{"id":2261705,"date":"2024-06-06T19:06:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T23:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/four-biggest-takeaways-from-trumps-interview-with-hannity\/"},"modified":"2024-06-06T19:07:32","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T23:07:32","slug":"four-biggest-takeaways-from-trumps-interview-with-hannity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/four-biggest-takeaways-from-trumps-interview-with-hannity\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Points from Trump&#8217;s Interview with Hannity"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffour-biggest-takeaways-from-trumps-interview-with-hannity%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2261705&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President Donald Trump expressed reluctance to cease the perceived <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/inside-the-nras-strategy-to-escape-disaster\/\" title=\"Inside the NRA\u2019s Strategy to Escape Disaster\">political persecution<\/a> by President Biden during an interview with Sean Hannity. Trump highlighted the urgency for the next president \u200bto abandon the alleged &#8220;weaponization&#8221; tactics in politics. He hinted at refraining from pursuing retribution against Biden but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-secretary-of-state-partially-bends-the-knee-acknowledges-ballots-were-counted-unlawfully-and-in-secret\/\" title=\"Georgia Secretary of State Partially Bends The Knee, Acknowledges \u2018Ballots Were Counted Unlawfully And In Secret\u2019\">stopped short<\/a> of \u2062committing\u2063 to ending the cycle himself. This stance contrasted with his previous promises\u2063 and raised questions about his future actions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> wouldn\u2019t commit to ending the political persecution he claims President Joe Biden has exercised as the leader of the country. <\/p>\n<p>In an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Sean-Hannity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Sean Hannity<\/a>, Trump told the country how important he thinks it is for the next president to break the cycle of \u201cweaponization\u201d he claims has been used against him. The interview pulled back the veil on some of Trump\u2019s thinking about how he might wield power if he returns to the White House next year.<\/p>\n<h2>The political persecution \u2018has to stop\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>In one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4bitGAOz0kg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>interview\u2019s<\/a> most surprising takeaways, Trump hinted at the possibility of not pursuing retribution against Biden. When Hannity flatly asked whether he would commit to dropping the cycle of \u201clawfare,\u201d Trump demurred, saying people don\u2019t want to see Biden indicted.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>President Donald Trump dances onstage after his campaign rally, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020, in Jacksonville, Florida. (AP Photo\/Stan Badz)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe can\u2019t have this stuff go on,\u201d Trump said. \u201cBecause you know what, when Biden goes out, and everyone says \u2018bye-bye,\u2019 and he gets indicted two days later, and they go after him?\u00a0The country doesn\u2019t want that!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When Hannity pressed him further, saying, \u201cPeople are claiming you want retribution. People are claiming you want what has happened to you done to Democrats. Would you do that ever?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump replied, \u201cIt has to stop.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Right to retribution<\/h2>\n<p>While Trump suggested he doesn\u2019t have plans to go after Biden, that softening was a break from promises he\u2019s made in the past. And despite his insistence the cycle \u201chas to stop,\u201d he didn\u2019t commit to stopping it himself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook, when this election is over, based on what they\u2019ve done, I would have every right to go after them,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>In May 2023, Trump posted on Truth Social, saying, \u201cI will appoint a real special \u2018prosecutor\u2019 to go after the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-gop-lawmaker-marjorie-taylor-greene-introduces-articles-of-impeachment-on-president-joe-biden\/\" title=\"BREAKING: GOP Lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene Introduces Articles of Impeachment on President Joe Biden\">corrupt president<\/a> in the history of the USA,\u00a0Joe Biden<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/people\/joe-biden\/\">,<\/a> the entire Biden crime family, &#038; all others involved with the destruction of our elections, borders, &#038; country itself!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During a November 2023 Univision Noticias <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/nID5J8dmRL4?t=900s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>interview<\/a>, host Enrique Acevedo asked Trump about his legal cases, saying, \u201cYou say they\u2019ve weaponized the Justice Department, they weaponized the FBI. Would you do the same if you\u2019re reelected?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019ve already done it, but if they want to follow through on this, yeah, it could certainly happen in reverse,\u201d Trump replied. \u201cThey\u2019ve released the genie out of the box.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Trump maintains he \u2018did nothing wrong\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Throughout the interview, Trump maintained he was innocent of everything he has been charged with, particularly the 34 counts of business fraud he was found guilty of in a Manhattan courtroom last week. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did nothing wrong,\u201d Trump said. \u201cThere was no crime. \u2026 Almost all of these cases that are being brought against me, they are doing it for the purposes of hurting a political opponent of Biden and trying to get him to win.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Former President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a dinner with members of the group Conserve the Culture at his Mar-a-Lago estate, Wednesday, June 5, 2024, in Palm Beach, Florida. (AP Photo\/Wilfredo Lee)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Manhattan District Attorney\u2019s Office, which brought the New York criminal charges against Trump, operates independently from the Justice Department, and Biden has maintained his separation from all of Trump\u2019s cases.<\/p>\n<p>Besides complaining about the accusations levied against him, Trump insisted the way he was treated by officials, prosecutors, and the judge was unconstitutional. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s totally unconstitutional what they\u2019ve done,\u201d he alleged. \u201dThe way the judge charged the jury \u2026 gave jury instructions, nobody\u2019s ever heard anything like that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Success will unify\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Trump believes there can be only one pathway forward: a victory this November. <\/p>\n<p>After calling Nov. 5 \u201cthe most important election in the history of our country,\u201d Trump added, \u201cSuccess will unify, and I think we\u2019re going to have a tremendous success.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Trump refrained from pledging to halt what he perceives as political persecution by President Biden. During his interview with Sean Hannity, Trump emphasized the necessity for the next president to end the alleged &#8220;weaponization&#8221; tactics in politics, highlighting its significance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2261706,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Trump-Arizona.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2261705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Trump-Arizona.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2261705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2261705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2261705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2261706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2261705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2261705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2261705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}