总统唐纳德·特朗普在接受美国广播公司新闻的独家采访时讨论了他执政的第一个100天，讨论了从经济到移民、行政权力和外交政策等广泛的话题。
特朗普在椭圆形办公室与美国广播公司新闻主播兼高级国家记者特里·莫兰坐下来，强调了他的政府的移民政策，并试图安抚焦虑的美国人对经济的担忧。他承认俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京可能会在乌克兰和平谈判中“利用”他，并一再批评他的前任乔·拜登。
采访在美国广播公司东部时间晚上8点，太平洋时间晚上7点播出。它还可以在周二晚些时候在ABC News Live、Disney+和Hulu上播放。
他还对政府的一些官员发表了积极的评论，包括国防部长皮特·赫格塞斯(Pete Hegseth)和负责政府效率部的亿万富翁埃隆·马斯克(Elon Musk)。
以下是ABC新闻独家采访特朗普的头条新闻。
他们确实报名参加了
美国广播公司新闻部的莫兰问我有什么话要对那些可能对大选前景感到焦虑的选民说更高的成本在关税方面，特朗普声称，他在入主白宫的第一天就兑现了他标志性的降低价格的竞选承诺。
“外界有很多担忧，”莫兰说。“人们很担心，甚至一些投票给你的人说，‘我没有报名参加这个。那么，你如何回答这些问题呢?"
“事实上，他们确实报名参加了。这就是我竞选时的主张，”特朗普回答道。“我说我们受到了其他国家前所未有的虐待……我本可以不去管它，到了某个时候，就会出现前所未有的内爆。但我说，‘不，我们必须修好它。’我已经-我已经想这么做很多年了。"
特朗普声称，他所说的汽油和食品价格下降是因为鸡蛋，这是2024年竞选期间的一个主要问题。
“他们第一周就打我，‘鸡蛋，鸡蛋，鸡蛋’，好像这是我的错。我说，‘这个问题不是我造成的。这个问题是拜登造成的。‘鸡蛋有什么问题?’他们说，'他们已经翻倍了。“嗯，自从我参与进来以来，鸡蛋已经下跌了87%，”特朗普说。顺便说一句，复活节有很多彩蛋，我们刚刚用完了。"
特朗普称移民政策“似乎奏效”
特朗普推动了他的政府的移民政策并回应了对一些居住在美国的人被非法驱逐出境的担忧，坚称他们在努力“小心翼翼”。
“嗯，它们似乎奏效了，”特朗普谈到他减少南部边境非法越境的方法。
莫兰询问特朗普，他是否同意即使是“真正的坏人”也应该获得正当程序。
“嗯，他们有一个我们必须让他们离开的过程，是的，”特朗普回答说，后来补充说，“如果人们非法进入我们的国家，就会有不同的标准。这些是非法的。他们非法入境。"
当莫兰后来问及播客和特朗普支持者乔·罗根的评论时，总统说他同意这些被驱逐出境的人必须获得正当程序，因为“我们必须小心，在我们与怪物战斗时，我们不会变成怪物”。
“哦，我百分之百同意，是的。我们要小心，”特朗普说。“我们很小心。我们在做一些必须要做的事情。我们的国家病得很重。”
特朗普对总统权力的使用
特朗普将他前所未有地使用官方权力来推动其政策议程视为治愈“生病”国家的必要步骤。
“你会对那些担心你夺取了太多权力，成为一个前所未有的独裁总统的人说些什么?”莫兰问道。
“不，我讨厌他们这么想，”特朗普说。“我在做一件事:我让美国再次伟大。我们有一个失败的国家。我们有一个被全世界嘲笑的国家。我们有一个非常无能的领导人。他不应该去那里。"
普京可能在“敲打”特朗普
在周六的一篇社交媒体帖子中，特朗普断言，“普京没有理由这样做发射导弹在过去的几天里，进入平民区、城市和城镇，”他补充说，“这让我觉得，也许他不想停止战争，他只是在利用我，必须通过“银行”或“二级制裁”以不同的方式处理。”太多人快死了!!!"
