US President Donald Trump says deportation policy was 'too tough' for voters

Trump said his deportation policy may be one of the reasons the Republicans lost so much ground in the midterm elections. US President Donald Trump on Sunday said that his deportation policy for undocumented immigrants was "too tough" for voters and he can work with the Democrats in the new Congress to craft an immigration deal. Speaking during his first major interview since his party lost control of the House and Senate in the midterm election , Trump said his deportation policy may have been part of the reason Republicans lost.

"I think it was too tough," Trump said. "I think it might be too tough, yeah. And a lot of people would say that it’s great.

But a lot of people think it’s too tough." "The deal would be we would work something out. And I think it's something — I think that's something that's actually doable," he said in the interview. Trump did not share the details of what the immigration deal would look like but shortly after the interview he appointed Stephen Miller , who designed the Trump administration's hardline deportation policy, as his chief of staff.