President Donald Trump is still licking his wounds from the historic defeat in the 2026 midterm elections.
Since the Democrats’ big night on Nov. 3, the MAGA leader has shown up on various platforms in an attempt to save face.
On election night, the increasingly unpopular politician phoned in to Fox News as the GOP lost control of both houses of Congress. He surprisingly admitted the Dems “did a good job.”
Trump then sat down with “60 Minutes” for an extensive post-election interview. It aired five days after the “Blue Tsunami” overran Republican candidates.
That run of media appearances also featured Trump making a surprise call into C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal Primetime” on Nov. 9.
Trump’s late-night call to a newscast was supposed to help defend his record, but an unexpected moment caught everyone off guard. Did he go live a little too soon?
He defended his administration’s immigration enforcement, claiming it had stopped the influx of criminals and removed “the worst of the worst.”
C-SPAN host Mimi Geerges pressed him on whether longtime immigrants who work in hotels, restaurants and farms should still face deportation. She pointed to workers who pay taxes and have built lives in the country.
The president insisted his administration had not targeted those workers with the same intensity as criminals.
“We certainly haven’t put the same push on them as we have on the murderers or the drug dealers,” he said.
Trump later doubled down, saying his administration had not applied the same pressure to “waitresses and farm workers.” He added, “Not even close.”
Aside from Trump’s remarks, listeners couldn’t get past an earlier distraction.
When Trump called in, a mysterious voice suddenly erupted in the background. But the host didn’t skip a beat, keeping the conversation going by challenging Trump.
“What was that?” one X user asked. Another wrote, “The giggle and then the way he starts talking … Can a person bleach their ears? Asking for humanity.”
A third person suggested Trump may want to keep immigrant workers in essential industries.
“Trump wants to keep those laborers working in the fields, meat packing, roofing, landscaping, etc.. I’m sure he lost quite a few workers,” they wrote.
Another said, “Who believes this crap about immigration? We all have eyes, ears, and a working brain.”
It has not been confirmed who was behind the voice on Trump’s call. Many praised the host for keeping her composure, writing, “Props to the host who was trying to keep it cool.”
