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Joinfortmill

(21,086 posts)
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 09:12 AM 14 hrs ago

''Trump's psyche': The aide driving president's most controversial policies' [View all]

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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The BBC could have changed their headline to "Trump's psycho" and it would have been just as accurate. highplainsdem 14 hrs ago #1
I'd prefer they drag his ass elsewhere, but... I guess we have to start somewhere. hlthe2b 14 hrs ago #2
Can he be sent to the ICC? RainCaster 13 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 13 hrs ago #4
..... bdamomma 12 hrs ago #11
So, "conservative firebrand" means racist, mean-spirited shithead? William Seger 13 hrs ago #5
Now it certainly does... Wounded Bear 12 hrs ago #9
He's a deluded, vindictive chaos agent. enigmania 13 hrs ago #6
Psycho. Harker 13 hrs ago #7
Or, "What I've done was at the direction of Der Fuhrer". BradBo 13 hrs ago #8
Stephen Miller the bdamomma 12 hrs ago #10
this is should be seen everywhere bdamomma 12 hrs ago #12
Trump's pscho liberalgunwilltravel 12 hrs ago #13
Miller is the Reinhard Heydrich of Trump's fascust regime. Martin68 12 hrs ago #14
Any appearance before Congress would be as productive as Pam Bondi's last one. maxsolomon 11 hrs ago #15
Even that should be recorded. Joinfortmill 10 hrs ago #16
I am sad for anyone who'd have to watch that in the future. maxsolomon 9 hrs ago #18
I wonder if he ever contemplates about what his life will be like Buns_of_Fire 10 hrs ago #17
Other than himself, who's he representing? Blue Owl 4 hrs ago #19
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