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Joinfortmill

(21,081 posts) Tue Mar 24, 2026, 09:12 AM 7 hrs ago

''Trump's psyche': The aide driving president's most controversial policies'

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce8rl71n4r3o

My words: Drag this guy's ass before Congress. Now, would be good.
Note: Bold is mine.

'For years Stephen Miller has been a conservative firebrand in Donald Trump's political orbit. Now, he has become a lightning rod....And over the last few weeks, Miller has found himself in unfamiliar territory - a behind-the-scenes operator suddenly in the national spotlight, whose words and actions are being scrutinised...

According to the Washington Examiner, Miller at one meeting "eviscerated" federal immigration officials for not doing enough to detain undocumented migrants across the US. Since then, the administration has ramped up enforcement in a growing list of major American cities, including Washington DC, Charlotte, Chicago and, most recently, Minneapolis....

Miller is the architect of this mass deportation policy, said Bryan Lanza, a conservative strategist who worked on Trump's 2016 and 2024 presidential campaigns. "We'll know in November whether he's to blame for it. The voters, at the end of the day, can be very unforgiving."...

"Everything I've done, I've done at the direction of the president and Stephen," Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told Axios recently, in part as a defence of criticism that she was the driving force behind the administration's forceful immigration enforcement actions.

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''Trump's psyche': The aide driving president's most controversial policies' (Original Post) Joinfortmill 7 hrs ago OP

The BBC could have changed their headline to "Trump's psycho" and it would have been just as accurate. highplainsdem 7 hrs ago #1

I'd prefer they drag his ass elsewhere, but... I guess we have to start somewhere. hlthe2b 7 hrs ago #2

Can he be sent to the ICC? RainCaster 6 hrs ago #3

I am so sick of people using the word "policy" like that means a criminal act can't be a criminal act if it is policy. Solly Mack 6 hrs ago #4

..... bdamomma 5 hrs ago #11

So, "conservative firebrand" means racist, mean-spirited shithead? William Seger 6 hrs ago #5

Now it certainly does... Wounded Bear 5 hrs ago #9

He's a deluded, vindictive chaos agent. enigmania 6 hrs ago #6

Psycho. Harker 6 hrs ago #7

Or, "What I've done was at the direction of Der Fuhrer". BradBo 6 hrs ago #8

Stephen Miller the bdamomma 5 hrs ago #10

this is should be seen everywhere bdamomma 5 hrs ago #12

Trump's pscho liberalgunwilltravel 5 hrs ago #13

Miller is the Reinhard Heydrich of Trump's fascust regime. Martin68 5 hrs ago #14

Any appearance before Congress would be as productive as Pam Bondi's last one. maxsolomon 4 hrs ago #15

Even that should be recorded. Joinfortmill 3 hrs ago #16

I am sad for anyone who'd have to watch that in the future. maxsolomon 2 hrs ago #18

I wonder if he ever contemplates about what his life will be like Buns_of_Fire 3 hrs ago #17

highplainsdem

(61,922 posts)

1. The BBC could have changed their headline to "Trump's psycho" and it would have been just as accurate.

Reply to Joinfortmill (Original post)

Tue Mar 24, 2026, 09:36 AM

7 hrs ago

hlthe2b

(113,822 posts)

2. I'd prefer they drag his ass elsewhere, but... I guess we have to start somewhere.

Reply to Joinfortmill (Original post)

Tue Mar 24, 2026, 09:48 AM

7 hrs ago

I know how horrified his uncle on his mother's side and a cousin (on the father's side, I think) are-given they have spoken out in the past, but one has to wonder about the rest of the family. Even if they were wealthy, selfish conservatives before--one still has to wonder how having the reincarnated Joseph Goebbels as a son or or other family member must be for them. And damn, he is unlikeable-as I'd think are most people who are angry and homicidal on most days.

RainCaster

(13,684 posts)

3. Can he be sent to the ICC?

Reply to Joinfortmill (Original post)

Tue Mar 24, 2026, 10:14 AM

6 hrs ago

Would the Hague prosecute that slimy bastard? There's not a Republican alive who would vote to convict him.

Solly Mack

(96,911 posts)

4. I am so sick of people using the word "policy" like that means a criminal act can't be a criminal act if it is policy.

Reply to Joinfortmill (Original post)

Tue Mar 24, 2026, 10:16 AM

6 hrs ago

As if abuse, cruelty, and even murder is OK as long it is labeled "policy".

I'm repeating myself but:

Everything Hitler did was policy.
Everything Stalin did was policy.
Everything Mussolini did was policy.
Everything Franco did was policy.
Everything the Khmer Rouge did was policy.
Everything Ceaușescu did was policy.
Everything Pinochet did was policy.
Everything Idi Amin did was policy.

