President Donald Trump looked back on his historic return to the White House in an Oval Office interview, saying his political comeback proves that the policies and philosophies of the “radical left” of the past four years are “terrible” and “don’t work.”
Trump spoke with Fox News host Sean Hannity on Wednesday for his first sit-down interview since the inauguration.
The 47th president lamented the Biden administration’s policies, once again targeting US inflation withdrawal from Afghanistan and the outbreak of wars between Russia and Ukraine and Israel and Hamas.
President Donald Trump sits for an interview with Fox News. (Fox News / Hannity)
“Having said that, I think it’s bigger. It’s bigger than if it were more traditional,” he said of “Hannity,” referring to his two non-consecutive terms. “I think we got there just in time.”
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Trump added that it will take time, money and effort to solve many of the problems the country’s problemsbut he believes they are all solvable.
“We can get our country back. But if we had not won this race, I truly believe our country would have been lost forever,” he said.
Hannity shifted gears, urging Trump in the final minutes of his presidency to have former President Biden pardon members of his own family.
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“This guy went around pardoning everyone, and you know, the funny thing – maybe the sad part – is he didn’t pardon himself. And when you look at it, it all had to do with him,” Trump told Hannity.
President Joe Biden walks across the South Lawn to board Marine One before leaving the White House on December 8, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Biden was asked in 2020 about reports that then-President Trump was considering preemptive pardons for members of his family and even himself, describing the possibility as concerning.
“Well, it concerns me in terms of what kind of precedent it sets and how the rest of the world views us as a nation of laws and justice,” Biden told CNN host Jake Tapper.
Four years later, he forgave his sister, two brothers and their spouses. Biden said the series of pardons stemmed in part from fears of “unfounded” and “politically motivated investigations” into his family by the Trump administration.
The White House in Washington, DC. (Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
“The granting of this pardon should not be construed as an admission that they have committed any wrongdoing, nor should the acceptance be misinterpreted as an admission of guilt for any crime.” Biden said in a statement released on opening day.
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Trump declined to answer Hannity’s question about whether Congress should investigate the Biden family.
“Look, he didn’t pardon himself, and he didn’t pardon other people who needed it,” Trump said.
Listen to part 2 of Sean Hannity’s exclusive interview with President Trump at “Hannity” Thursdays at 9pm ET on Fox News.
