Trump Called "Loser" by a Reporter, Claims Election Fraud, Backtracks on Immigration: a Closer Look

-Donald Trump immediately backtracked on his pledge to compromise with Democrats on immigration, and claimed the results of last week's midterms were somehow fraudulent. For more on this, it's time for "A Closer Look." ♪♪ When the blue tsunami started rolling in last week, Trump said he would accept the results. In fact, he almost seemed resigned. -You're gonna accept all these races, right? -"Why wouldn't I?" Do we really have to answer that? Is this like when your wife asks if you're gonna take the garbage out and you say, "Yeah, sure, why wouldn't I take the garbage out?" And then she stares at you for a solid 10 seconds, doing everything in her power not to scream the words "Because you never (bleep) take the garbage out!" So I guess like her when Trump says, "Why wouldn't I?" We all have to close our eyes, say, "Thank you," and then text our friend Sheila, "UGH!!!" [ Laughter ] Why wouldn't you accept the results? Because you've never accepted any results in your life. You made your doctor tell us that you were 6'3" and 239. [ Laughter ] You wouldn't accept the 2016 results and you won. You kept insisting the popular vote was rigged, as if Democrats would have gone through all the trouble of stuffing ballot boxes in New York and California, but then realized on election night, "Oh, (bleep) we forgot Ohio." [ Laughter ] In fact, Trump seemed so uncharacteristically defeated last week that he actually complimented the Democrats. -Mr. president, you have a final message tonight that you take from tonight and a message to the American people. -Well, I say this. Congratulations to the Democrats. They did a good job. -Oh my God, I can't believe -- I imagine that's what it feels like to get a compliment from a deadbeat dad. [ Laughter ] Next, he's gonna, like, offer us a cigarette and say, "I wasn't much of a father, but you're one hell of a son." You know, before he takes off on his Harley. [ Laughter ] He's gonna, he's gonna be like, "Hey," he's gonna call up and be like, [ As Trump ] "Hey, I'm no fan of the show. Can I get that one?" [ Laughter ] "Love to put that one up in the Oval Office. I like the way I look in that one." [ Laughter ] Trump even got weirdly philosophical at times. -The Democrats did well in the election. Rather surprisingly. But that's the way life goes. It's just a point in time, Brett. Just a point in time. It's the way it is. It was a mood in the air, I guess. -Oh my God. I've seen Trump angry. I've seen him tired. I've never heard him so depressed. He's gonna do his next press conference in sweats, eating a pint of Häagen-Dazs. [ Laughter ] [ As Trump ] "Just a point in time." In fact, Trump seems so resigned and defeated, he even pretended for a few days at least, that he wanted to work with Democrats, although reporters were skeptical. -What is an initiative or effort led by the Democrats that you think you could get behind? -I think a lot. I mean, I said before, immigration is one. -What is one thing you would like to work with a Democratic majority on? -I'd love to do something on immigration. -What? -[ Laughter ] -That's how bad this ass whooping was. Even "60 Minutes" is sassing him now. In fact, if you read the full transcript. Trump went on to say, "I'm willing to find common ground," to which the reporter said, "Bitch, please." The sadder Trump gets, the more emboldened the press gets. In fact, there's one clip from a few days ago that really sums up the mood at the White House right now. -We have the Hormuz Straight opening, doing more business than they've ever done with oil, and we're doing very well. And we are talking to Iran. -How does it feel being a loser, Mr. President? -Damn, he was out of there so fast, I thought he was gonna Mary Poppins out of frame. [ Laughter ] It's so funny. It's so funny to get asked. What does it feel like to be a loser and then walk away alone in the rain. [ Laughter ] "How does it feel to be a loser? I'll take my answer non-verbally." [ Laughter ] By the way, if you're wondering, the weather was actually beautiful that day. Trump just has his own personal rain cloud following him around like Daffy Duck. My only complaint about that video is it ended before we got to see him try and fold up his umbrella. [ Laughter ] When Trump leaves office, there's gonna be a national monument for all