Last night, President Donald J. Trump sat down with 60 Minutes following the midterm elections and made a powerful case for his America First record. President Trump highlighted the booming Trump economy — 165,000 new jobs in October, record 401(k) balances, and hundreds of billions of dollars in new factories — touted the most secure border in history, detailed the decisive blows he has dealt to Iran’s nuclear program, explained why America must win the Super Intelligence race, and much more.

Key exchanges:

On the midterms: “I think if I was on the ballot, it would’ve been a much different situation… But there’s something beyond that. They didn’t like the war. They didn’t like the fact that gasoline went up… And there’s a great dislike, incredibly, for Israel.” ( Watch )

On the stock market: “We have historically good numbers.…