The controversial remark came as “Meet the Press” host Kristen Welker grilled Trump on Kimar Abrego Garcia.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during his meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Monday, April 7, 2025. that aired Sunday, President Donald Trump said he didn’t know if he has to perform a responsibility he swore to fulfill: defending the Constitution.
The controversial remark came as “Meet the Press” host Kristen Welker grilled Trump on the case of Kimar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man deported to a brutal El Salvadorian prison following an administrative error. When Welker asked if Trump agreed with his Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, that both United States citizens and non-citizens deserves due process, Trump responded: “I don’t know. I’m not a lawyer.” The president said there would need to be millions of trials to give undocumented immigrants due process “and I was elected to get them the hell out of here, and the courts are holding me form doing it.”Trump wants to ‘Make Hollywood Great Again’: White House ‘exploring all options’The Alabama football tradition Donald Trump said he loves Even with those numbers, Welker asked Trump, “don’t you need to uphold the Constitution of the United States as president?” “I don’t know,” Trump said. “I have to respond by saying, again, that I have brilliant lawyers that work for me. And they are going to, obviously, follow what the Supreme Court said. What you said is not what I heard the Supreme Court said. They have a different interpretation.”Trump: I don’t know. I’m not a lawyer.Trump was referring to the unanimous Supreme Court decision ordering him to “facilitate” the return of Abrego Garcia to the United States. Trump claimed he is not defying the Supreme Court for saying he could bring back Abrego Garcia but won’t. “I’m relying on the Attorney General of the United States, Pam Bondi ... because I’m not involved in the legality or illegality,” he said. “I have lawyers to do that, and that’s why I have a great DOJ ... and they’re not viewing the decision as you said it ... they think it’s a totally different decision.”The president’s hesitance to say he needs to uphold the Constitution was slammed on social media. “Even if Donald Trump’s openness to defying the Constitution and denying due process doesn’t surprise you, his ignorance of his oath of office should shock all of us,” Author Stephen King, who routinely criticizes the president, also bashed the president over the “Meet the Press” interview. “Did Donald Trump not solemnly swear to ‘uphold and defend’ the Constitution not once but twice? What is this pusillanimous waffling about ‘I’m not a lawyer?’” King If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation.and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our
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