the umbrellas he left outside of doors. [ Laughter ] But it was especially odd to hear Trump say he was willing to work with Democrats, given that just days before the election, he was warning that if Democrats won, all hell would break loose. -If they win, we will go into a 1929 style economic depressions and your 401 K's are gonna be worthless. They will open the floodgates and invite hordes of jihadists to our shores, creating a nightmare of violence and terror until you cannot even have a Christmas. [ Laughter ] -It's so funny to end on no Christmas. As if that's worse than the preceding nightmare of violence and terror. Dude loves getting presents so much. Nothing is worse than a world without Christmas. [ As Trump ] "Demons will walk the Earth and America will become a barren hellscape. The rivers will run red with blood. The sky will be filled with fire. And no Christmas." -[ Laughter ] -"No stockings, no cookies, just demons. [ Laughter ] No Santa. You'll have to sit on a demon's lap. [ Laughter ] Hot lap! Demons have very hot laps. [ Laughter ] And then with demons, you tell them what you want and they say it'll be under the tree and then it's not there. [ Laughter ] That's their demon trick. [ Laughter ] And when your time is up, they don't say, "We need to get to the next kid." They poke you with a little pitchfork. [ Laughter ] No Christmas!" -[ Laughter ] So Trump said he would compromise on immigration. Then the hardliners in his party freaked out. So the next day, he just immediately backtracked. -You told "60 Minutes" that you felt that your deportation policy may have gone too far, but then you named the architect of that policy, Stephen Miller, to be your Chief of Staff. Have you told him that you want changes to the deportation policy? -No, no. We have a very strong deportation policy. There's no amnesty. There won't be amnesty. Somebody suggested, "Will there be amnesty?" No, my policy hasn't changed. -But you just said you would compromise. Now you're saying your position hasn't changed? Oh, my God, does this mean Donald Trump... lied? ♪♪ [ Laughter and applause ] -Also... -[ Cheers and applause ] -Also... -[ Applause continues ] -Also, yes, if you're wondering, that is UFC president Dana White at the podium. We could get into it, but there's just too much going on. Look, the next two years are gonna be crazy. And there's some things we're gonna ignore. It's like an EMT showing up to a fiery car crash on the side of the road and seeing Mickey Mouse standing in the background. You're like, curious, but there's no time to ask questions. We gotta deal with the crisis in front of us. So last week, Trump said he would compromise, then on Monday said there was no change. On Wednesday, he tried to square that circle by assuring the American people he would prevent bad stuff from happening. He just didn't say what bad stuff. -We're not going to allow anyone to hurt or damage our country with bad, foolish, horrible ideology. We're not gonna let it happen. [ Onlookers applaud ] And everyone knows what I mean. -No. -[ Laughter ] No, we don't know what you mean. We don't know why Dana White was at the podium. We don't know anything. Can you be less specific? You sound like the dude at a party who's terrible at playing celebrity. [ As Trump ] "Okay, he's a guy. He was in a thing. He's kind of tall, but not too tall. Everyone knows what I mean." We don't know what you mean! Point is, Trump seems sad and resigned after the midterms, too resigned to gin up any fake outrage about the results. But on Monday, he picked himself up off the mat, got back to doing what he loves most, lying about elections. -The president posted on social media, quote... -"Does anyone believe this election was honest?" Uh, yeah, you, two (bleep) days ago. [ Laughter ] And now we're blaming the machines again? What is this, a 2020 themed birthday party? Should I grab my N95 mask and throw on "The Last Dance"? But don't you make me do Zoom school again, you mother-(bleep)! I will not go back to Zoom school! Seriously, dude, you don't even believe your own bull-(bleep). And watching you go through the motions is bumming me out. It's like watching an old dog try to chase a car when every breath sounds like it might be their last. We're like, "Rufus, don't bother." He's like... [Panting] [ Laughter ] They were a little worried over there at the producer's desk that I wouldn't pull