Trump latest: ‘I don’t care’ – president dismisses question on economy as he says TikTok will ‘stay around’

Trump dismisses China TikTok ‘threat’ and attacks on January 6 police in wide-ranging TV interview
Donald Trump has said that attacks on police officers during the January 6 riots were “minor incidents” in a wide-ranging interview with Fox News overnight.
In his first sit-down interview since being inaugurated on Monday, recorded in the Oval Office, Trump told Sean Hannity that most of those who were jailed over the US Capitol riots were “absolutely innocent”.
As part of a flurry of executive orders on his first day back in office, the president pardoned around 1,500 people who were convicted over the unrest – including more than 200 who were jailed for felony assault on police officers.
Speaking to Hannity, Trump said of those convicted: “Nobody’s ever been treated so badly. They were treated like the worst criminals in history.”
He went on to claim those at the US Capitol were simply there “protesting the vote” before again falsely claiming the 2020 election was “rigged”.
When asked by Hannity about the pardons for those jailed for assault, the president said: “They were very minor incidents, and it was time.”
Trump also spoke on the following:
TikTok
Trump was dismissive of the alleged threat to US security posed by TikTok.
He ordered the reactivation of the video-sharing site shortly after it had been closed down in the US by a law passed under the Biden administration.
The president said “we have so many things made in China” and questioned why it would be important for China to be spying on “young kids watching crazy videos”.
He also said TikTok was “going to stay around” – downplaying the threat of the Chinese government using the app to spy on users.
Assassination attempt
Hannity asked the president about surviving an assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, last summer, when he was shot in the ear by a gunman after turning his head at the moment the shot rang out.
Trump said it was “split second perfect timing” to look at the immigration board he had behind him that day, adding: “I don’t think you can just call it luck.”
LA wildfires
Trump said the US government should not give California aid to help rebuild after the wildfires until it uses water from the northern part of the state.
The president has accused Governor Gavin Newsom of refusing to redirect water from northern California. Newsom has denied the claim
“I don’t think we should give California anything until they let water flow down,” Trump said.
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