Everything Bush/Cheney did was policy.
Everything Duterte did was policy.
Everything Putin has done and is doing is policy.
Everything Orban is doing is policy.
Everything Kim Jong-un is doing is policy.
Everything the Taliban is doing is policy.

And on and on and on.

Calling something policy doesn't mean it is not a crime. Calling something policy does not mean it's not an abuse of power. Calling something policy does not mean it's Constitutional.

Just because it is happening in America does not mean it's the "good guys" doing it in "good faith".

Nor is a matter of two parties wanting the same things for America and merely going about getting there in different, albeit acceptable, ways.

A "policy" can be a crime. A "policy" can be a crime against humanity. A "policy" can be a war crime.

Time to stop pretending otherwise.

bdamomma

(69,526 posts)

11. .....

Reply to Solly Mack (Reply #4)

Tue Mar 24, 2026, 11:23 AM

5 hrs ago

William Seger

(12,426 posts)

5. So, "conservative firebrand" means racist, mean-spirited shithead?

Reply to Joinfortmill (Original post)

Tue Mar 24, 2026, 10:23 AM

6 hrs ago

I concur.

Wounded Bear

(64,280 posts)

9. Now it certainly does...

Reply to William Seger (Reply #5)

Tue Mar 24, 2026, 11:06 AM

5 hrs ago

We need to get back to where that kind of shit was shamed out of open conversation.

enigmania

(457 posts)

6. He's a deluded, vindictive chaos agent.

Reply to Joinfortmill (Original post)

Tue Mar 24, 2026, 10:26 AM

6 hrs ago

Harker

(17,757 posts)

7. Psycho.

Reply to Joinfortmill (Original post)

Tue Mar 24, 2026, 10:34 AM

6 hrs ago

BradBo

(1,007 posts)

8. Or, "What I've done was at the direction of Der Fuhrer".

Reply to Joinfortmill (Original post)

Tue Mar 24, 2026, 10:49 AM

6 hrs ago

bdamomma

(69,526 posts)

10. Stephen Miller the

Reply to Joinfortmill (Original post)

Tue Mar 24, 2026, 11:21 AM

5 hrs ago

little Nazi must be held accountable or keep on calling your Reps and Senators and name him as the primary perpetrator of this deadly immigration plan.

He is a damaged weak little man, his own family has disowned him.

bdamomma

(69,526 posts)

12. this is should be seen everywhere

Reply to Joinfortmill (Original post)

Tue Mar 24, 2026, 11:25 AM

5 hrs ago

'For years Stephen Miller has been a conservative firebrand in Donald Trump's political orbit. Now, he has become a lightning rod....And over the last few weeks, Miller has found himself in unfamiliar territory - a behind-the-scenes operator suddenly in the national spotlight, whose words and actions are being scrutinised...

liberalgunwilltravel

(1,202 posts)

13. Trump's pscho

Reply to Joinfortmill (Original post)

Tue Mar 24, 2026, 11:42 AM

5 hrs ago

Is more like it.

Martin68

(27,658 posts)

14. Miller is the Reinhard Heydrich of Trump's fascust regime.

Reply to Joinfortmill (Original post)

Tue Mar 24, 2026, 11:45 AM

5 hrs ago

maxsolomon

(38,656 posts)

15. Any appearance before Congress would be as productive as Pam Bondi's last one.

Reply to Joinfortmill (Original post)

Tue Mar 24, 2026, 12:13 PM

4 hrs ago

Miller will lie non-stop and turn every question into an attack on Dems and/or "The Left". There will be no useful information gleaned. It will be angry theater, and pointless.

Joinfortmill

(21,081 posts)

16. Even that should be recorded.

Reply to maxsolomon (Reply #15)

Tue Mar 24, 2026, 01:14 PM

3 hrs ago

maxsolomon

(38,656 posts)

18. I am sad for anyone who'd have to watch that in the future.

Reply to Joinfortmill (Reply #16)

Tue Mar 24, 2026, 02:39 PM

2 hrs ago

I think the country will need about 40 years to recover from these 4.

Buns_of_Fire

(19,143 posts)

17. I wonder if he ever contemplates about what his life will be like

Reply to Joinfortmill (Original post)

Tue Mar 24, 2026, 01:53 PM

3 hrs ago

after his Fuhrer is no longer in power and he loses the protection of the U.S. government and his military-guarded housing.

I can see it. Ducking from car to car, avoiding any appearances in public, wondering if that knock on the door is the last thing he'll ever hear.

Oh, well. There's always Argentina. It worked for Adolf Eichmann. For a while. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Eichmann

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