Quotes
I went through four years of hell by this scum that we had to deal with. I went through four years of hell. I spent millions of dollars on legal fees and I won, but I did it the hard way,
Trump said
They’re yelling at me,
Hannity said, presumably referring to his producers
The economy’s gonna do great,
Trump said, then went back to attacking BidenThe precedent that he set on pardons is amazing. That’s a much bigger story, but people don’t like talking about it. He pardoned everybody. But he didn’t pardon himself,
he remarked
This is more important because right now, the economy is going to do great. I'm here, so the economy— but you have to understand, he had bad advisers on almost everything,
Trump addedI don't care.”
When Hannity attempted to shift the discussion to economic topics, Trump interrupted with three blunt wordsI was always against that with presidents.”
When asked about involving his attorney general, Trump repliedAll it does is just complicate everything,
he said, praising Oklahoma’s state-led disaster response insteadThe pace of this shouldn’t be surprising to anyone. Trump made it abundantly clear he was going to act quickly, he was going to act boldly, and he was going to do exactly what he told voters he would do,
Caiazzo said
I think it’s brilliant how they’ve been handling it, to immediately meet the moment with action. It’s exactly what he needs to do and its exactly what the people voted for,
veteran Republican strategist Kristin Davison told Fox NewsAmericans vote for decisive, fast action, and true leadership. And Trump understands that more than anyone. I think he and his team knew how important it was out the gate to show that they heard what the people wanted and are answering with leadership,
Davison argued
He's flooding the zone. He's making a case for action. He's demonstrating action. He is rallying a wave of American support for a massive transformation of government,
Castellanos, a veteran of numerous GOP presidential campaigns, told Fox NewsWhat Susie has done is look at the totality of Trump and found the best players and put them in the best positions to support the president. Trump is surrounded by Trump people who’ve all proven themselves over the years not just to be loyal but ultra-competent operators,
added the adviser, who asked for anonymity to speak more freelyThis is his second term. He’s got to move quickly,
Davison emphasizedIn the past administration, there would be logjams and bottlenecks because there were people who didn’t agree with him,
a senior White House source told Fox NewsNow, comes SHOCK AND AWE."
And moments later, White House deputy chief of staff Taylor Budowich took to social media to tease
They’ve lost their nest egg, paying it to lawyers.”
In a possible reference to Rudy Giuliani, who was ordered by a court to pay massive damages to a pair of election poll workers he defamed, Trump added
We had people that suffered. You had [Steve] Bannon put in jail. You had Peter Navarro put in jail,
the president said, making his case that a precedent had already been setThis guy is running around giving everyone pardons,
Trump grumbled to HannityIf you look at it, it all had to do with him,
He appears to have been correct, as Trump on Wednesday laid the groundwork for going after the former president further ... said the new president, referring to people surrounding Trump who were convicted of crimes