Overview
- New reporting portrays Stephen Miller as the White House’s dominant policy operator with reach across immigration, foreign policy, military action, trade, and policing, with Steve Bannon calling him Trump’s “prime minister.”
- In a CNN interview, Miller said the United States is “in charge” of Venezuela during a transition, defended the capture of Nicolás Maduro—“Damn straight we did”—and declared, “We’re a superpower.”
- Miller advanced the idea that Greenland should be part of the United States, saying no one would fight the U.S. over its future, as his wife’s “SOON” post put the issue back in public view.
- The Atlantic’s account and subsequent commentary describe Miller directing decisions typically reserved for national security principals, including invoking the Alien Enemies Act and pushing major homeland-security funding and enforcement moves.
- Critics link Miller’s enforcement agenda to expanded ICE operations and escalating harm, citing the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, while supporters frame the approach as necessary assertion of state power.