A SOFTER Donald Trump greeted viewers of Lesley Stahl’s interview on “60 Minutes” on November 13th. The president-elect, in his first wide-ranging television interview since election day, seemed to renege on a promise to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Hillary Clinton’s e-mail habits (“I don’t want to hurt [the Clintons]...they’re good people”), acknowledged that his signature wall on the southern border might become a fence along certain stretches, and applauded two of the main provisions of Obamacare—without explaining how he would keep them afloat. When Ms Stahl asked about Mr Trump’s intentions over the Supreme Court, he had something for everybody.
Mr Trump stuck to his line on the right to bear arms (his court picks will be “very pro-Second Amendment”) and, less enthusiastically, on abortion. “I’m pro-life”, he said, and “[t]he judges will be pro-life.” If Roe v Wade is one day overturned, Mr Trump explained, the question of whether to protect abortion rights “would go back to the states”. This prompted Ms. Stahl to note that “some women won’t be able to get an abortion” if they live in states that ban the...Continue reading
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