Overview
- Pressed by Norah O’Donnell about videos showing a mother tackled, tear gas in a Chicago neighborhood, and car windows smashed, the president said he approved of the tactics because agents “have to get the people out.”
- Trump blamed “liberal judges” appointed by Barack Obama and Joe Biden for limiting enforcement, saying court rulings have held back his push to expand ICE operations.
- In the interview, he asserted that many people targeted by ICE are criminals, saying “many of them are murderers,” and suggested those removed without records could return legally under his policy proposal.
- The sit-down was filmed Oct. 31 at Mar-a-Lago and marked his first 60 Minutes appearance in five years following a $16 million settlement with CBS parent Paramount over a 2024 dispute.
- CBS aired about 28 minutes from a roughly 90-minute interview and, per the settlement, later published a full transcript and a 73-minute extended video, which included an unaired moment where Trump boasted the show “paid me a lot of money.”