Trump on Fox repeats unfounded ICE 'liberation' claim, warns opponents to 'take it easy'

In an interview with Maria Bartiromo on Fox News' Sunday Morning Futures, President Trump discussed his forthcoming Supreme Court pick, his plans for "phase two" of the GOP tax reform law passed last year, and his trade policy, particularly in connection to China, the European Union, and Harley-Davidson.

The president also repeated his unfounded claim, first made on Twitter Saturday, that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has "liberated" towns from MS-13:

He expressed confidence in North Korean leader Kim Jong Un despite reports from U.S. intelligence agencies that Kim is not pursuing complete denuclearization as promised:

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And Trump warned his political opponents to "take it easy" because "there's probably never been a base, in the history of politics, like [his] base":

"Because some of the language used, some of the words used," the notoriously foul-mouthed president continued, "even some of the radical ideas, I really think they're very bad for the country. I think they're actually dangerous for the country."

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Bonnie Kristian was a deputy editor and acting editor-in-chief of TheWeek.com. She is a columnist at Christianity Today and author of Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (forthcoming 2022) and A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today (2018). Her writing has also appeared at Time Magazine, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, and The American Conservative, among other outlets.