Trump offers defense of presidential immunity, cites Obama civilian drone deaths: 'He meant well'

Former President Trump joins'Hannity' for his first interview since his historic Iowa win to discuss his vision for America and previews the New Hampshire primary. Former President Trump objected to critics' arguments against presidential immunity, saying Thursday either himself or a future president could be stymied in urgent situations by circumspection around whether their executive actions might lead to punishment. Trump told Fox News that, should presidential immunity be muted, when a president is taking unilateral actions as chief executive, the opposing political party could immediately begin strategizing how to prosecute their rival. I'm talking about [how] any president has to have immunity, because if you take immunity away from the president, it's so important, you will have you have a president that's not going to be able to do anything," he said on "Hannity." "[W]hen he leaves office… the opposing party will indict the president for doing something that should have been good," he said, pointing to reports of mistakes or misfires made by his predecessor trying to eradicate terrorists. "Obama dropped missiles and they ended up hitting a kindergarten or a school or an apartment house.