PRESIDENT TRUMP — KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM TIME INTERVIEW

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• Xi has called Trump; active China talks underway
• Claims “200 tariff deals” done — formal announcements in 3–4 weeks
• Says he “owns the store” on tariffs, will set ‘fair prices’ for each country
• Says keeping tariffs 20–50%+ one year from now would be a “total victory”
• Tariff strategy aimed at bringing manufacturing back to the U.S.
• Bond market had the “yips” in April — but “I wasn’t,” Trump says
• April 9 tariff pause wasn’t about bonds — “I’m doing it until I get the numbers I want”
• Trump supports taxing the wealthy in theory but worries political blowback
• Would sign a ban on congressional stock trading
• Believes Ukraine will never join NATO
• Says Crimea will stay with Russia under any peace deal
• Predicts a U.S. economic “explosion” in coming months
• Defends cuts to gov’t programs as necessary for “efficiency”
• Says small businesses will benefit more than Big Tech
• DOGE database built to fight fraud, waste, and abuse
• Wants to send extreme criminals to foreign prisons if legal
• Open to meeting Iranian leaders to cut a nuclear deal
• Says Saudi-Israel normalization deal is “close”
• Open to expanding U.S. territory — says Canada should be the 51st state
• Maintains he “decisively” won the 2024 election, despite alleged cheating