How powerful is Stephen Miller?
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🗓️ 11 January 2026
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Summary
As the deputy chief of staff for policy and one of President Trump’s longest-serving aides, Stephen Miller has been the driving force behind many of Trump’s core policies. Ashley Parker, staff writer for The Atlantic, explains why Stephen Miller has President Trump’s ear.
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| 0:00.0 | Stephen Miller isn't an elected official, but there are few people with more power in America today. |
| 0:06.2 | I want to thank Stephen Miller, who's right back in the audience right there. |
| 0:10.1 | Here's President Trump speaking to reporters at the White House last October. |
| 0:14.2 | As the White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and one of President Trump's longest serving AIDS, Miller spent the driving force |
| 0:22.5 | behind many of Trump's core policies. He's known for having extreme views, even by the president's |
| 0:29.0 | own standards. I'd love to have him come up and explain his true feelings, but maybe not his |
| 0:35.4 | truest feelings. That might be going a little bit too far. |
| 0:38.6 | Miller is the architect of Trump's anti-immigrant crackdown. |
| 0:42.4 | He's pushed for a narrowing of legal immigration pathways |
| 0:45.5 | and led the push in ICE recruitment and deployment. |
| 0:49.4 | And he's been in the spotlight recently |
| 0:51.4 | as a driving force behind the plan to capture Venezuela's leader |
| 0:55.1 | Nicholas Maduro. The United States is using its military to secure our interests unapologetically |
| 1:01.3 | in our hemisphere. In a much-circulated interview this week with CNN, Miller said we live in a world, |
| 1:07.9 | quote, governed by strength and force, and also asserted that Greenland |
| 1:12.7 | should be part of the United States. |
| 1:14.7 | We're a superpower, and under President Trump, we are going to conduct ourselves as a superpower. |
| 1:21.5 | Consider this. Stephen Miller is largely credited with channeling President Trump's desires |
| 1:26.8 | and making his vision of America real. What motivates Stephen Miller is largely credited with channeling President Trump's desires and making his vision of America real. |
| 1:30.1 | What motivates Stephen Miller? |
| 1:34.4 | From NPR, I'm Sarah McCammon. |
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