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We have a new shadow president – and he can play Trump like a fiddle | Arwa Mahdawi

We have a new shadow president – and he can play Trump like a fiddle | Arwa Mahdawi

Summary

The article says President Donald Trump named Stephen Miller as his new chief of staff, replacing Susie Wiles, after the midterm elections. It contrasts Trump’s comment that his deportation policy may be too tough with Miller’s longstanding influence over the administration’s immigration agenda.

Key Facts

  • Trump told 60 Minutes correspondent Ross Douthat that his deportation policy might be “too tough.”
  • The article reports that Trump had privately told aides he thought Miller had gone too far on immigration.
  • Trump named Miller chief of staff on Friday, replacing Susie Wiles.
  • Miller, 41, had been one of Trump’s most influential advisers, and some aides reportedly called him “the prime minister.”
  • Miller helped shape the first Trump administration’s family separation policy, which separated thousands of children from immigrant parents.
  • The article says Miller called Alex Pretti, an intensive care nurse killed by federal immigration agents in January, “a domestic terrorist.”
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