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You Have The Right to Dissent - Trump, NewsNation Interview With Kristen Welker
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May 6, 2025
Donald Trump was asked if he thinks dissent is a part of democracy during the NewsNation Face The Press Interview with Kristen Welker.
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so during the News Nation interview
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Trump was asked if he sees disscent as a
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part of democracy Watch his answer Do
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you see dissent as an essential part of
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democracy
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It's a part of democracy It is You're
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always an important part of democracy
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Yeah you're always going to have Kristen
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you're always going to have disscent Uh
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there's nothing you're going to do about
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that It's am I going to get 100% unified
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It would be a strange place I don't I
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can't even imagine it where 100% look
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you have people that are good people
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They're very smart people and they
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honestly believe we should have open
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borders and the entire world should be
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allowed to pour into our country I think
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it's a 955 issue but they they believe
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it They're not even bad people Some of
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them are bad You have people that
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honestly believe that men should be
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allowed to play in women's sports Some
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of these people I really actually I
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don't know any I haven't been able to
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find any but they exist They say it's an
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8020 issue I don't believe that I think
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it's a 97 to3 issue The problem with
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that question is that it is almost
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accusatory It's rooted in the idea that
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Trump is an authoritarian who is going
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whack-a-ole on any slight dissenters and
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that is completely false Trump has faced
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more disscent than any recent US
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president and I think he handles it well
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There are people on the liberal side and
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in the media who are prepared to oppose
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anything that comes out of his mouth
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Look at how totally crazy what Nancy
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Pelosi did is Trump said COVID 19 came
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from China so be careful with those
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returning from the Chinese holidays What
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does Nancy Pelosi do She literally told
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people to go down to Chinatown and hug
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people who just returned from China
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during the start of the pandemic That's
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how committed these people can be to
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opposing him
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He faces dissent regardless of his
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position You think people should have
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the right to criticize you without fear
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of reprisal Absolutely Yeah I do That I
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do And how do you square that And I
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think that happens How do you square
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that with the fact that you have passed
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these executive orders asking the
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attorney general to look into some of
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the people who've criticized you who've
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been harshest against I have been
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investigated more than any person in the
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history of the United States of America
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I've been investigated more than the
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late great as I say at my rallies Alons
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Capone Alons Capone was a nasty man He
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was a the highest level gangster and I
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have been investigated more than Al
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Capone more than anybody Uh these people
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are evil people and I won And I'll tell
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you what all I want to happen is for the
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Department of Justice and the FBI Pam is
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great and Cash is great I think they're
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two great people but they're their own
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people They want to do a fantastic job
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And all I want to do and all I want to
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ask for is that they be allowed to do
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their job I'm not telling them to do
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anything and I believe I have the right
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to do it I'm in theory the top law
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enforcement officer as the president We
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went over this once before and it turned
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out I was right But I'm not looking to
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use that We have two great people and we
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have many many incredible people under
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them and I just want them to do their
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job and do it well The bottom line is
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that this question is coming out of
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nowhere Trump has not been and is not
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trying to clip the wings of denters
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Thanks for your time and I would
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