Annexing Canada, Xi calls, no third term ‘loopholes’: 9 things we learned from TIME’s Trump interview

President Donald Trump sat for a wide-ranging interview with TIME on April 22, touching on tariffs, peace efforts between Ukraine and Russia, the Iran nuclear deal, wanting Canada to become a US state and more.

President Donald Trump sat for a wide-ranging interview with TIME on April 22, touching on tariffs, peace efforts between Ukraine and Russia, the Iran nuclear deal, wanting Canada to become a US state and more. The sitdown included Trump saying he would sign a ban on members of Congress trading stocks, that he doesn’t want to use “loopholes” to run for a third term and that he has not asked El Salvador to return a mistakenly deported undocumented immigrant. He rejected the idea that he is expanding the powers of the presidency, saying he is using the office, “as it was meant to be used” in his second term. “What I’m doing is exactly what I’ve campaigned on,” he said. The president also treaded on some familiar themes, including claiming, without evidence, that there was “cheating” in the 2020 and 2024 elections and that tariffs are good for the country. Here are nine moments that stuck out from the transcript of TIME’s Trump interview: Trump said in the interview that he’s made “200 deals” with companies and countries after pausing new tariffs on countries. But the White House hasn’t announced any of them, and Trump declined to detail any specific deals.