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Trump reveals how he would govern if reelected to another term in the White House

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4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2024

⏱️ 8 minutes

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We have learned more this week about how former President Trump would govern if reelected. Wednesday in Wisconsin, he again pledged to deport millions of undocumented immigrants. And a wide-ranging interview with Time magazine sparked headlines with some of his most strident words yet about what he would do in a second term. Lisa Desjardins reports. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

Donald Trump was out of the courtroom and back on the campaign trail today in

0:04.8

Wisconsin with a familiar refrain about undocumented immigrants.

0:08.6

We're going to have the largest deportation in the history of our country. We have no choice.

0:15.0

It was the latest example of the policies he would like to implement if reelected

0:20.0

and it follows a wide-ranging interview with Time magazine that sparked headlines about what he would do in a second term.

0:27.0

Lisa Dejahardan joins us now, so Lisa, there's a lot in this interview, but let's start with how Donald Trump would staff his

0:33.0

administration and what sounds like a litmus test about the 2020 election.

0:37.2

Yeah, Time magazine said overall this was a picture of a man who wants an imperial

0:41.7

presidency someone who plans to ramp up and

0:44.9

intensify, not soften what he's doing. And that's where we get to 2020. He again

0:50.7

repeated the idea that the election was stolen from him.

0:53.6

He said there was proof.

0:54.8

We know the proof goes the other way, that the 2020 election was one of the most well-regarded

0:59.2

and well-monitored elections in US history.

1:02.0

But Time magazine asked him specifically

1:04.8

about something Republicans elsewhere are doing.

1:07.2

They are asking people who apply for jobs

1:09.3

if they think that Joe Biden won the election.

1:12.0

So Time magazine asked former President Trump what he thought

1:15.9

about that idea. And Times Eric Cortelis said his response to that gave him a very sharp impression.

1:22.3

He wants to go in. response to that gave him a very sharp impression.

1:23.3

He wants to go into a second term and consolidate power into the office of the presidency

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