On Monday night, President Donald Trump explored various topics in the revamped Oval Office while he signed numerous executive orders and answered inquiries from journalists.
Among the executive orders Trump put his signature on was one aimed at delaying a TikTok ban for a period of 75 days. Trump expressed his desire for the company to undergo a sale via a “joint venture” with the U.S.
In the midst of the TikTok discussion, Trump directed a question at Fox News reporter Peter Doocy.
“Has Biden ever held news conferences like this? Peter, how many news conferences has he conducted in this manner? None.”
“Like this?” Doocy answered. “Zero.”
Trump pressed on: “And it will be zero for eternity. For eternity, it will remain zero.”
In another exchange, Trump was queried about which former president’s counsel he would seek if necessary. Trump mentioned Bill Clinton as having “fantastic political insight.” He seemed to commend himself while elaborating on this point.
“When Hillary was in the race, [Bill Clinton] came back and advised, ‘You really should get to Michigan and Wisconsin. Every household has a Trump sign displayed,’” Trump recounted.
“They all mocked Bill Clinton with comments like, ‘What does he know?’ Yet he ended up being correct because I secured victories in both states. And then we triumphed in both this election as well,” Trump remarked. “Bill Clinton possesses remarkable political intuition, I believe.”
Throughout his interactions with reporters, Trump reiterated claims regarding the FBI’s involvement in the January 6 disturbances.
“There were outside instigators involved, and clearly, the FBI had a hand in it because [former FBI director Christopher] Wray admitted as much,” Trump stated, despite a report from the Justice Department’s inspector general in December 2024 finding no such involvement.
Since his inauguration, Trump has initiated executive actions to abolish birthright citizenship, exit the Paris climate agreement, halt federal regulations and hiring, require full-time, in-person work from federal employees, and maintain records of “political persecution” during the Biden administration.
He has also granted pardons to individuals who assaulted law enforcement and participated in the Capitol riot on January 6—affecting more than 1,500 individuals according to reports on the pardons.
