‘Four years of hell’: What Trump revealed during his first interview as President
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The president was allowed to go unchallenged in the interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity as he repeated familiar false claims. President Donald Trump sat down with Fox News host Sean Hannity on Wednesday night to give his first interview since he was sworn in for his second term.
![[Donald Trump took aim at enemies new and old during his first interview as President]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/23/04/trump_hannity_jan2025.jpg)
In the first instalment of the two-part interview, the president repeated familiar false and unsubstantiated claims about the 2020 election, the California wildfires and immigration. Trump also leveled a not-so-thinly-veiled threat at Joe Biden, suggesting he should have pardoned himself in addition to pre-emptively protecting his family members.
![[Trump expressed concern that the homes of the most wealthy had been destroyed, believing it made the country look “helpless”]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/23/06/California_Wildfires_88991.jpg)
This is what Trump revealed during his first interview as President. On the heels of ushering in anti-immigration executive orders that will upend communities across the country, Trump took the opportunity to reinforce his messaging. He hit out at Biden and accused him of opening the borders so that other countries could empty their jails and mental institutions into the U.S., without offering any evidence of this happening.
![[Trump lashed out at Gavin Newsom and suggested that state officials were deliberately stopping water from flowing into the area]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/12/17/f48c6025b9964545bd463107eea76b34.jpg)
“To allow people to come in, and I believe the number’s 21 million people and a large percentage of them are criminals, all over the world. Prisons from all over the world have been emptied into our country by Biden,” Trump said. “There are people coming in with tattoos all over their face,” Trump added. “Their entire face is covered in tattoos. Typically, you know, he’s not gonna be the head of the local bank.”.
![[Trump claims he had been through “hell” after the various criminal and civil proceedings brought against him.]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/05/30/15/SEI206705376.jpg)
