Donald Trump says US deportation policy was too harsh after midterm loss
Trump made the admission in a CBS interview and named Stephen Miller as new White House chief of staff, who had earlier defended agents who shot protesters
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What this story says
- Donald Trump told CBS his mass‑deportation policy was "too harsh".
- The interview was recorded after the US midterm elections.
- Trump announced Stephen Miller as White House chief of staff.
- Miller previously defended federal agents who shot two protesters, calling them domestic terrorists.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 8 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 11 of the 19 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .
Trust
42/100
Craft
59/100
Hype
41/100
19 sources · methodology
Donald Trump appeared on CBS’s "60 Minutes" programme and said his policy of mass deportations of immigrants had been "too harsh". The interview was recorded after the Republican Party’s defeat in the November midterm elections. In the same interview he announced the appointment of Stephen Miller, known for hard‑line immigration views, as White House chief of staff. Miller had earlier defended federal agents who shot two American protesters in Minneapolis, describing the shooters as domestic terrorists.
“Mielestäni se oli liian kovaa... Mielestäni se saattaa olla liian kovaa”
Omissions
No left‑rated outlet ran this story, so the left side of the media spectrum did not report Trump’s admission, the timing after the midterms, or Stephen Miller’s appointment.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 1 time, most recently on 8 Nov 2026, 22:30, and will add the sides that appear.
How other outlets pictured it
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How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
0 rated outlets
No outlet rated left has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.
Centre
5 rated outlets
- The centre‑rated outlets reported the interview and its timing. YLE highlighted Trump’s admission, quoted his Finnish translation of the remark, "Mielestäni se oli liian kovaa... Mielestäni se saattaa olla liian kovaa", and noted that the interview was recorded after the midterms. YLE also reported the appointment of Stephen Miller as chief of staff and recalled Miller’s earlier defence of agents who shot protesters. ANSA’s digest confirmed that the story was run, while La Libre, Le Progrès and Le Dauphine reproduced the same basic facts without additional commentary.
Right
3 rated outlets
- The right‑rated outlets focused on the fact that Trump spoke to CBS. Le Figaro’s digest simply noted that the US president gave an interview to the US media CBS. Protothema’s digest reported that Trump admitted his immigration deportation policy was "too harsh" but did not say whether he would change it. Aftenposten’s digest echoed the admission without mentioning the timing of the interview or Miller’s appointment.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Donald Trump says US deportation policy was too harsh after midterm loss?
- Of the 8 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 0% are rated left, 62% are rated centre, 38% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 19. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Donald Trump says US deportation policy was too harsh after midterm loss left or right?
- Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 8 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
- Is the coverage of Donald Trump says US deportation policy was too harsh after midterm loss biased?
- Donald Trump says US deportation policy was too harsh after midterm loss is one event reported by 19 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which outlets covered Donald Trump says US deportation policy was too harsh after midterm loss?
- 19 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- What did Donald Trump say about his deportation policy?
- He told CBS that his mass‑deportation policy had been "too harsh" and added that he thought it might have been "too harsh" overall, according to the interview transcript released by the network.
- When did Trump make the comments?
- The interview was recorded after the US midterm elections, which took place on 8 November 2026, and the remarks were released a few days later.
- Who was appointed White House chief of staff?
- Trump announced Stephen Miller, a hard‑line immigration adviser, as the new White House chief of staff during the same CBS interview.
Read it at the source
19 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
Centre
5- United States. After Defeat to the Midterms, Trump Judges His Policy of Expulsions of Immigrants "Too Hard" (opens leprogres.fr in a new tab)
leprogres.fr — is leprogres.fr biased? Our profile of this outlet
- United States. After Defeat to the Midterms, Trump Judges His Policy of Expulsions of Immigrants "Too Hard" (opens ledauphine.com in a new tab)
ledauphine.com — is ledauphine.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- "I Think She Was Too Hard": a Few Days After Her Debacle, Donald Trump Admits a Mistake in His Policy (opens La Libre in a new tab)
- Deportation Policy Has Been Too Harsh, Trump Tells CBS (opens yle in a new tab)
- Trump Admits, 'Deportation Policy Has Been Too Hard' (opens ANSA in a new tab)
Right
3- Trump Admits His Immigration Deportation Policy Was "Too Harsh" (opens Protothema in a new tab)
Protothema — is Protothema biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Trump Admits that Deportation of Immigrants Was Too Harsh (opens Aftenposten in a new tab)
Aftenposten — is Aftenposten biased? Our profile of this outlet
- United States: Donald Trump Recognizes Policy of Expulsion of "Too Hard" Immigrants in Front of the Press (opens Le Figaro in a new tab)
Not rated
11- Trump Admitted that His Immigration Deportation Policy Was "Very Harsh" (opens ertnews.gr in a new tab)
ertnews.gr — is ertnews.gr biased? Our profile of this outlet
- A Few Days After His Debacle, Donald Trump Admits a Mistake (opens dhnet.be in a new tab)
- United States. After Defeat to the Midterms, Trump Judges His Policy of Expulsions of Immigrants "Too Hard" (opens lejsl.com in a new tab)
- United States. After Defeat to the Midterms, Trump Judges His Policy of Expulsions of Immigrants "Too Hard" (opens vosgesmatin.fr in a new tab)
vosgesmatin.fr — is vosgesmatin.fr biased? Our profile of this outlet
- United States. After Defeat to the Midterms, Trump Judges His Policy of Expulsions of Immigrants "Too Hard" (opens republicain-lorrain.fr in a new tab)
republicain-lorrain.fr — is republicain-lorrain.fr biased? Our profile of this outlet
- United States. After Defeat to the Midterms, Trump Judges His Policy of Expulsions of Immigrants "Too Hard" (opens bienpublic.com in a new tab)
bienpublic.com — is bienpublic.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- United States. After Defeat to the Midterms, Trump Judges His Policy of Expulsions of Immigrants "Too Hard" (opens estrepublicain.fr in a new tab)
estrepublicain.fr — is estrepublicain.fr biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Trump Admits that Deportation of Immigrants Was Too Harsh (opens Nettavisen in a new tab)
Nettavisen — is Nettavisen biased? Our profile of this outlet
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- Trump Admits, the Policy of Deportations Has Been Too Harsh. (opens La Voce di New York in a new tab)
La Voce di New York — is La Voce di New York biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Trump: Deportation Policy Was 'Very Harsh' (opens Business Daily in a new tab)
Business Daily — is Business Daily biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Trump Says His Deportation Policy Was Too Harsh (opens Folha de S.Paulo in a new tab)
Folha de S.Paulo — is Folha de S.Paulo biased? Our profile of this outlet
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