11-05-2025
President's uncertainty regarding oath to The Constitution generates heated debate
President Donald Trump gave an interview with Kristen Walker from NBC's Meet the Press last week that covered his first hundred days in office.
It went for more than an hour.
Immigration came up about halfway through it, specifically the right to due process when it comes to the mass deportations being carried out by the Trump administration.
The president criticized the courts for interfering and said it would take millions of trials to process the deportations.
Welker followed up with this.
'Even given those numbers that you're talking about, don't you need to uphold The Constitution of the United States as president?' Welker asked.
'I don't know,' said President Trump. 'I have to respond by saying again, I have brilliant lawyers that work for me. And, they are going to obviously follow what the Supreme Court said.'
Host Jim Niedelman brings back Kevin Perkins and Kurt Whalen to discuss.
'I'm not surprised that he's not fully committed to upholding the Constitution,' Perkins said.
'I think it is ludicrous,' Whalen said. 'I think clearly President Trump knows he has a duty to uphold the Constitution.'
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