Trump Blurts Out Surprise Admission About Losses, Wrecking MAGA’s Spin

Summary

Everybody has had a good chuckle over Donald Trump’s new admission—delivered in an interview with CBS News—that his immigration agenda helped cause last week’s GOP’s electoral bloodbath. And for good reason: It comes right after Trump installed Stephen Miller as his new chief of staff, rewarding the architect of that agenda with even more prestige and power. Yet as absurd as it is, Trump’s acknowledgment is still significant. Here’s why: It sabotages the preferred immigration-related explanation for the defeat that MAGA figures are offering to forestall any GOP softening on the issue. It…

Description from New Republic.