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Trump dancing in Japan last week.<\/span>Daniel Torok\/White House\/Planet Pix\/ZUMA<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In a wide-ranging <\/span>Sunday night <\/span>interview<\/a> on CBS News\u2019s \u201c60 Minutes,\u201d President Donald Trump put his desire for unchecked power on full display.<\/p>\n

He bragged to correspondent Norah O\u2019Donnell that, thanks to the Insurrection Act of 1792<\/a>, he can invade your city whenever he wants. He said immigration raids\u2014including acts of police violence such as using tear gas in residential neighborhoods, throwing people to the ground, and breaking car windows\u2014\u201dhaven\u2019t gone far enough.\u201d And he said the government shutdown will last until Democrats in Congress bend to his will\u2014or until Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) agrees to eliminate the filibuster, which Thune, so far, has rejected<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here are some of the biggest takeaways from Trump\u2019s comments on domestic policy:<\/p>\n

T<\/span>r<\/span>u<\/span>m<\/span>p<\/span> blamed the shutdown on the Democrats <\/span><\/p>\n

As the federal government shutdown enters its fifth week\u2014on pace to be the second-longest<\/a> in history after the one that stretched from December 2018 into January 2019\u2014O\u2019Donnell had a straightforward question for Trump: \u201cWhat are you doing as president to end the shutdown?\u201d His answer? Blaming the Democrats.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Republicans are voting almost unanimously to end it, and the Democrats keep voting against ending it,\u201d Trump said. \u201cThey\u2019ve lost their way,\u201d he added. \u201cThey become crazed lunatics.\u201d Senate Democrats have said<\/a> they will vote to reopen the government if the legislation includes an extension of Obamacare subsidies; without those, the health policy think tank KFF has estimated<\/a>, average monthly premiums on people who get their insurance through the ACA marketplace would more than double.<\/p>\n

Trump also claimed Obamacare is \u201cterrible,\u201d adding, \u201cWe can make it much less expensive for people and give them much better health care.\u201d But, yet again, he failed to outline his alternative. (Remember his \u201cconcepts of a plan<\/a>\u201c?)<\/p>\n

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What is President Trump doing to end the government shutdown?<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we’re doing is we keep voting. I mean, the Republicans are voting almost unanimously to end, and the Democrats keep voting against ending it,\u201d says Trump. pic.twitter.com\/f6smwqi8Jn<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) November 3, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

He defended Immigration and Customs Enforcement\u2019s violent tactics<\/span><\/p>\n

Citing videos of ICE officers tackling a mother<\/a> in court, using tear gas<\/a> in a residential neighborhood in Chicago, and smashing car windows<\/a>, O\u2019Donnell asked Trump if some of the raids have \u201cgone too far?\u201d Trump gave what may have been his most direct answer of the interview: \u201cNo, I think they haven\u2019t gone far enough,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019ve been held back <\/s>by the judges, by the liberal judges that were put in [the federal courts] by Biden and by Obama.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re okay with those tactics?\u201d O\u2019Donnell pressed. <\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, because you have to get the people out,\u201d he replied.<\/p>\n

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“I think they haven’t gone far enough,” says President Trump, defending ICE raids. In one case, ICE tackled a young mother and in another tear gas was used in a residential neighborhood. pic.twitter.com\/b7tEYqWyUv<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) November 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

He bragged that he can send the military into any city, at any time<\/span><\/p>\n

O\u2019Donnell asked Trump what he meant when, at a speech in Japan last week, he said<\/a>: \u201cIf we need more than the National Guard, we\u2019ll send more than the National Guard.\u201d Trump has already sent guard <\/strong>troops into Washington, DC<\/a>; Los Angeles<\/a>; Portland, Ore.<\/a>; Chicago<\/a>; and Memphis, Tenn<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Trump seemed delighted to remind O\u2019Donnell and viewers of what he sees as his vast power: \u201cWell, if you had to send in the Army, or if you had to send in the Marines, I\u2019d do that in a heartbeat. You know you have a thing called the Insurrection Act. You know that, right? Do you know that I could use that immediately, and no judge can even challenge you on that. But I haven\u2019t chosen to do it because I haven\u2019t felt we need it.\u201d <\/p>\n

