Trump says deportation policy 'might have been too tough' after midterm losses
CBS released the 60 Minutes excerpt on X before Sunday's broadcast, two days after Trump named immigration hardliner Stephen Miller as chief of staff.
United States President Donald Trump said his mass deportation of undocumented immigrants may have been "too tough", in an excerpt of a CBS "60 Minutes" interview released before the full broadcast on Sunday.
"I think it was too tough... I think it might be too tough," Trump said, according to Punch, which reported the excerpt. CBS published the clip on X ahead of the network broadcast.
The interview was recorded after the Republican Party's heavy loss in midterm elections on Tuesday. Punch reported that Trump blamed the result in part on "bad messaging". The Rio Times reported that Republicans lost the House.
On Friday, Trump named Stephen Miller, the architect of the deportation policy, as his chief of staff. The Rio Times paired the two developments, reporting that the president called the policy too tough days after his party's defeat while elevating the official who designed it.
Punch reported that Trump had won some domestic support for securing the southern border, while the administration's push to deport millions of undocumented migrants drew widespread criticism. The outlet described Miller as synonymous with scenes of masked immigration agents committing violence, and said he had backed federal agents who shot and killed two Americans earlier this year.
Punch reported that the excerpt was published before a broadcast of the interview on network television later on Sunday.
The reports did not give a figure for how many people have been deported under the policy, or say whether the White House plans to change it.
How the reports differ
The Hindu recorded the remark flatly, as Trump saying the deportation policy 'was too tough', while The Canadian Press and The Economic Times put it in electoral terms, reporting that he said it 'might have been too tough' for voters in the election. Punch led with the admission itself and carried the most detail, including the 'bad messaging' explanation, the border-support context and a description of Miller's record; The Rio Times led instead with the political timing, setting the concession beside the Miller appointment two days earlier. The Canadian Press, The Economic Times and Punch all noted the interview was recorded after the Republican midterm defeat; The Rio Times alone said Republicans lost the House.
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