that off. [ Laughter ] I was like, "I can do old dog." [ Laughter ] Trump can't even bother to come up with a specific accusation this time. In 2020, he had his team of crackpots spinning all kinds of bull-(bleep) about mail-in ballots and dead people voting and Venezuela hacking voting machines. And now he's just like, there were too many dumps. That's the only thing he remembers from 2020. And you remember, too, he was obsessed with dumps. -This election was over. And then they did dumps. They call them dumps. Big massive dumps. -[ As Trump ] "The scanners ate the ballots. They did big, massive dumps. And that's why all the machines were clogged." In 2020, Trump's complaint was that he was winning and then the dumps happened. This time his complaint is that the dumps happened first, and then Republicans couldn't come back. So basically, no matter when the votes get counted, he'll claim the dumps were fraud. And whether you're a Democrat or Republican, I think we can all agree he's got to stop calling them dumps. [ Laughter ] I know that's what other people call 'em, but it's just so off-putting coming from him. Same thing when he talks about leaks coming from inside his government. When he's ranting about dumps and leaks, he sounds like a councilman in Queens trying to get a Curb Your Dog law passed. [ Laughter ] [ As Trump ] "If it's not dumps, it's leaks. And people use these sidewalks." Trump's heart isn't in it. No one in the GOP is going along with him, and that's because the results were so overwhelming. In fact, the blue tsunami was so big it swept people into Congress who weren't even expecting to win. -Some of these are in districts where, quite frankly, a few days ago we did not think would necessarily be ones to flip. As one gentleman told us, one of the newly electeds who's arriving today, "I had to Google what my salary is going to be as a member of the House 'cause I did not know." -Imagine waking up on Wednesday, November 4th, looking at your phone results and thinking, "The (bleep?)" -[ Laughter ] -"I'm in Congress now? Honey, I think someone's pranking me. CNN said I beat Lauren Boebert." [ Laughter ] But look, this is all... This is all a good thing. That's what voters wanted. Fresh faces, new blood. Even in deep red districts no one thought were remotely competitive for Democrats. -Tennessee's fourth congressional district. Let me just take you to Tennessee right now, because this is another, this is a North Carolina level shocker. Victoria Broderick is leading with potentially all the vote in. Scott DesJarlais, Republican in a district that Trump won by 24 points in 2024. -Trump won it by 24 points, and they just sent a Democrat to Congress. Do you know what this means? They're gonna have to start making lawn signs that say "Make America Gay and Atheist." [ Laughter ] In fact, the result was such a shocker, the candidate who won still hadn't quit her day job. -I didn't know. I had, like, given my phones away. I was sitting in a back room and I heard people start cheering. They came in, they said, "You won," and I was like, "Wait, what? Like, I'm still employed. I was still working full time. I was supposed to go to work the next day 'cause I was just like, well, just see how it goes. Then I had to text my boss at midnight and basically say, "Uh, hey, not gonna be in tomorrow." And then I had to call her yesterday and be like, "Uh, probably not gonna be in the rest of the week. Sorry." -Wait, have you quit? -No, I still haven't quit. I actually just got a message from her earlier and she was like, "So what are you feeling?" And I was like, "We'll talk." -It'd be so funny if she just kept her job. I mean, imagine having a co-worker who's also in Congress. "Hey, Linda, could you make copies of the memo for the morning staff meeting?" "Actually, I just passed a law that says you have to make the copies now. [ Laughter ] Also, moving forward, it's a felony to use the office bathroom to take... -Big, massive dumps. [ Laughter ] -The blue tsunami was such a stunning and historic rebuke that Trump doesn't know what to do. He's staggering like a boxer on the ropes. One minute he's congratulating Democrats, the next he's claiming fraud. One day he's saying he'll compromise, the next he's saying he won't. For Trump, it must feel like a nightmare. But for everyone else, it's... -Christmas. -This has been "A Closer Look." [ Cheers and applause ]