President Donald Trump ’s interview with ABC News aired after he held a rally in Michigan on Tuesday to mark the first 100 days of his second term.
The rally was his largest political event since returning to the White House in a state that has been especially rocked by his steep trade tariffs and combative attitude toward Canada.
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Trump brushes off authoritarian concerns
The president dismissed concerns that he is acting like an authoritarian leader.
“No, I would hate them to think that,” he said of people who hold such concerns. “I’m doing one thing: I’m making America great again.”
He continued: “We had a country that was failing, we have a country that was laughed at all over the world, we had a leader that was grossly incompetent.”
Trump said, “our country’s coming back, and we’re respected again.”
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