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🗓️ 23 February 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Our latest mini series is here and this time we're profiling some of the key players in Donald Trump's presidency, who are now running America.
Stephen Miller is one of the most powerful people in government who many have never heard of. He’s the new White House deputy chief of staff for policy. Previously - and unusually - he also served as a senior advisor in President Trump’s first term.
He is the architect behind many of the most controversial Trump policies, and is often seen next to the president in the Oval Office. So who is he and how has he survived so long?
Anthony is joined by Jonathan Blitzer, a staff writer at The New Yorker who has followed Miller’s political career, and former camp-mate Chris Moody, who reveals what a teenage Miller was really like.
HOSTS: • Anthony Zurcher, North America Correspondent
GUESTS: Jonathan Blitzer, staff writer at The New Yorker
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0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
0:04.9 | So here's a question. |
0:06.2 | Who's really running America? |
0:08.4 | Well, we're going to try to answer that in these special America-ass miniseries episodes |
0:13.3 | where we have profiled some of the people in Donald Trump's inner team, the ones who are |
0:18.6 | really calling the shots, their background, what motivates |
0:21.1 | them, all those juicy details. |
0:23.0 | We've already looked at multi-billionaire Elon Musk, perhaps you've heard of him, former senator |
0:28.4 | and secretary of state, Marco Rubio. |
0:30.5 | And today, we are going to look at someone who maybe you haven't heard of, one of the |
0:34.2 | most powerful people in government behind the scenes. This episode is all |
0:39.6 | about Stephen Miller. He's Donald Trump's top policy advisor and the architect of much of what |
0:45.8 | you're seeing in Trump's second term policy agenda. Welcome to AmeriCast. AmeriCast from BBC News. |
0:56.7 | God spared my life for a reason. |
1:00.1 | Only when it is dark enough, can you see the stars. |
1:04.4 | The star is born, Elon. |
1:06.3 | I'm not just Maga. I'm dark Gothic Maga. |
1:09.9 | This is what happens when the machine comes after you. I'm terrified for this country and I'm dark gothic maga. This is what happens when the machine comes after you. |
1:12.6 | I'm terrified for this country and I'm so hurt that America let this happen. |
1:16.6 | I think that we just witnessed the greatest political comeback in the history of the United States of America. Hello, it's Anthony in Washington, D.C., and I'm joined today by our expert guest, John Blitzer. He's a staff writer at The New Yorker, and he's written a profile of Stephen Miller. |
1:44.2 | John, how you doing? |
1:45.3 | I'm good, thanks. How are you? |
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