Stephen Miller came prepared for war -- and he won't back down

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Stephen Miller came prepared for war — and he won't back down
Donald Trump's most trusted adviser still wants to deport millions — and doesn't intend to let courts stop him

By Heather Digby Parton
Columnist
Published May 12, 2025 10:02AM (EDT)


(Salon) There was a speculation boomlet a couple of weeks ago, after Donald Trump "promoted" national security adviser Mike Waltz to U.N. ambassador and temporarily tasked Secretary of State Marco Rubio with the job, that the name being floated as a permanent replacement was none other than Stephen Miller, Trump's trusted adviser and current deputy chief of staff. That seemed a bit strange, since Miller has never shown any particular interest in global affairs beyond immigration, but he has lately become a more public face commenting on a wide range of issues so perhaps he wants to expand his role. We haven't heard anything further much about that since it was first floated — maybe it was a trial balloon that fizzled.

It wasn't easy to imagine Miller giving up his lifelong mission of expelling as many nonwhite people from America as possible, and in this administration that's a full time job. In the wake of the shocking propaganda the administration put out to celebrate their deportation of alleged gang members to a notorious Salvadoran gulag, we are now seeing story after story all over local and national news, social media and influential podcasts about violent ICE raids of homes and businesses, ordinary people being snatched up when they show up for hearings, brutal vehicle stops even the arrests of judges and elected officials. Very few of the people being seized in these sweeps are gang members or accused of serious crimes.

All this is taking a toll on Trump's approval rating. The latest round of polls showed him underwater across the board on these policies. But it's also all part of Miller's plan, and he is undaunted. As I wrote a couple of weeks ago about his decision to use the Alien Enemies Act of 1789, Miller understood that what this administration intended to do had no precedent. They seriously intend to deport millions of people.

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We're only partway through that process. So far, Trump's apparatchiks have not blatantly defied the courts, but they're working them around the edges. Miller is the most vociferous in claiming that the plain words of a Supreme Court order mean the opposite of what they actually say, which is a highly disorienting thing to hear from a presidential adviser. The best example came with his Oval Office rant his rant proclaiming that the high court had ruled 9-0 in favor of the administration's deportation of Kilmar Ábrego García when the exact opposite was true. ................(more)

https://www.salon.com/2025/05/12/stephen-miller-came-prepared-for--and-he-wont-back-down/

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Really creepy how creepy gets creeped out by immigrants

Is he feeling his own creep? So it's Creep Projection Syndrome?

[SheltieLover]

2. He has a bright future in prison, imo.

[58Sunliner]

3. Gaslighting Nazi. Sick bastard.

[Basso8vb]

4. His lifeless body still soon be hanging from a light pole.

This angry asshole of a twerp can't meet his demise soon enough.

[Dulcinea]

5. When the Trump era comes to an end, and it will...

...this Nazi ghoul will be among the first to go down. He has no redeeming qualities of any kind.