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This is not the first time Trump has threatened<\/a> to use the Insurrection Act, which allows the president to override federal law that prohibits <\/strong>the military from acting as law enforcement, in order to \u201csuppress rebellion.\u201d But the law has not been used<\/a> in more than three decades and is widely seen<\/a> by legal experts as having a frightening potential for abuse.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo you\u2019re going to send the military into American cities?\u201d O\u2019Donnell pressed. \u201cWell, if I wanted to, I could, if I want to use the Insurrection Act,\u201d Trump responded. \u201cThe Insurrection Act has been used routinely by presidents, and if I needed it, that would mean I could bring in the Army, the Marines, I could bring in whoever I want, but I haven\u2019t chosen to use it. I hope you give me credit for that.\u201d<\/p>\n

He claimed he has been \u201cmild-mannered\u201d when it comes to political retribution <\/span><\/p>\n

In only nine months, Trump has made good on his long-running promise to prosecute his political enemies<\/a>, including former FBI Director James Comey, former National Security Advisor John Bolton, and New York Attorney General Letitia James. \u201cThere\u2019s a pattern to these names. They\u2019re all public figures who have publicly denounced you. Is it political retribution?\u201d O\u2019Donnell asked.<\/p>\n

Trump promptly played the victim: \u201cYou know who got indicted? The man you\u2019re looking at,\u201d he replied. \u201cI got indicted and I was innocent, and here I am, because I was able to beat all of the nonsense that was thrown at me.\u201d (He was, indeed, found guilty<\/a> in New York last year on 34 felony counts in the Stormy Daniels hush-money case.)<\/p>\n

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\u201cI think I’ve been very mild-mannered. You’re looking at a man who was indicted many times, and I had to beat the rap,\u201d says President Trump after the recent indictments of high-profile figures who have publicly denounced him. https:\/\/t.co\/XHoIr77Eh1<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/tLH0fxW2wI<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) November 3, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Despite posting<\/a> a Truth Social message in September demanding that Attorney General Pam Bondi speed up the prosecutions, just days before Comey was indicted and a couple weeks before Bolton and James were, Trump insisted he did not instruct the Department of Justice to pursue them. \u201cNo, you don\u2019t have to instruct them, because they were so dirty, they were so crooked, they were so corrupt,\u201d he said, proceeding to praise the work of Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think I\u2019ve been very mild-mannered,\u201d Trump continued. \u201cYou\u2019re looking at a man who was indicted many times, and I had to beat the rap, otherwise I couldn\u2019t have run for president.\u201d<\/p>\n

He think he\u2019s <\/span>\u201c<\/span>better looking\u201d than Zohran Mamdani <\/span><\/p>\n

Trump insisted that the frontrunner in New York City\u2019s Tuesday mayoral election, 34-year-old self-described Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani<\/a>, is a \u201cCommunist.\u201d When O\u2019Donnell asked Trump what he makes of comparisons between himself and Mamdani\u2014\u201dcharismatic, breaking the old rules,\u201d as O\u2019Donnell put it\u2014Trump replied: \u201cI think I\u2019m a much better-looking person than him.\u201d<\/p>\n

He then reiterated his threat to withhold federal funding from his home city if Mamdani wins over ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be hard for me as the president to give a lot of money to New York, because if you have a Communist running New York, all you\u2019re doing is wasting the money you\u2019re sending there,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n

He claimed that he is \u201cnot a fan of Cuomo one way or the other,\u201d but added, \u201cIf it\u2019s going to be between a bad Democrat and a Communist, I\u2019m going to pick the bad Democrat all the time, to be honest with you.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Some have called Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic socialist front-runner for New York City mayor, a left-wing version of President Trump.<\/p>\n

“I think I’m a much better looking person than him,” says Trump, after calling Mamdani a “communist.” pic.twitter.com\/p9FDWNcoGs<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) November 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n