‘It’s very, very scary’: President Trump reveals what it’s like to get America’s nuclear codes and insists he’ll ‘do the right thing’ if the time comes as he gives his first interview inside the White House
The president admitted gaining control of the nuclear codes was ‘sobering’
He told ABC’s David Muir he nonetheless believed he’ll do ‘the right job’
The interview was the president’s first since taking office on Friday
He also discussed the ‘beautiful’ letter he received from Barack Obama and how he thinks Chicago’s violence is ‘worse’ than Afganistan’s
The president shared his belief that waterboarding ‘absolutely’ works and will leave torture up to his generals
He also addressed his immigrant bans on Muslim nations and said it was going to become ‘extremely hard’ to get into the country with his new ‘extreme vetting’
President Trump said ‘the world is as angry as it gets’ and that he couldn’t have therefore inflamed the issue of immigration and terror because it was already out of hand
Complained again that voter fraud cost him the popular vote but said if he had campaigned for it he would have won it
By Jennifer Smith and Francesca Chambers, White House Correspondent
DailyMail.com
26 January 2017
In his first interview since taking office, President Trump gave glimpses of being humbled by his ‘sobering’ new responsibilities between intrepid promises to maintain his campaign vows.
Speaking with ABC’s David Muir, he went from gently praising the ‘beautiful’ letter left for him in the Oval Office by Barack Obama to brazenly describing Chicago as more violent than Afghanistan.
Among his admissions was that receiving the nuclear codes was a ‘very scary’ experience which brought home the enormity of the job.
‘When they explain what it represents and the kind of destruction that you’re talking about, it is a very sobering moment. It’s very, very, very scary in a sense.’
Not quite scary enough to keep him up at night, he said. ‘I have confidence I’ll do the right thing, the right job, but it’s a very scary thing.’
He later told of the ‘beautiful’ letter he’d been left in the Resolute Desk by Barack Obama but did not, as is tradition between presidents, reveal its contents.
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