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Stephen Miller’s Return to Power
The Daily
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This chapter explores the crucial role of a long-time advisor in shaping President Trump's early policy decisions. It emphasizes the advisor's rise to deputy chief of staff for policy and the aggressive initiatives, particularly in immigration, that reflect his deep-seated ideologies.
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the New York Times, I'm Natalie Kittrow-Eff. This is The Daily. At the center of Trump's aggressive first week in office is a 39-year advisor, Stephen Miller. It's his ideas and ideology that have animated the president's unprecedented blitz of executive orders. Today, my colleague Jonathan Swan explains Miller's dramatic return to the White House and why his power has never been greater. It's Monday, January 27th. Jonathan, welcome back.
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Thanks for having me. I
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think a lot of us remember Stephen Miller from the first Trump term. But now that he's back, what do we need to know about who Miller has become and the role he's going to play this time around?
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Well, he's immensely powerful. I could make a case that he is one of, if not the most powerful unelected people in America right now. He is Donald Trump's deputy chief of staff for policy, which, you know, may not sound that impressive, but to take all the jargon away, he is in charge of domestic policy. Full stop. President Donald Trump's second term in the White House began with a flurry of unilateral actions, and he's
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showing no signs of slowing down.
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So many of the executive orders that you've seen Donald Trump sign with his sharpie in his first week in office were the work of Stephen Miller. Sir, this is an executive order realigning the United States refugee admission program. This is a proclamation guaranteeing the state's protection against invasion based on the current crisis at the southern border. This next order relates to the definition of birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment of the United States. Birthright.
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That's
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a big one. And Miller's vision that he's articulated for decades is now translated into these executive actions.
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