Trump Promises Tariffs, Jan. 6 Pardons in NBC Interview

President-elect Trump sat down for his first major interview since winning the election. Trump spoke on a wide range of policies with Kristen Welker on NBC's Meet the Press. NTD's Fiona Ji has more. In an interview that aired Sunday, President-elect Trump was asked about his stance on pardoning participants of the January 6th Capitol breach. I'm going to look at everything. We're going to look at individual cases, yeah. But I'm going to be acting very quickly. Within your first 100 days, first day? First day. First day? Yeah, I'm looking first day. You're going to issue these pardons? These people have been there, how long is it? Three or four years. Okay. Trump replied that he would most likely be following through with the pardons. He added, however, that there would be exceptions when it came to extreme individuals. The president-elect was also asked about his tariff policies and the impact he expected them to have on the economy. Economists of all stripes say that ultimately consumers pay the price of tariffs. I don't believe it. Can you guarantee American families won't pay more? I can't guarantee anything. I can't guarantee tomorrow. But I can say that if you look at my, just pre-COVID, we had the greatest economy in the history of our country. And I had a lot of tariffs on a lot of different countries, but in particular China, we took The interview covered a wide range of other topics as well, including Trump's deportation plans and foreign policy. At the end of the interview, when asked about his message to Americans who did not vote for him, Trump said he would treat all Americans equally and that success would unite the country. Fiona Ji, NTD News.