Washington DC - President Donald Trump said in his interview with CBS' 60 Minutes that his mass deportation of undocumented immigrants was "too tough."
Asked about his deportation policy, Trump told CBS' 60 Minutes: "I think it was too tough...I think it might be too tough."
The excerpt was one of two published by 60 Minutes on X ahead of the full interview being broadcast on TV Sunday at 7 PM ET. It was recorded after the Republican Party's heavy loss to the Democrats in midterm elections on Tuesday.
Another clip shows Trump blaming "bad messaging" for the Republicans' major loss on Election Day, leading to what some are calling a "blue tsunami" with historically red states like Texas going blue in more races than one.
While Trump has won some domestic support for securing the US southern border, his administration's aggressive push to deport millions of undocumented migrants has drawn widespread criticism.
However, Trump on Friday appointed the architect of that hardline policy, Stephen Miller, as his chief of staff on Friday, signaling a bare-knuckle fightback after the Republican election loss.
Miller has been synonymous with scenes of masked immigration agents committing violence after he backed federal agents who shot and killed two Americans early this year.