‘I don’t know’, says Trump when asked about upholding Constitution and following due process

Trump was reminded about the Constitution’s fifth Amendment which says “no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law” and it doesn’t mention that the person must be a US citizen, while the US Supreme Court has recognized that non-citizens have certain basic rights.

Kristen Welker: “Don’t you need to uphold the Constitution of the United States as president?”

Donald Trump: “I don’t know.”

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Trump said, “I don’t know. It seems it might say that, but if you’re talking about that, then we’d have to have a million or two million or three million trials,” suggested the process would slow him down too much.

When asked by the interviewer whether he needed to uphold the Constitution of the United States being the president of the country, Trump again reiterated “I don’t know. 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.”

Trump also said that he would seek clarification from the Supreme Court on what it meant when it said to “facilitate” in respect to Maryland man Kilmar Abrego Garcia being deported to El Salvador.

During the interview, Trump also mentioned that he is not seeking to continue for the third term in 2028 and would leave the office after completing his second term without trying to extend his stay, while acknowledging the Constitutional constraints of seeking a third term in the office.