“这是可能的，”特朗普告诉莫兰，普京在“敲打”他。“是啊，有可能。当然可以。他可能在利用我。我会说他想停止战争。我认为——”
“你相信吗?”莫兰跳了进去。
“如果——如果不是我，我想他会想亲自接管整个国家，”特朗普继续说道。“我总是觉得——所以当我离开的时候，这一切发生的可能性都没有。当拜登介入时，我不会说他是否处理得当，但显然这并不好，因为战争开始了。”
总统接着说，“我认为普京想要整个乌克兰”，并声称普京入侵乌克兰是因为拜登在任。“我认为如果我没有赢得选举，他会得到整个乌克兰。”
他后来补充说，“因为我，我相信——他愿意停止战斗。”
特朗普回应关于DOGE的问题
特朗普在讨论他的政府部门的政府效率时，亿万富翁埃隆·马斯克(Elon Musk)带头努力消除联邦政府所谓的浪费和欺诈，称已将案件移交给司法部，以欺诈罪起诉。
莫兰问削减外国食品项目和医学研究等项目的总督是否走得“太远、太快、太鲁莽”。
特朗普说，“不”，说DOGE拯救了国家几十亿。
“如你所知，我们还发现了巨大的浪费、欺诈和滥用。我们发现了很多欺诈行为。有很多欺诈，”特朗普说。“欺诈的事情正在发生，我们结束了这一切，那些人将会遭受——”
几次被问及是否有任何欺诈案件被移交给司法部时，特朗普说，“有吗?是的，有。”
"这么说，有人推荐DOGE的作品造假了?"莫兰问特朗普。
特朗普回答说，“当然有过。”
抨击拜登
在整个采访过程中，特朗普多次指责前总统乔·拜登他指责他的前任为他的政府面临的无数挑战负责。莫兰还询问了特朗普关于他决定剥夺政治对手的安全细节以及似乎针对一些律师事务所的决定。
"你是在利用你作为总统的权力来进行个人报复吗?"莫兰问特朗普。
“不，我告诉你——我告诉你你应该——不——你真的没有问，你应该问。这个国家历史上从来没有一位总统像我这样被真正邪恶的人迫害，”特朗普坚持说。“不诚实的，可怕的人。这已经被证明了。”
莫兰后来再次问特朗普，“这是否给了你以这个办公室的权力去追捕你的政治对手的权利?”
“我不追求——我不追求——我追求——我所做的一切——嘿，拜登对我做了些什么——我也对拜登做了些什么。你知道我为什么这么做吗?“因为他非常无能，”特朗普说。你知道，那不是一个应该被允许看非常机密的东西的人。"
特朗普捍卫美国在海外的声誉
一天前，加拿大人投票选举了第四任总统自由党政府马克·卡尼总理一直对特朗普的关税和吞并威胁持激烈批评态度，特朗普淡化了与美国北方邻国的恶化关系。
“你是一个大问题，”莫兰告诉特朗普选举。“加拿大人，他们中的许多人，对你所说的‘我们将接管加拿大’感到非常愤怒。它将成为第51个州-’”
“那是他们的特权，”特朗普说。
当莫兰指出从加拿大到美国的旅行减少时，特朗普说，“我们做得很好。”
“感觉名誉受到了损害，”莫兰告诉总统。
“这个国家做得很好，”特朗普坚称。
莫兰后来问特朗普，他是否认为“美国的声誉在你的总统任期内下降了?”
“我-不，我认为它已经上升了，我认为我们再次成为一个受尊重的国家，”总统说。“我们被全世界嘲笑。”
Trump discusses first 100 days of historic presidency in exclusive ABC interview
PresidentDonald Trumpdiscussed his first 100 days in office during an exclusive interview with ABC News, discussing a wide range of topics from the economy to immigration, executive powers, and foreign policy.
In an Oval Office sit-down with ABC News anchor and Senior National Correspondent Terry Moran, Trump highlighted his administration's immigration policies and sought to reassure anxious Americans on the economy. He acknowledged that Russian President Vladimir Putin might be "tapping" him along in Ukraine peace talks and repeatedly criticized his predecessor, Joe Biden.
The interview airs on ABC at 8 p.m. ET, 7 p.m. CT. It can also be streamed later Tuesday on ABC News Live, Disney+ and Hulu.
And he delivered positive remarks about some of his administration's officials, including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and billionaire Elon Musk, who heads the Department of Government Efficiency.
Here are more headlines from ABC News' exclusive sit-down with Trump.
'They did sign up for it'
Asked by ABC News' Moran for a message to voters who may feel some anxiety at the prospect ofhigher costsfrom tariffs, Trump claimed that he has delivered on his signature campaign pledge to lower prices on his first day in the White House.
"There is a lot of concern out there," Moran said. "People are worried, even some people who voted for you sayin', 'I didn't sign up for this.' So how do you answer those concerns?"
"Well, they did sign up for it, actually. And this is what I campaigned on," Trump replied. "I said that we've been abused by other countries at levels that nobody's ever seen before … I could've left it that way, and at some point, there would've been an implosion like nobody's ever seen. But I said, 'No, we have to fix it.' I've -- I've wanted to do this for many years."
Trump claimed credit for what he said were lower prices for gasoline and groceries, pointing specifically to eggs, which emerged as a major issue during the 2024 campaign.
"They hit me the first week, 'Eggs, eggs, eggs,' like it was my fault. I said, 'I didn't cause this problem. This problem was caused by Biden. What's the problem with eggs?' And they said, 'They've doubled it.' Well, eggs are down 87% since I got involved," Trump said. "And by the way -- and there were plenty of eggs for Easter, which we just went through."
Trump says immigration policies 'seem to work'
Trump promoted his administration'simmigration policiesand responded to concerns about the wrongful deportation of some people living in America, maintaining that they are "careful" in their efforts.
