Democratic, Republican strategists react to Trump's "60 Minutes" remarks after midterms

Name: Democratic, Republican strategists react to Trump's "60 Minutes" remarks after midterms
Uploaded: 2026-11-09
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[0:00] In two years, someone else is going to

[0:02] be the Republican nominee for president.

[0:04] >> I assume you're going to endorse someone

[0:06] for that.

[0:07] >> Probably. Not necessarily.

[0:08] >> Not necessarily.

[0:09] >> What would make you What are you

[0:11] thinking about when you decide whether

[0:13] or not to

[0:14] >> We have a tremendous bench. I mean, I

[0:16] have so many people that I have great

[0:18] relationships with.

[0:20] >> That was President Trump sitting down

[0:22] with 60 Minutes with the 2028

[0:24] presidential election now two years

[0:26] away. You've got Vice President JD Vance

[0:29] and Secretary of State Marco Rubio

[0:31] widely seen as potential heirs to

[0:33] President Trump's political movement.

[0:35] Our political panel, Harrison Fields and

[0:37] Cristiano Ramos are in Washington to

[0:39] discuss this and more. Harrison is the

[0:41] former White House principal deputy

[0:42] press secretary under President Trump

[0:44] and a CBS News political contributor.

[0:46] Cristian is the former communications

[0:48] director of the Congressional Hispanic

[0:49] Caucus and the founder of of Autonomy

[0:52] Strategies. Good Monday morning to you

[0:54] both. Gentlemen, um Harrison, let's

[0:56] start with you. What do you make of the

[0:58] president's comments there on who would

[0:59] inherit the MAGA base?

[1:03] >> Well, first of all, to our colleague

[1:05] Ross, that was an incredible interview

[1:06] for 60 Minutes uh yesterday, and the

[1:09] president showed once again uh something

[1:12] that we all know he has, which is

[1:14] incredible political acumen in

[1:17] discussing the future of the MAGA

[1:19] movement, but really what just happened

[1:20] to us last Tuesday. I thought it was a

[1:23] very compelling inte