President Donald Trump has admitted his federal crackdown on illegal immigrants went too far and may have alienated voters at last week's midterms, which saw Democrats take back control of Congress. Speaking to correspondent Ross Douthat for Sunday night's instalment of 60 Minutes on CBS News " his first major interview since Tuesday's crushing defeat for Republicans " Trump said of the crackdown: "I think it was too tough." "I think it might be too tough, yeah," he continued. "And a lot of people would say that it's great. But a lot of people think it's too tough."