President-elect Trump reveals details of conversations with Hillary Clinton, Obama in 60 Minutes interview

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Sitting in his Trump Tower penthouse home, President-elect Donald Trump reminded the American public that as long as he's president, "It's gonna be America first."

In his first television interview since his 2016 election victory, Trump sat down with 60 Minutes' Lesley Stahl to discuss his historic upset win, the details of his presidential platform and both protestor and supporter reactions to his victory.

After 21 straight days of campaign-trail speeches, election night photos of a seemingly surprised Trump emerged. At the start of the interview, the billionaire businessman remarked to Stahl on the gravity of what Trump says is an "enormous" next job.

"I've done a lot of big things," said Trump. "I've never done this."

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President-elect Trump hit the post-election ground running with a meeting at the White House with President Obama. Although it was originally scheduled as a 15-minute meeting, the 44th and soon-to-be 45th president sat for 90 minutes to discuss the Middle East, health care and the ins and outs of the oval office.

When asked whether his election is a repudiation of President Obama's presidency, President-elect Trump pivoted saying he doesn't think it is a renunciation, but that "it's a moment in time where politicians for a long period of time have let people down."

After the most contentious campaign season in U.S. history, Trump described the election-night call from Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton as both "lovely" and "tough." When asked whether he would ask for a special prosecutor to investigate Hillary Clinton over her emails, Trump responded saying, "I'm going to think about it."

Although he wishes the campaign was softer, Trump told Stahl he has no regrets about things said in lead up to Election Day.

Trump never shied from inflammatory oratory through the campaign season. Whether it was during a speech or by way of Twitter, Trump maintained his media presence at the risk of appearing hot headed or ill tempered.

"Sometimes you need a certain rhetoric to get people motivated," said Trump. "I don't want to be just a little nice monotone character and in many cases I will be."

Pressing on Trump's rhetoric, Stahl went down a list of campaign promises with the president-elect, asking whether the American public can expect these agenda items to take shape in Trump's first term.

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The infamous wall along the U.S.-Mexico received an affirmative "yes," and Trump stuck by his promise to deport what he identifies as two to three million "criminal" undocumented immigrants.

"What we are going to do is get the people that are criminal and have criminal records, gang members, drug dealers, we have a lot of these people, probably two million, it could be even three million, we are getting them out of our country or we are going to incarcerate," he said.

Immigration policy aside, Trump emphasized a commitment to healthcare, infrastructure, and a tax bill lowering taxes. Each of these agenda items would have the backing of Republican Senator Mitch McConnell and U.S. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, both of whom Trump met with on Thursday.

Trump was joined by wife and future first lady, Melania Trump part of the interview, and children Tiffany, Eric, Ivanka and Donald Jr. for the final section. Melania spoke about her meeting with first lady Michelle Obama, saying the two discussed raising children in the White House.

She also said she'll be true to herself as she faces the responsibilities that come with life as the first lady.

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In the wake of President-elect Trump's victory, demonstrators flooded city streets across the country to protest the election results. According to an ABC News poll, nearly half of Americans have a negative view of Trump as president -- some responding with the term "afraid."

Trump believes there is a double standard around the coverage of Trump presidency protestors.

"If Hillary had won and if my people went out and protested, everybody would say, 'Oh, that's a terrible thing.'," said Trump. "There is a different attitude."

Still, Stahl asked Trump and his family about the legitimacy of these public fears, which son Donald Trump, Jr. deemed "unfounded."

Many in the LGBT community have expressed concern that a Trump presidency could mean a possible overturn of federally mandated marriage equality. When asked whether he supports marriage equality, a federally-mandated law many in the LGBT community fear could be overturned under Trump, the president-elect responded saying, "It was already settled."

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Stahl delved deeper into the topic of the U.S. Supreme Court, specifically asking whether Trump is looking to appoint a justice who wants to overturn Roe v. Wade. President-elect Trump responded saying, "If it happened, it would go back to the states.

Trump also noted he would appoint a supreme court justice who is "pro-Second Amendment."

BY: CHRISTINA GREGG

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