Donald Trump’s CNN town hall: What did he say?

Ex-president’s participation in the public forum came as he turns his focus to a potential 2024 election run. “I say to the Republicans out there, congressmen, senators, if they don’t give you massive cuts, you’re gonna have to do a default.” Questions on sex abuse case Trump’s appearance came a day after a New York jury found him liable for sexually abusing a woman nearly 30 years ago and defaming her when she spoke about it publicly. No answers on Ukraine Trump repeated his praise of Russian President Vladimir Putin, calling him “a smart guy”, but said “he made a bad mistake” to invade Ukraine. Trump would not answer a question about whether he would continue to send US aid to Ukraine to keep fighting against Russia’s invasion, and he would not answer a question about who he wanted to win the war, only saying, “I want everybody to stop dying.” Keeping classified documents Trump defended his keeping of top-secret and confidential government documents at his Florida estate Mar-a-Lago, which is now the subject of a Justice Department probe. Abortion claims Trump, responding to a question about the US Supreme Court overturning abortion rights last year, took credit for appointing three of the justices who joined in the majority ruling, saying, “It was such a great victory and people are starting to understand it now.” He repeatedly falsely claimed abortion rights supporters wanted to “kill a baby” in the ninth month of pregnancy or even after a birth.