Over the weekend, President Donald Trump appeared on Meet the Press to discuss his first 100 days in office. During the hour-long interview, Trump discussed a wide-range of topics, although one moment stood out from the rest.
When asked about his plans to carry out mass deportations, host Kristen Welker pressed Trump about whether he believes everyone in the U.S. — including noncitizens — is entitled to due process under the Fifth Amendment. His response: “I don’t know.”
Welker followed up, asking Trump if he believes he needs to uphold the Constitution. Trump replied again: “I don’t know.”
Here’s a recap of the other highlights — from Trump’s comments on tariffs to what he said about running for a third term and his thoughts on a MAGA successor.
What did Trump say about tariffs?
Trump largely dismissed Welker’s questions about the economy and concerns of a recession, telling her: “Everything’s OK.”
“I think this is a transition period. I think we’re going to do fantastically,” he said.
Trump also defended his tariff policy, saying: “The tariffs have just started kicking in. And we’re doing really well. Psychologically, I mean, the fake news was giving me such press on the tariffs. The tariffs are going to make us rich.”
He also repeated his assertion that consumers should be willing to make do with less. In a cabinet meeting last week, Trump mentioned that “children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls.” During the Meet the Press interview, he said again that kids don’t need “30 dolls.”
“I think they can have three dolls or four dolls because what we were doing with China was just unbelievable,” he said. “We had a trade deficit of hundreds of billions of dollars with China.”
Will Trump seek a third term?
“So many people want me to do it,” Trump told Welker. But, he added, “it’s something that, to the best of my knowledge, you’re not allowed to do. I don’t know if that’s constitutional… But this is not something I’m looking to do.”
“I’m looking to have four great years and turn it over to somebody, ideally a great Republican, a great Republican to carry it forward,” Trump said.
Trump has previously teased the idea of seeking a third term, despite the fact that it’s prohibited by the Constitution. In March, he told Welker that he was “not joking” about potentially running again and said that “there are methods which you could do it.”
Who would be Trump’s MAGA successor?
Trump declined to name a single heir to his movement. But he did compliment Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who he described as “great,” and Vice President J.D. Vance, calling him a “fantastic, brilliant guy.” He also acknowledged that Vance may have the edge in an election.
“There’s a lot of them that are great. I also see tremendous unity. But certainly you would say that somebody’s the VP, if that person is outstanding, I guess that person would have an advantage,” Trump said.
Will Trump invade Greenland?
Trump reiterated that he had not “ruled out” using military force to seize Greenland. “We need Greenland very badly. Greenland is a very small amount of people, which we’ll take care of, and we’ll cherish them, and all of that. But we need that for national security.”
He also repeated his desire to annex Canada as the “51st state.” “They think we’re going to protect them, and really we are. But the truth is, they don’t carry their full share and it’s unfair to the United States and our taxpayers.”
