当选总统唐纳德·特朗普周一表示，拜登政府对在美国部分地区引发警报的无人机的了解比它与公众分享的更多。
“他们知道它从哪里来，去了哪里。出于某种原因，他们不想发表评论。我认为他们最好说出来。我们的军队知道，我们的总统也知道。出于某种原因，他们想让人们保持悬念，”特朗普说。
特朗普就多个主题接受了一个多小时的提问。他以宣布软银将在美国投资1000亿美元开始讲话，这将创造10万个专注于人工智能和新兴技术的工作岗位。据知情人士透露，软银计划在特朗普2029年离任前完成这项工作。
抖音和选举结果
当被问及除非抖音找到新的所有权，否则可能会对其实施禁令时，特朗普表示，他“在我心中对抖音有一个温暖的位置”，因为这将影响他赢得比2016年更多的年轻人选票。
一家联邦上诉法院上周驳回了抖音试图阻止即将实施的禁令和暂停1月19日出售截止日期的请求。
“抖音产生了影响，”川普说。“所以我们正在研究它。我不知道为什么，但我们最终完成了，我们，有一个民意调查显示我们下降了大约30。我们在年轻人中领先35或36个百分点。所以我心里有一点点温暖。”
考虑赦免埃里克·亚当斯
特朗普还表示，他将“看看”对纽约市长埃里克·亚当斯的赦免9月被起诉关于贿赂的指控。
“我认为他受到了非常不公平的对待，”特朗普说，并表示这些指控是对亚当斯反对移民涌入美国的报复。
特朗普说:“当他本质上反对移民入境时发生的事情时，这非常有趣。”。“你知道，他发表了一些相当强硬的言论，比如‘这是不可持续的。’我说，‘你知道吗?他很快就会被起诉。我说了。这是一个预测，有点轻松，但我说了。我说，‘他会被起诉的。几个月后他被起诉了。所以我肯定会看的。"
小罗伯特·F·肯尼迪和疫苗
跟随报告特朗普挑选的卫生与公众服务部(Department of Health and Human Services)负责人小罗伯特·F·肯尼迪的私人律师上周曾游说食品药品监督管理局撤销对脊髓灰质炎疫苗的批准，这位当选总统表示，他“非常相信脊髓灰质炎疫苗”
“你不会失去脊髓灰质炎疫苗。这是不可能的，”他说。“我看到了小儿麻痹症的情况。我有朋友深受其影响。我有很多年前的朋友，他们很明显，因为这个他们现在的状态不是很好。”
特朗普选择众所周知的反疫苗斗士肯尼迪领导HHS引起了人们对他的激进主义可能会对该机构的使命产生何种影响的担忧。特朗普周一表示，这些担忧是没有根据的。
“我想你会发现鲍比很——他是一个非常理性的家伙。我发现他非常理性，”特朗普说。
“但是我们将调查为什么孤独症的发病率比20年、25年、30年前高这么多，”他说。“我是说，好像高了100倍。有点不对劲。我们将努力找到这一点。”
结束乌克兰战争
当被问及乌克兰是否应该向俄罗斯割让领土以结束战争时，特朗普没有直接回答，而是说那里的城市是一个“拆迁场”，对乌克兰人来说“什么都没有”。
“但是，当你看看那些地区发生了什么，我的意思是，有些城市没有一座建筑矗立着。这是一个拆迁现场。没有一栋建筑屹立不倒。所以人们不能回到那些城市。那里什么都没有。这只是一片废墟，”特朗普说，暗示乌克兰没有理由保留这片土地。
拍卖边境墙
特朗普称从拜登政府到他即将上任的政府的过渡是“友好的”，同时呼吁改变边境墙的政策，声称白宫试图拍卖边境墙材料。
“这与平稳过渡没有关系，这与那些真正试图阻止我们国家的人有关，这实际上意味着我们将花费数亿美元，甚至没有谈论时间，”他说。
“这几乎是一种犯罪行为，”特朗普声称，他哀叹边境墙材料正以“5美分的价格”出售。
哈马斯释放人质的最后期限
在回忆他与以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡的通话时，川普重申了他的威胁，即被哈马斯和中东其他人扣押的以色列人质应该在就职日之前获释。
“我们讨论了将要发生的事情，我将在1月20日非常有空，”他说。“再说吧。如你所知，我曾警告过，如果这些人质到那个时候还没有回家，一切都会变得非常糟糕。”
Trump talks drones, an Eric Adams pardon and his election boost from TikTok
President-electDonald Trumpsaid Monday that the Biden administration knows more about the drones that have raised alarms over parts of the country than it's sharing with the public.
