The tone deaf, Idiot in Chief sat for an interview with the newly, minted 60 Minutes correspondent Ross Douthat. The right-leaning journalist, who previously worked for The New York Times, garnered industry wide support by critics on both sides of the aisle for a 52-minute interrogation which was deemed to be equal parts probing, informative and respectful.
Topics of Discussion:
Trump on Hating his Opponents:
Why the GOP Got Slaughtered:
I was not on the ballot,” an explanation he has offered several times in recent days. He suggested his pre-election endorsements and rallies “brought a lot of people … a lot closer to victory.”
Ahead of Election Day, the president frequently urged his supporters to “pretend that I’m on the ballot.” So, what happened?
“I think they didn’t vote, really. I think they didn’t vote. I think in some cases, they didn’t like the candidates. And that’s, you know, their prerogative,” he said.
The Economy:
Immigration:
“I think I got an A+ for closing up the border,” he said.
So, which immigration policies hurt him?
“For getting people out, I get very high marks for getting the bad ones out,” Mr. Trump said. “But I get hurt because we also took people that had good jobs, that created one violation, or breaking of the law, and that was that they came into the country illegally.”
He continued: “Now, there is a large part of the country that think that they should be put out. And there’s a large part of the country that think that they should be allowed to stay if they’re good people working in a landscaping company, or working in a hotel, or doing something, right? And in some cases, paying taxes.”
“I think it was too tough,” the president said of his deportation policies.