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In an interview with the magazine published Thursday, Trump spoke about his final campaign blitz and election win.
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The NYSE regularly invites celebrities and business leaders to participate in the 9:30 a.m. ceremonial opening trading. Thursday will be Trump香蕉视频直播檚 first time doing the honors, which have become a marker of culture and politics.
Trump has long had a fascination with being on the cover of Time, where he first made an appearance in 1989. He has falsely claimed to hold the record for cover appearances, and that Trump had a fake picture of himself on the cover of the magazine hanging in several of his golf country clubs.
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The incoming president also discussed his plans for mass deportations and argued he will have the authority to use the military to assist with the effort, even though, as the magazine notes, the Posse Comitatus Act forbids the deployment of the military against civilians.
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In an interview on CNBC after he rang the bell, Trump likened the broad cuts to the federal workforce that he and his advisers have telegraphed to the TV firings he made of contestants.
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Afterward, he walked the floor of the exchange and shook hands with traders.