{"id":2400805,"date":"2025-02-09T16:56:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-09T21:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/four-takeaways-from-trumps-pre-super-bowl-interview-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-09T16:57:57","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T21:57:57","slug":"four-takeaways-from-trumps-pre-super-bowl-interview-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/four-takeaways-from-trumps-pre-super-bowl-interview-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Four takeaways from Trump&#8217;s pre-Super Bowl interview &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">20<\/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-takeaways-from-trumps-pre-super-bowl-interview-washington-examiner%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=2400805&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>in a pre-Super bowl interview with Fox News&#8217; Bret Baier, President donald \u200bTrump, who is attending the super Bowl as the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-kelly-same-people-criticizing-trump-peddled-russia-collusion-hoax\/\" title=\"Mike Kelly: Same People Criticizing ... Peddled Russia Collusion Hoax\">sitting president<\/a>, discussed various topics reflecting on his early weeks\u2063 in office. He expressed a desire to make Canada the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-tom-carper-announces-bill-to-give-d-c-statehood\/\" title=\"Sen. Tom Carper announces bill to give D.C. statehood\">51st state<\/a> due\u200c to\u2064 perceived\u200b financial burdens \u2064on the \u2064U.S. and criticized Canada\u2019s immigration laws related to fentanyl trafficking.\u200b Trump also \u200chighlighted differences between his \u2063current presidency and his previous term, stating\u200c he now has more\u200d experience and\u2063 support. \u200c <\/p>\n<p>He\u2063 expressed\u2064 disagreement \u2063with a court&#8217;s ruling restricting access of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/microsoft-president-solarwinds-hack-biggest-ever\/\" title=\"Microsoft ...: SolarWinds hack biggest ever\">government department<\/a>\u2064 to sensitive data,calling it &#8220;crazy.&#8221; he\u2063 shared his\u2064 prediction for the Super Bowl, favoring the Kansas City Chiefs, praising \u2062their star quarterback\u2063 Patrick Mahomes\u200c and \u200cnoting his admiration for Mahomes\u2019 wife, who supports Trump.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Four takeaways from Trump&rsquo;s pre-Super Bowl interview<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1987660\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> will be the first sitting president to attend the Super Bowl on Sunday when he sits down to watch the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kansas-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kansas City Chiefs<\/a> face off against the Philadelphia Eagles.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Prior to the historical moment, Trump sat down with Fox News&rsquo;s Bret Baier and reflected upon his first three weeks in office. During the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">wide-ranging interview<\/a>, the president discussed his love for sports, his goals for the country, and how the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">47th president<\/a> is different from the 45th.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the top takeaways from Trump&rsquo;s pre-Super Bowl interview.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Donald Trump, left, waves as he boards Air Force One with grandson Theodore, Ivanka Trump&rsquo;s son, at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo\/Ben Curtis)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Canada as the 51st state is &lsquo;real&rsquo;<\/h2>\n<p>Trump has been vocal about wanting to annex the United States&rsquo;s northern neighbor, seeing Canada as disproportionately benefitting from the two countries&rsquo; trade relations. Baier asked him in the interview that aired on Sunday whether his wish to make Canada the 51st state is a &ldquo;real thing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Yeah, it is. I think Canada would be much better off being a 51st state because we lose $200 billion a year with Canada, and I&rsquo;m not going to let that happen,&rdquo; the president said. &ldquo;Why are we paying $200 billion a year, essentially, in subsidy to Canada? Now, if they&rsquo;re the 51st state, I don&rsquo;t mind doing it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A Trump transition official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/01\/16\/economy\/us-trade-deficit-trump-200-billion\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">told<\/a> CNN shortly before his inauguration that the majority of the $200 billion figure is due to U.S. defense spending from which Canada benefits and the rest is from the trade deficit.<\/p>\n<p>The president has also attacked the northern country&rsquo;s immigration system, accusing them of having too lax of laws and allowing fentanyl to come into the U.S. through its border.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Difference between 45th and 47th<\/h2>\n<p>Recounting all he has done in the past three weeks, Trump discussed what has been different this time around than when he governed from 2017 to 2021.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;With the 45th, I had tremendous opposition &hellip; but, I didn&rsquo;t know people, and I didn&rsquo;t have the kind of support that I needed,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I put people in office, some great &hellip; but I had some that I wouldn&rsquo;t have put &hellip; I would&rsquo;ve known better if it were a couple of years later or if I had a little more experience in D.C.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3276160\/trump-historic-return-to-office-parallels-the-only-other-president-do-the-same\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">TRUMP&rsquo;S RETURN TO OFFICE PARALLELS THE ONLY OTHER PRESIDENT TO DO THE SAME<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump is one of only two people in U.S. history to serve two nonconsecutive terms. Since re-entering the Oval Office, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3298207\/trump-removes-security-protection-mike-pompeo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">has revoked<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-warner-appropriate-to-keep-capitol-hill-security-precautions-in-place\/\" title=\"Sen. Warner: Appropriate to keep Capitol Hill security precautions in place\">security protections<\/a> of some of his top advisers and Cabinet officials from his first term.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Judge&rsquo;s decision to restrict DOGE &lsquo;crazy&rsquo;<\/h2>\n<p>The president vehemently disagreed with U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer&rsquo;s decision to bar the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Department-of-government-efficiency\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Department of Government Efficiency<\/a>&nbsp;from the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Treasury-department\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Treasury Department<\/a>&lsquo;s payment system.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Irreparable harm&rdquo; could be risked by DOGE&rsquo;s ability to access millions of Americans&rsquo; sensitive data, including Social Security numbers and bank account information, Engelmayer said following a lawsuit from 19 Democratic attorneys general.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I disagree with it 100%. I think it&rsquo;s crazy. We have to solve the efficiency problem, we have to solve the fraud, waste, abuse,&rdquo; the president said in the Sunday interview.<\/p>\n<p>DOGE leader Elon Musk and Vice President JD Vance also decried the ruling, with the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/economy\/3315079\/musk-blasts-ruling-blocking-doge-treasury-system\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">calling it<\/a> &ldquo;absolutely insane.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Picks the Chiefs to win<\/h2>\n<p>The president showered praise on both the Chiefs and Eagles ahead of Sunday&rsquo;s big game, but when asked who he thought would win, he picked the franchise that has won the last two times.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump: I watched this great quarterback who has a phenomenal wife. She&rsquo;s a MAGA fan.. when quarterback wins as much as he&rsquo;s won, I&rsquo;d have to go with Kansas City.. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RszJlOLSdF\">pic.twitter.com\/RszJlOLSdF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Acyn (@Acyn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Acyn\/status\/1888690026474852492?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 9, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The quarterback really knows how to win,&rdquo; Trump said of superstar Patrick Mahomes, before turning his attention to his wife. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve watched this great quarterback, who, by the way, has a phenomenal wife. She&rsquo;s a Trump fan, she&rsquo;s a MAGA fan, so I happen to love her.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I guess that when you say that when a quarterback&rsquo;s won as much as he&rsquo;s won, I have to go with Kansas City,&rdquo; the president predicted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1987660\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1987660\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four key points from Trump&#8217;s pre-Super Bowl interview<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2400806,"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\/2025\/02\/AP25040727219344.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[6234,35594,3634],"class_list":["post-2400805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-interview","tag-super-bowl","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/AP25040727219344.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400805","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\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2400805"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2400809,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400805\/revisions\/2400809"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2400806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2400805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2400805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2400805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}