President Donald Trump vowed a political comeback and conceded his deportation policy was "too tough" after Republicans lost control of Congress in the November 3 midterms, while floating a possible immigration deal with Democrats.

Republicans lost control of both the House and Senate in the elections. On Sunday, Trump posted on Truth Social: "America took a giant step back in History with the results of the last Election... But have no fear, we will be back, BIGGER AND STRONGER THAN EVER BEFORE!" France24

In an interview with CBS's "60 Minutes" that aired Sunday, Trump said his administration's mass deportations had been overly harsh and hurt Republicans at the ballot box. "I think it might be too tough, yeah," he said. "I get hurt because we also took people that had good jobs, that created one violation... and that was that they came into the country illegally." NBC

Trump said a "large group of people" believe immigrants who are "good people, working in a landscaping company or working in a hotel... and, in some cases, paying taxes" should be "allowed to stay." He said he could work with Democrats on immigration, answering yes when asked whether a deal could involve legal status for undocumented workers. "The deal would be we would work something out... I think that's something that's actually doable," he said. He noted that people "on the sort of pretty far right... would like everybody taken out," adding that some were in his administration. NBC AP

Asked whether he could work with Democrats without insulting them, Trump replied: "Yeah, I could." The president did not give specifics on what the deal would look like. Shortly after taping the interview on Friday, Trump named Stephen Miller, the architect of his hard-line immigration policy, as his new White House chief of staff. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer scoffed on social media: "Apparently, his solution was to put the man responsible for it in charge of the White House. That's not a course correction. That's a promotion." Clash Report AP

Trump also blamed "bad messaging" for the losses, saying "We couldn't get the word across," and downplayed the Iran war's impact on economic woes. Democrats will control both chambers of Congress starting in January. NBC Tagesspiegel