Trump says ICE raids ‘haven’t gone far enough,’ press fuels political violence by calling him a ‘Nazi’

The 60 Minutes interview touched on a wide variety of foreign policy issues, such as nuclear weapons, tariffs with China, foreign relations with various countries, as well as the Maduro regime in Venezuela. Concerning domestic policy, Trump also touched on the issue of immigration and political violence. Norah O'Donnell asked the president about a recent raid in Chicago where tear gas was used in a Chicago neighborhood, and asked, "Have some of these raids gone too far?"

"No. I think they haven't gone far enough because we've been held back by the—by the judges, by the liberal judges that were put in by Biden and by Obama," Trump responded. He continued, but was cut off as O'Donnell asked, "You're okay with those tactics?"

"Yeah, because you have to get the people out. You know, you have to look at the people. Many of them are murderers. Many of them are people that were thrown outta their countries because they were, you know, criminals. Many of them are people from jails and prisons. Many of them are people from, frankly, mental institutions. I feel badly about that, but they're released from insane asylums. You know why? Because they're killers," the president added.

He continued, talking about how he campaigned on getting violent criminals who came into the country illegally out of the country. When O'Donnell said that others have been arrested by ICE, such as farmers and landscape workers, Trump said, "Oh, no, no, landscapers who are criminals."

When asked about what his end goal would be for the issue of illegal immigration, Trump responded, "Well, it takes a long time, because, you know, probably I say 25 million people were let into our country. A lotta people say it was 10 million people. But whether it was ten or—I believe I'm much closer to the right number. Of the 25, many of them should not be here. Many of them."

He was later asked about political violence, with O'Donnell pointing to the recent assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, who was shot to death while he was speaking to students at Utah Valley University's campus, as well as the assassination attempts on Trump himself.

"The issue of political violence I want to get to, because you were nearly assassinated in Butler, Pennsylvania. Charlie Kirk was assassinated. Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro's house was firebombed. Minnesota lawmaker murdered. What's your message to those on the left and the right who would seek to commit acts of violence?"

Trump responded, "Well, I think primarily on the left. A little bit of both, but I think primarily on the left. I think they have to tone it down. I think they have to approve the shutdown, so it's not shut down. I think it's very bad what they're doing. They're hurting people." The president went on about how the shutdown can cause anger in many people and that with "Democrats not giving us the votes, I think it's—I think it endangers both parties."

O'Donnell said that the country may be at a breaking point and then pointed to Trump's Cabinet secretaries—who have been living on military bases—as an example of where the country is concerning political violence.

"Yeah. Usually when people talk they're not the problem. It's the ones that don't talk, in terms of that. But I think it's a lot of the rhetoric. Look, they call me a Nazi all the time. I'm not a Nazi. I'm the opposite. I'm somebody that's saving our country. But they call me Nazi."

"They have talking points, you know? They have just talking points. And the press is—is largely responsible for it. The fake news, what they've done—I think one of the greatest terms I've ever come up with is fake news. What they've done to our country is very bad. They have to change around," he added.