Axios: Trump Deportations “too tough”

⏱️ Trump: Deportations “too tough”
 
“60 Minutes” correspondent Ross Douthat interviews President Trump on Friday at the White House. Photo: CBS News

In his first sit-down interview since his midterm wipeout, President Trump told “60 Minutes” correspondent Ross Douthat that the administration’s deportation policy “might be too tough” and left the door open to a deal with Democrats on immigration.

An hour after the interview, Trump replaced White House chief of staff Susie Wiles with Stephen Miller, the architect of his immigration crackdown.

Trump acknowledged that his crackdown had swept up people who had lived and worked in the U.S. for years, including hotel and landscaping workers whose only violation was entering the country illegally.

Trump said the idea would be to “get the killers out. Get all … the rough ones out. Get the drug dealers out. But let the people that are here, and in some cases here for 10 and 15 years, work a deal for them.”

💬 More Trump quotes:

Iran war: Trump said he’d go to war with Iran again if given the choice: “My answer is an emphatic yes because you can’t let Iran have a nuclear weapon. I think, historically, this will be a very good decision. Is it a good decision for today and tomorrow? Maybe not. But you know, I have to go with what’s right for our country.”

AI regulations: Trump said he’d be willing to work with Democrats on safeguards for AI. “I don’t mind guardrails,” he said. “But I don’t wanna put us in a deep second position. We’re leading number one. And China has no guardrails.”

Going to heaven: Asked whether he could forgive political enemies such as Nancy Pelosi and James Comey if it would mean getting to enter heaven, Trump said: “I probably cannot do that, no, because I do hate some of my enemies and I always will.”

Watch the interview … Extended version … Full transcript.
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Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.
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