Trump admits immigration policy hurt GOP, then promotes hardliner Miller

President Donald Trump acknowledged his administration's deportation policy may have been "too tough" and signaled openness to an immigration deal with Democrats, who won control of Congress in the midterm elections. He made the remarks in his first major interview since the Republican defeat. Despite the conciliatory tone, Trump appointed Stephen Miller, a key architect of his hardline immigration policies, as his new chief of staff. Democrats criticized the move as contradictory, with Senate leader Chuck Schumer calling it a "promotion" rather than a course correction. Trump defended deporting criminals but suggested allowing other undocumented workers to stay. Miller, nicknamed "the father of the wall," previously championed the border wall, travel bans, and family separations. Trump also discussed the 2028 Republican nomination, his $3 billion net worth increase, and said he would likely never pardon political adversaries.