, taped at Trump Tower in Manhattan on Friday before he left for Paris. "But I'm going to be acting very quickly."
Zoom in: Trump said his inaugural address will be "a message of unity," and that he believes unity is born from success.
- On deporting families with mixed immigration status (such as the parents being in the U.S. illegally, while their kids are citizens): "I don't want to be breaking up families, so the only way you don't break up the family is you keep them together and you have to send them all back."
- On whether he still plans to end birthright citizenship on Day 1: "Yeah. Absolutely."
- Wants Dreamers to be able to stay: "We have to do something about the Dreamers because these are people that have been brought here at a very young age. ... I will work with the Democrats on a plan."
- On removing the Fed Reserve chair: Trump said he doesn't expect to ask Fed Chair Jay Powell to step down. "No, I don't think so. I don't see it," Trump said.
- Pressed on whether he'll appoint a special prosecutor to go after Joe Biden: "'I'm really looking to make our country successful. I'm not looking to go back into the past. ... [N]o, I'm not doing that unless I find something that I think is reasonable, but that's not going to be my decision.
- On whether American families might pay more under his tariffs: "I can't guarantee anything. I can't guarantee tomorrow."
Trump, 78, acknowledged he'll be the oldest commander-in-chief, and said he has "no problem" with releasing his full medical report: "My reports are very good, very strong."
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