Trump Promises Six‑Month Pause on Insults to Secure Immigration Deal Before Democrats Take Congress
In an upcoming 60 Minutes interview, the president says he can temper his rhetoric if it means a border solution, even as a Democratic‑controlled Congress looms.
An interview with President Trump is scheduled to air on 60 Minutes on Sunday, and CBS News correspondent Ross Douthat will be asking the hard questions.
Douthat asked Trump, "If it took six months of not insulting the Democrats to get an immigration deal done, do you think you could do it?" Trump replied he could go "very easily" six months without insulting Democrats if that is what it took to get a deal, even with the new Congress soon to fall under Democratic control.
The New York Post reports that Congress will soon fall under Democratic control, raising the stakes for any immigration agreement.
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Ross Douthat to Trump: Can you work with Democrats without insulting them?
In an interview airing Sunday on 60 Minutes, correspondent Ross Douthat asks President Trump: If it took six months of not insulting the Democrats to get an immigration deal done, do you think you could do it?
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Trump insists he could go six months without insulting Democrats to secure a deal: ‘Very easily’
President Trump said he could "very easily" go six months without insulting Democrats if that's what it took to get a deal with the new Congress soon to fall under their control.
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- An interview with President Trump is scheduled to air on 60 Minutes on Sunday.
- Ross Douthat is a correspondent for CBS News.
- Ross Douthat asked President Trump: "If it took six months of not insulting the Democrats to get an immigration deal done, do you think you could do it?"
- President Trump said he could go "very easily" six months without insulting Democrats if that is what it took to get a deal.
- President Trump said he could go six months without insulting Democrats to get a deal with the new Congress soon to fall under Democratic control, according to the New York Post.
- Congress will soon fall under Democratic control, according to the New York Post.
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