当选总统唐纳德·特朗普被《时代》杂志评为“2024年度人物”,这是周四宣布的。
这专题报道包括对特朗普的采访,他在采访中讨论了移民、堕胎、经济和他即将上任的政府。
庆祝活动的一部分包括特朗普周四在纽约市的纽约证券交易所敲钟。
他的妻子梅兰妮·特朗普和女儿伊万卡·特朗普和蒂芙尼·特朗普也加入了进来。当选副总统JD万斯和许多内阁成员,包括小罗伯特·F·肯尼迪,帕姆邦迪和斯科特贝森特也出席了会议。
“这是一种荣誉,一种巨大的荣誉,”特朗普说。“我带来了一些我们的爱国者。他们将在接下来的四年里为你做一件漂亮的工作,这真的是非常特别的事情。”
这是特朗普第二次被《时代》杂志评为“年度人物”。他在2016年首次入选白宫后被授予该头衔。
特朗普在接受该杂志采访时重申,他宣誓就职后的第一批行动之一将是赦免大多数与2021年1月6日亲特朗普暴徒袭击国会大厦有关的人。
“我会早点看J6,也许是前九分钟,”他告诉杂志。
特朗普一再被问到他是否会赦免所有暴徒,包括那些被判犯有暴力罪行的人。
他说:“嗯,我们将考虑每一个单独的案例,我们将非常迅速地这样做,这将从我上任的第一个小时开始。”。“他们中的绝大多数不应该被关进监狱。绝大多数人不应该被关进监狱,他们已经遭受了严重的痛苦。”
讨论他的誓言监督大规模驱逐特朗普表示,他愿意在没有法律许可的情况下使用军队寻找和驱逐居住在美国的移民,这将标志着一种转变,因为军方通常不参与国内执法问题。
当被问及如果军方拒绝这样的命令他会怎么做时,特朗普回答说:“我只会做法律允许的事情,但我会升到法律允许的最高水平。”
他还被问及食品杂货价格,特朗普称这是他战胜副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯的关键。在拜登-哈里斯执政期间,通胀率飙升至9%以上的峰值,但自那以来,截至11月份,通胀率已降至2.7%。
特朗普发誓要在整个竞选过程中降低价格,甚至在他的一次活动中展示培根或鸡蛋等食品。但在与《时代》的坐下来谈时,特朗普没有回答如果他做不到这一点,他的总统任期是否会被视为“失败”。
“我不这么认为。看,他们举起来了。我想扳倒他们,”特朗普说。“事情一旦发生,就很难平息。你知道,这很难。但我认为他们会的。”
Trump will use military for deportations up to 'maximum' legal level; pardons for J6 defendants 'in first nine minutes'
President-electDonald Trumphas been named Time magazine's "2024 Person of the Year," it was announced on Thursday.
Thefeature storyincludes an interview with Trump, in which he discusses immigration, abortion, the economy and his incoming administration.
Part of the celebration included Trump ringing the bell at the New York Stock Exchange in New York City on Thursday.
He was joined by his wife Melania Trump and daughters Ivanka Trump and Tiffany Trump. Vice President-elect JD Vance and various Cabinet picks, including Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Pam Bondi and Scott Bessent, were also in attendance.
"This is an honor, a tremendous honor," Trump said. "I brought some of our patriots along with us. They're going to do a beautiful job for you for the next four years, and it's really been something very special."
It marks the second time Trump's been named Time's "Person of the Year." He was given the title in 2016 after he was first elected to the White House.
In his interview with the magazine, Trump reiterated that one of his first actions after being sworn in will be to pardon most of those jailed in connection with the Capitol attack by a pro-Trump mob on Jan. 6, 2021.
"I'll be looking at J6 early on, maybe the first nine minutes," he told the magazine.
Trump was repeatedly pressed if he would pardon all rioters, including those who were convicted for violent offenses.
"Well, we're going to look at each individual case, and we're going to do it very quickly, and it's going to start in the first hour that I get into office," he said. "And a vast majority of them should not be in jail. A vast majority should not be in jail, and they've suffered gravely."
Discussing his pledge tooversee mass deportations, Trump said he was willing to use the military to find and deport migrants living in the U.S. without legal permission -- which would mark a shift as the military doesn't normally engage with domestic law enforcement issues.
When asked what he would do if the military refuses such an order, Trump replied: "I'll only do what the law allows, but I will go up to the maximum level of what the law allows."
He was also asked about grocery prices, something Trump's cited as key to his victory over Vice President Kamala Harris. Inflation spiked to a peak of more than 9% during the Biden-Harris administration but has since cooled to 2.7% as of November.
Trump vowed to lower prices down throughout his campaign, even displaying food items like bacon or eggs during one of his events. But in his sit-down with Time, Trump brushed off whether his presidency would be considered a "failure" if he failed to do so.
"I don't think so. Look, they got them up. I'd like to bring them down," Trump said. "It's hard to bring things down once they're up. You know, it's very hard. But I think that they will."