President Trump and ABC News’ Terry Moran held a contentious interview on Tuesday in which the president and the senior national correspondent clashed over tariff policy, deportations, MS-13 tattoos and the power of the presidency.

The Oval Office interview came as Trump marked the first 100 days in office of his second term. Trump took multiple jabs at Moran throughout the hourlong primetime program, including when he suggested he had never heard of the journalist and at one point insisted “ABC is one of the worst.”

Moran peppered Trump with a wide range of questions involving the economy, his tariff program, mass deportations, the Russia-Ukraine war and what he would say to people who were worried he was “becoming an authoritarian.”

Here are five takeaways from the interview.

Spar over tariffs

One of the early signs of a spar during the interview came when Moran asked Trump about his tariff policy, and in particular his response to economic experts who say that policy would lead to a rise in consumer prices.

Moran asked Trump about concerns that tariffs on China in particular could hit American families hard.

“People are worried, even some people who voted for you, saying ‘I didn’t sign up for this.’ So how do you address those concerns?” Moran asked Trump.

“They did sign up for it, actually, and this is what I campaigned on,” Trump replied.

In a heated back-and-forth with Moran, during which the ABC host argued that tariffs could raise prices on electronics, clothing and home building, Trump said that “China probably will eat those tariffs.

Moran also asked Trump to speak to small business owners who might have felt that breaks companies like Apple received would not also benefit them.

Moran also noted that Trump has said to “hang tough” on tariffs while markets took a plunge in the first days of his reciprocal tariffs before he implemented a 90-day pause. When questioned if hard times are ahead, Trump replied, “I don’t think so.”

That set off a back-and-forth between the two men about what the tariffs mean for the American economy.

“So your answer to the concern about the tariffs is, ‘Everything’s gonna be hunky-dory?” Moran eventually asked.

“Everybody’s gonna be just fine,” Trump responded. “It wouldn’t have been if I didn’t do this. I had a choice. I could leave it, have a nice, easy time. But I think ultimately you........

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