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President Donald Trump: The 2025 60 Minutes Interview

2025-11-03 News & Politics
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Trump Interview: Shutdown Strategy, China Truce, and Nuclear Posture

Gain essential insights into former President Trump's stance on the government shutdown, his negotiated China trade deal, and his surprising threat to resume nuclear weapons testing.

Short Summary

  • Outcome: Trump rejects negotiating during the shutdown, demanding Democrats vote first.
  • Outcome: A one-year trade truce with China was secured by threatening 100% tariffs.
  • Outcome: Trump strongly supports aggressive immigration enforcement tactics, including potential military involvement in cities.
  • Usefulness: Understand the administration's current high-stakes domestic and foreign policy positions directly from the source.

The interview covers the ongoing government shutdown, with Trump blaming Democrats and insisting they must vote to reopen the government before healthcare fixes move forward. He details his diplomatic victory in securing a temporary trade truce with China, involving rare earth minerals and agricultural purchases, while also justifying controversial border enforcement tactics. The discussion concludes with Trump refusing to explicitly rule out staying in office beyond 2028 and announcing a review of US nuclear testing protocols.

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Watch as President Trump discusses testing nuclear weapons, U.S.-China relations, Israel, the government shutdown, immigration, tariffs, and whether he'll try to stay in the White House beyond 2028. "60 Minutes" is the most successful television broadcast in history. Offering hard-hitting investigative reports, interviews, feature segments and profiles of people in the news, the broadcast began in 1968 and is still a hit, over 50 seasons later, regularly making Nielsen's Top 10. Subscribe to the "60 Minutes" YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/60minutes Watch full episodes: https://cbsnews.com/60-minutes/full-episodes/ Get more "60 Minutes" from "60 Minutes: Overtime": https://cbsnews.com/60-minutes/overtime/ Follow "60 Minutes" on Instagram: https://instagram.com/60minutes/ Like "60 Minutes" on Facebook: https://facebook.com/60minutes Follow "60 Minutes" on X: https://twitter.com/60Minutes Subscribe to our newsletter: https://cbsnews.com/newsletters/ Download the CBS News app: https://cbsnews.com/mobile/ Try Paramount+ free: https://paramountplus.com/?ftag=PPM-05-10aeh8h For video licensing inquiries, contact: [email protected]

Top Comments (10)

@rachelleshonka7083 2025-11-03

You don't cancel healthcare until you have a new plan to replace it.

7.3k 739 replies
@geoms6263 2025-11-03

We need the death penalty for child traffickers.

6.1k 327 replies
@terrybaker9502 2025-11-03

How can a President pardon someone and know nothing about it?

5.0k 427 replies
@smokeysayonaraヅ 2025-11-03

I am pretty sure she got 2 drinks after this interview.

4.2k 231 replies
@sherryanthony6855 2025-11-03

The prices of groceries are not going down.

3.8k 427 replies
@abalu5547 2025-11-03

Hard to watch this without getting a headache

3.7k 198 replies
@916commons 2025-11-03

THERE IS NO HEALTH PLAN… PERIOD😊

3.6k 204 replies
@SuperManiacstudios 2025-11-03

This really should have aired on Comedy Central.

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@Dao-d6b6y 2025-11-09

Is this an interview or a debate?!😂

131 10 replies
@michaelpurtell4741 2025-11-11

Is there a transcript? I started to watch this and only lasted about three minutes?

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