"They know where it came from and where it went. And for some reason, they don't want to comment. And I think they'd be better off saying what it is. Our military knows and our president knows. And for some reason, they want to keep people in suspense," Trump said.
Trump took questions for more than an hour on a number of subjects. He started his remarks with an announcement that SoftBank will make a $100 billion investment in the U.S. that will create 100,000 jobs focused on artificial intelligence and emerging technologies. SoftBank plans to complete the work before Trump leaves office in 2029, according to a person familiar with the matter.
TikTok and election results
Asked about a potential ban on TikTok unless it finds new ownership, Trump said he has "a warm spot in my heart for TikTok," because of its effect on his winning a larger share of the youth vote than he did in 2016.
A federal appeals court last week rejected TikTok's attempt to stop the pending ban and pause the Jan. 19 deadline for a sale.
"TikTok had an impact," Trump said. "And, so we're taking a look at it. I don't know why, but we ended up finishing, we were, there was one poll that showed us down about 30. We were 35 or 36 points up with young people. So I have a little bit of a warm spot in my heart."
Considering a pardon for Eric Adams
Trump also said he would "take a look" at a pardon for New York Mayor Eric Adams, who wasindicted in Septemberon bribery charges.
"I think that he was treated pretty unfairly," Trump said, and suggested the charges were retribution for Adams speaking out against migrants flooding into the country.
"It's very interesting when he essentially went against what was happening with the migrants coming in," Trump said. "And, you know, he made some pretty strong statements like 'This is not sustainable.' I said, 'You know what? He'll be indicted soon.' And I said it. That is a prediction, a little bit lightheartedly, but I said it. I said, 'He's going to be indicted.' And a few months later he got indicted. So I would certainly look at it."
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and vaccines
Followingreportslast week that the personal attorney for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump's pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, had previously lobbied the Food and Drug Administration to revoke its approval of the polio vaccine, the president-elect said he is a "big believer in the polio vaccine."
"You're not gonna lose the polio vaccine. That's not gonna happen," he said. "I saw what happened with the polio. I have friends that were very much affected by that. I have friends from many years ago, and they have obviously, they they're still in not such good shape because of it."
Trump's selection of Kennedy, known an anti-vaccine crusader, tolead HHShas raised concerns about what effects his activism might have on the agency's mission. Trump said Monday those concerns are unfounded.
"I think you're going to find that Bobby is much -- he's a very rational guy. I found him to be very rational," Trump said.
"But we're going to look into finding why is the autism rate so much higher than it was 20, 25, 30 years ago," he said. "I mean, it's like it's 100 times higher. There's something wrong. And we're going to try finding that."
Ending the war in Ukraine
Asked if Ukraine should cede territory to Russia to end the war, Trump didn't give a straight answer, instead saying cities there are a “demolition site” and there’s “nothing there” for Ukrainians.
“But, a lot of that territory, when you look at what's happened to those, I mean, there are cities that there's not a building standing. It's a demolition site. There's not a building standing. So people can't go back to those cities. There's nothing there. It's just rubble,” Trump said, hinting that there isn’t a reason for Ukraine to keep the land.
Auctioning off the border wall
While calling the transition from the Biden administration to his incoming one “friendly,” Trump called for a policy change on the border wall, claiming the White House was attempting to auction off border wall material.
“That has nothing to do with a smooth transition, that has to do with people really trying to stop our nation, and all it means really is that we're going to spend hundreds of millions of dollars more, not even talking about the time,” he said.
“It's almost a criminal act,” Trump claimed as he lamented that border wall materials are being sold for “5 cents on the dollar.”
Deadline for Hamas to release hostages
In recounting his discussion on a call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump repeated his threat that Israeli hostages held by Hamas and others in the Middle East should be released by Inauguration Day.
"We discussed what is going to happen and I'll be very available on January 20th," he said. "And we'll see. I, as you know, I gave warning that if these hostages aren't back home by that date, all hell is going to break out and very strong."
