"Rather, pay close attention to Trump's deputy chief of staff, Stephen Miller. It's increasingly clear that Miller, a man who has said that America is for Americans and Americans only and who is on a mission to save the west is the driving force behind the Trump administration's most extreme policies. Per a recent Bloomberg profile, some of Trump's aides even privately call Miller the prime minister."
"Miller's influence stretches across both foreign and domestic policy. Those masked immigration agents pulling people off the street, and occasionally shooting unarmed citizens in the face? You can trace their aggressive tactics back to Miller. The plot to get rid of birthright citizenship? Miller's hands are all over it. The capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro? He helped plan it. The campaign to Maga-fy universities? Miller again! All right-leaning roads seem to lead back to Miller."
"A 16-year-old Miller ran for class president, and gave a speech (which Jimmy Kimmel recently resurfaced) where he asked his fellow students: Am I the only one who is sick and tired of being told to pick up my trash when we have plenty of janitors who are paid to do it for us? He didn't win that particular election, but Miller's been rising up the political ranks ever since."
Stephen Miller operates as a central power behind many of the Trump administration's most extreme policies, shaping both foreign and domestic initiatives. Aggressive immigration enforcement tactics, efforts to end birthright citizenship, a plotted capture of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, and campaigns to reshape universities toward MAGA objectives are attributed to him. Some aides privately call him the prime minister. Miller's exclusionary views date back to high school, including remarks about Latino classmates and an outspoken class-president speech. He worked for Jeff Sessions, opposed bipartisan immigration reform in 2013, and under Trump 1.0 helped mastermind the family-separation policy.
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