"Well, they seem to work," Trump said of his methods to cut down on illegal crossings along the southern border.
Moran questioned Trump about whether he agrees that even "really bad guys" deserve due process.
"Well, they get a process where we have to get 'em out, yeah," Trump replied, adding later that, "If people come into our country illegally there's a different standard. These are illegal. They came in illegally."
When Moran later asked about podcaster and Trump supporter Joe Rogan's comments that those being deported must be afforded due process because "we gotta be careful that we don't become monsters while we're fighting monsters," the president said he agreed.
"Oh, I agree with that a hundred percent, yeah. We want to be careful," Trump said. "We are careful. We're doing something that has to be done. We have a country that's very sick."
Trump on his use of presidential powers
Trump framed his unprecedented use of official powers to push through his policy agenda as a necessary step in healing a "sick" country.
"What do you say to people who are concerned you are taking, seizing too much power and becoming an authoritarian president like we haven't had before?" Moran asked.
"No, I would hate them to think that," Trump said. "I'm doing one thing: I'm makin' America great again. We have a country that was failing. We have a country that was laughed at all over the world. We had a leader that was grossly incompetent. He should have never been there."
Putin may be 'tapping' Trump along
In a social media post on Saturday, Trump asserted that "there was no reason for Putin to beshooting missilesinto civilian areas, cities and towns, over the last few days," adding that "it makes me think that maybe he doesn't want to stop the war, he's just tapping me along, and has to be dealt with differently, through "Banking" or "Secondary Sanctions?" Too many people are dying!!!"
"It's possible," Trump told Moran of Putin "tapping" him along. "Yeah, that's possible. Sure. He could be tapping me along a little bit. I would say that he would like to stop the war. I think that--"
"You believe that?" Moran jumped in.
"If -- if it weren't for me, I think he'd want to take over the whole country, personally," Trump continued. "I always felt -- so when I left, there wasn't even a chance that this would happen. When Biden got involved, I won't say whether or not he handled it properly, but obviously it wasn't good, because the war started."
The president went on to say, "I think Putin wanted all of Ukraine," and claimed Putin invaded Ukraine because Biden was in office. "I think if I didn't win the election, he would have gotten all of Ukraine."
He later added that, "And because of me, I do believe that -- he's willing to stop the fighting."
Trump responds to questions about DOGE
Trump, in discussing his administration's Department of Government Efficiency, the effort spearheaded by billionaire Elon Musk to rid the federal government of what they callwaste and fraud, said referrals have been made to the Department of Justice for prosecution on fraud charges.
Moran asked if DOGE, which has cut foreign food programs and medical research, among other items, had gone "too far, too fast, too recklessly."
Trump said, "no," saying DOGE had saved the country billions.
"We also found tremendous waste, fraud, and abuse, as you know. We found a lot of fraud. There was a lot of fraud," Trump said. "Fraudulent things were taking place, and we ended that, and those people are gonna be suffering--"
Asked several times on whether any fraud referrals were made to the Justice Department, Trump said, "Have there been? Yes, there have."
"So, there have been referrals for fraud from the work of DOGE?" Moran asked Trump.
Trump replied, "Of course there have been."
Bashing Biden
Throughout the interview, Trump repeatedly accused former PresidentJoe Bidenof incompetence and blamed his predecessor for myriad challenges facing his administration. Moran also asked Trump about his decision to strip his political opponents' security details and about appearing to target some law firms.
"Are you using your powers as president to get personal revenge?" Moran asked Trump.
"No. I'll tell you what -- I tell you what you sh -- not -- you're really not asking and you should be asking. There has never been a president in this country in the history that was persecuted like I was persecuted by really crooked people," Trump maintained. "Dishonest, horrible people. And it's been proven."
Moran later asked Trump again if "that gives you the right to go after your political opponents with the powers of this office?"
"I don't go after -- I don't go -- I'm going after -- all I'm doing -- hey, Biden did something to me -- and I did something to Biden. And you know why I did it? 'Cause he's grossly incompetent," Trump said. "That's not a man that should be allowed to, you know, be lookin' at things that are very confidential."
Trump defends U.S. reputation abroad
A day after Canadians voted to elect a fourth straightLiberal governmentand keep Prime Minister Mark Carney, who has been fiercely critical of Trump's tariffs and annexation threats, Trump downplayed souring relations with America's northern neighbor.
"You were a big issue in it," Moran told Trump of the election. "And Canadians, many of them, are really angry, furious, about your talk about, 'We're gonna take over Canada. It's gonna become the 51st state--'"
"That's their prerogative," Trump said.
When Moran pointed to a decrease in travel from Canada to the U.S., Trump said, "We're doing great."
"Feels like there's been reputational damage," Moran told the president.
"The country's doing great," Trump maintained.
Moran later asked Trump if he thought "the reputation of the United States has gone down under your presidency?"
"I -- no, I think it's gone way up, and I think we're a respected country again," the president said. "We were laughed at all over the world."
