throughout his election, donald trump has promised to hold hillary clinton accountable for her use of a personal email server during her time as secretary of state. so you can imagine the outrage of americans everywhere when trump hinted that he is backing away from this position. according to reports, trump seemed to waver on his pledge to appoint a special prosecutor to go after hillary clinton. at the end of last week, the president-elect was asked about the campaign promise in his first official interview since being elected. <u+201c>it<u+2019>s not something i<u+2019>ve given a lot of thought because i want to solve health care, jobs, border control, tax reform,<u+201d> trump responded, clearly dodging the true matter at hand. supporters are not necessarily happy about his response. many feel this would be a shift from his election platform<u+2014>one that he presented himself to be very passionate about. the pledge was first made in august at a trump rally in akron, ohio. at the time, trump asserted that neither the fbi nor the justice department could be trusted to hold clinton accountable. trump insisted they were <u+2018>whitewashing<u+2019> clinton<u+2019>s crimes. in a later debate, trump doubled down on the pledged<u+2014>and even used it in one of the most notable insults of his campaign. on sunday, trump sat down for a 60 minutes interview with his family. he appeared noticeably reserved on the topic of clinton and even seemed to respect her. during the interview, trump revealed that both bill and hillary phoned him in the hours after the results were released to the public. <u+201c>so, hillary called, and it was a lovely call,<u+201d> trump told lesley stahl. <u+201c>and it was a tough call for her, i mean, i can imagine. tougher for her than it would have been for me. i mean, for me, it would have been very, very difficult.<u+201d> <u+201c>she couldn<u+2019>t have been nice,<u+201d> trump continued. <u+201c>she just said, <u+2018>congratulations, donald, well done.<u+2019> and i said, <u+2018>i want to thank you very much; you were a great competitor.<u+2019><u+201d> trump then rattled supporters when he called clinton <u+201c>very strong and very smart.<u+201d> what do you think? does trump owe it to the american people to remain true to his word?
breaking: trump makes massive announcement about his plans... this is it - american news - breaking news, political news and updates
american news