The US president says he won the election by aligning with voter priorities on border security and transgender issues
US President Donald Trump has described his election victory as a rejection of the “radical left” and its agenda by American voters. Speaking with Fox News’ Sean Hannity on Wednesday, Trump claimed that elements of the Democratic Party hate the country.
He targeted Democrats who advocating for leniency on illegal immigration and aggressively promoted transgender rights. He argued that Americans had chosen him to lead the country because the philosophies and policies of his opponents “are horrible.”
The president criticized the administration of former President Joe Biden for adopting an “open border policy,” calling it a threat to national security and the American public. The policy could not be justified, he said, and supporting it means “you are either stupid or you hate this country.” He added that he didn’t believe the Democrats were stupid.
Trump alleged that lax border policies under Biden had allowed tens of thousands of foreign murderers and thousands of terrorists to enter the US. He reiterated his theory that some governments were intentionally sending criminals to America, remarking that if he were the head of another country, he wouldn’t see a reason not to do that.
Commenting on social issues, Trump said transgender rights activists were out of step with regular Americans. Voters “don’t want to see a woman get pummeled by a man in a boxing ring,” he said, referring to the debate on transgender participation in women’s sports. He criticized states that support gender transition for minors, arguing that no parent wants to see “a child leave home as a boy and come back two days later as a girl.”
Trump also hit out at the Democratic governance of California, comparing the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles to the effect of a nuclear weapon, and blaming inadequate funding of fire departments for the scale of damage. He said: “The firefighters, who are brave as hell, were fighting without water.” The response made America look helpless, he complained.
Trump suggested shifting disaster response away from the federal government to the state level, saying that the Federal Emergency Management Agency often just “stands in the way” due to poor leadership in Washington.
