Donald Trump mainly talked about immigration for his first interview since his victory

UNITED STATES – Immigration, transition of power, Kamala Harris… but above all immigration. Republican Donald Trump gave his first interview this Thursday, November 7, since his victory in the American presidential election against the Democrat.

He gave this interview by telephone to the channel NBC and affirmed that his absolute priority when he is inaugurated on January 20 will be to make the border “strong and powerful”. Also questioned about one of his flagship measures, namely the mass deportation of illegal migrants, he considered that he had not “no choice” and that he had to do it.

When the subject of cost came up, he responded: “It’s not a question of cost. When people killed and committed murder, when drug lords destroyed countries, and now they’re going to go back to those countries because they’re not going to stay there. There is no price. »

A difficult measure to implement

In reality, however, its measurement would not be so simple to apply. “The speech is one thing and the application is another”assured AFP Stephen Yale-Loehr, professor of immigration law at Cornell University. The number of illegal aliens is not precisely known, but it is estimated at around 12 or 13 million.

Given the legal protections afforded by the U.S. Constitution to any person, regardless of nationality, “ Trump can’t just arrest people and deport them the next day.”he added. It would also be necessary to hire thousands of judges to deal with the influx of new cases.

In any case Donald Trump is sure, immigration is one of the reasons which allowed him to be elected. “They want borders, and they love the people who arrive but they must come with love of the country. They must come legally,” he insisted.

Trump “of course” wants a peaceful transition of power

The billionaire then spoke about calls from Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden, who congratulated him on his victory. “Very nice calls, very respectful on both sides”he stressed. “(Harris) said she would want as smooth a transition as possible, and of course I agree.”he added.

However in 2020, Donald Trump did not accept his defeat against Joe Biden, which led to the assault on the Capitol on January 6, 2021. Far from a peaceful and peaceful transition as the Republican who won now wants. the election.

He then said he would meet Joe Biden for lunch “very quickly”, and that he had spoken with ” probably ” around 70 international leaders. In particular, he had “a very good conversation” with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. However, he has not yet received a call from Vladimir Putin, but ” think “ that he “will speak” Soon.