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President Trump on Wednesday called in to NewsNation for a town hall program marking the first 100-day milestone of his second term in the Oval Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rounding out a media blitz to celebrate the benchmark, Trump brushed off concerns about his polling and policies as he talked with moderators Chris Cuomo, Bill O\u2019Reilly and Stephen A. Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After Trump appeared for a little under half an hour, other guests, including Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and former White House adviser Steve Bannon, appeared during the two-hour program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are five takeaways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump brushes off concerns about his policies
Trump swatted away concerns about some of the moves that have stoked controversy throughout his first 100-day stretch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Asked to name the biggest mistake he\u2019s made so far, Trump said he didn\u2019t think he\u2019d made any.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ll tell you, that\u2019s the toughest question I can have because I don\u2019t really believe I\u2019ve made mistakes,\u201d he said, arguing that the country is in a \u201ctransition period\u201d and will see \u201ctremendous economic victories\u201d ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And as his dramatic tariff moves heighten economic anxieties, Trump contended that he knows his stuff \u201cperfectly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have to have fair trade. We\u2019re losing billions and billions of dollars, hundreds of billions of dollars. And it\u2019s not fair, and it\u2019s time for the American people to be properly protected by somebody that knows what he\u2019s doing,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd I know what I\u2019m doing perfectly,\u201d he asserted. He added that \u201cit\u2019s a little complicated subject\u201d and \u201cI\u2019ve got to explain it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The president has been celebrating his 100-day mark amid sagging approval numbers, but he brushed those off, too, lambasting \u201cfake polls\u201d and touting his November win as a sign of his enduring success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump, Stephen A. Smith share kind words for each other
Trump and Smith were cordial to each other and shared kind words even as Smith has been critical of many of Trump\u2019s policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their first interaction during the event came after Smith began to ask Trump a question and Trump remarked that he remembered Smith from a \u201cvery long time ago,\u201d sparking laughter from the audience members. Smith became known while working in New York sports talk radio as Trump became one of the city\u2019s top businessmen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One notable moment came later in Trump\u2019s discussion with the moderators in which he said he\u2019d \u201clove\u201d to see Smith run for president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smith has received attention as a possible 2028 presidential candidate amid criticism of the Democratic Party following former Vice President Harris\u2019s loss in the November election. He\u2019s pointed to possible candidates he hopes will run but has left the door open to getting in the race if he\u2019s dissatisfied with the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump said he doesn\u2019t have any advice for Smith but called him a \u201cgood\u201d and \u201csmart\u201d guy. He added that he loves watching Smith, whom he called entertaining.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been pretty good at picking people and picking candidates, and I will tell you, I\u2019d love to see him run,\u201d Trump said, to applause from some members of the audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At another point, Smith also acknowledged Trump\u2019s efforts to bolster Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump declines to say when trade deals will be announced
Trump declined to say when his trade moves will pay off and didn\u2019t share details on when new trade deals will be announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen do you think, though, it\u2019s going to turn around economically so that people aren\u2019t frightened? Do you have a timeline on it?\u201d O\u2019Reilly asked the president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The president acknowledged the \u201cvery fair question,\u201d but charged forward to tout that companies are building plants in the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He later said that many countries \u201care calling us, like, morning, noon and night dying to make a deal\u201d and said \u201cwe\u2019re in a great position of strength.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When pressed on when he might announce agreements with countries like South Korea, Japan and India, Trump clarified that \u201cwell, we have potential deals with them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ll tell you this: I\u2019m in less of a hurry than you are. We are sitting on the catbird seat. They want us. We don\u2019t need them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump also noted during the town hall that there\u2019s \u201ca very good chance\u201d the U.S. will make a deal with China amid the ongoing standoff between the two world powers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNow, will we make a deal? There\u2019s a very good chance we\u2019re going to make a deal, but we\u2019re going to make it on our terms,\u201d Trump said, after calling China \u201cthe king of ripping off the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump upped tariffs on China to 145 percent total earlier this month, despite offering a 90-day reprieve to other nations \u2013 prompting China to hit back with 125 percent tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

O\u2019Reilly brought up to Trump that if his trade policies haven\u2019t been proven right by this time next year, it could cause Democrats to win in the midterm elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is true, and I just think I\u2019ll be able to convince people how good this is,\u201d Trump responded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

O\u2019Reilly tries to draw answers from Trump on tough questions
O\u2019Reilly on multiple occasions pressed Trump on various issues, trying to get him to answer on issues like his tariff policy and the possible political impacts of his presidency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

O\u2019Reilly, a personal friend of Trump for years, said before Wednesday\u2019s town hall that his vision for the event was one that would be more \u201cpersonal\u201d than other interviews and media appearances during his Trump\u2019s first 100 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019re never going to get him to admit he made a mistake,\u201d O\u2019Reilly predicted of Trump during the town hall\u2019s pre-show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

O\u2019Reilly also debated fellow moderator Smith as well as guests like James Carville during the two-hour forum that also featured questions from a live studio audience and viewers who submitted questions via social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RFK Jr. defends handling of measles outbreak
Kennedy briefly called into the town hall during the second hour, defending his handling of the measles outbreak in Texas amid criticism of his past statements about vaccines and job performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kennedy argued that the country is \u201cdoing better at managing the measles epidemic in the country than probably any other country in the world.\u201d He said the U.S. has about 842 cases of measles, while Canada has roughly the same amount with a smaller population and Europe has \u201c10 times that number.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur numbers have plateaued,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Canadian government reported as of mid-April that about 1,000 measles cases have been diagnosed this year, while the World Health Organization reported that Europe had its highest number of measles cases last year in more than 25 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kennedy has faced criticism over his past anti-vaccine advocacy, stirring doubts about the efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccine in particular. Some critics have blamed the arguments Kennedy has advanced for increasing hesitancy to get vaccines and allowing the disease to spread to its current outbreak, causing the first deaths from the disease since 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kennedy said some groups of people in the country have religious objections to vaccines, surfacing false claims about the vaccines containing \u201caborted fetuses,\u201d and the country should be able to take care of them through other ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s one of the things that [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] has not done,\u201d he said. \u201cCDC has said the only thing that we have is vaccination. There\u2019s all kinds of treatments for when people do get sick, and those people should be treated with compassion.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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