Donald Trump says he can work with Democrats without taking personal shots. Yet, when asked in a 60 Minutes interview whether he could hold back the insults, the president brought up one of his favorite nicknames.
Donald Trump’s ‘Dumocrats’ remark during his 60 Minutes interview
The moment came during an interview with 60 Minutes correspondent Ross Douthat. Asked whether he could cooperate with Democrats without repeatedly insulting them, Trump answered that he could. However, he quickly undercut that response by adding that he had also called members of the party “Dumocrats.”
Douthat reminded Trump that he had used the label just days earlier. He then asked whether the president could go six months without insulting Democrats if doing so helped secure a deal. Trump answered that he could do that “very easily” (via The Daily Beast).
The conversation also touched on Trump’s campaign attacks against Texas Sen.-elect James Talarico. Trump often called him “Talafreako” during the campaign. He stood by the remark and offered no apology.
CBS shared the clip as a preview of the full Sunday night broadcast. Douthat, a conservative journalist, joined The New York Times in July before CBS selected him to conduct the presidential interview.
He got the assignment ahead of veteran 60 Minutes correspondents Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker, Jon Wertheim and Norah O’Donnell. CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss accompanied him to the White House.
The shake-up at CBS has put its flagship news shows under a microscope. Paramount Skydance took control of the network after David Ellison’s acquisition in 2025. This set off a wave of newsroom changes.
Bari Weiss stepped in as CBS News chief that October and soon made her mark on 60 Minutes. She pushed out longtime staffers and brought in Nick Bilton to run the show. The move also sparked a clash with veteran correspondent Scott Pelley, who later lost his position after a confrontation with Bilton.
Trump has also escalated his clashes with news organizations, banning CNN, Politico and MS NOW from the White House before courts reversed that order.
