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Trump sat down with 60 Minutes Sunday after the midterms and gave a clearer read on where he stands than he has in weeks. On immigration, he said the deportation push was “too tough” in some cases. He took credit for closing the border and removing “the bad ones,” but said the administration also removed people who had jobs and whose only violation was coming here illegally. He noted some were “good people working in a landscaping company, or working in a hotel” and that “in some cases, paying taxes.” He said he would “love to do something on immigration” with Democrats. Trump’s immigration move is the same one he’s made before. He pulls back slightly so his base can show it still wants the pressure kept on. Democrats will call it a concession. It isn’t. It’s an opportunity to reignite the mandate for mass deportations. If he or the country weakens on immigration, there will never be another Republican president. That’s why Democrats want amnesty. Democrats will push full-steam ahead with impeachment and more. Trump knows that. Asked if they would try again, he said he “can’t imagine it” after what he called the best two years in the history of the presidency. He’s practically goading them to do it. He knows how bad that looks for them. But the Democrats are stuck because that’s all they have to offer. They’ll do nothing to make America more affordable. All they’ve done since winning the midterms is tell Trump and his allies to lawyer up. On Iran, Trump stood by the decision. He said if he had to do it again, the answer would be an “emphatic yes.” The war needs to end decisively and soon, but it was the right call to finally address Iran’s hostility and nuclear weapon development. What needs to end tomorrow is the Ukraine war. Trump can help negotiate that without congressional approval. He should. Democrats will hate him for it. That’s how you know it’s the right move for him. The next two years will test which of these positions go the way Trump has set them up to proceed. But the most likely result of the Democrat Congress will be stagnation. They can’t overcome his veto. They can’t remove him. They can’t make America more affordable. Republicans need to find a way to capitalize off of that can’t and show the American people in 2028 the MAGA policies a new GOP majority in Congress, and President Rubio (perhaps), can actually accomplish. The GOP might have lost the midterms, but they still have the winning policies. They just have a problem making them into laws.