Trump Throws Stephen Miller Under Bus in Surprise Display of Panic

A striking Wall Street Journal report recently revealed that Donald Trump now sees his mass deportations as a major political problem for him. What’s more, Trump is siding internally with advisers who worry that they’ve become a liability in the midterms. In this, Trump is clearly rebuking Stephen Miller and his agenda. And now, new reporting from Politico further illuminates this dynamic, revealing fresh levels of infighting prompted largely by Miller’s unhinged demands. As Politico notes, this turmoil has already gotten Kristi Noem fired from the Department of Homeland Security, and all this leaking plainly reveals deep internal dissatisfaction over Miller’s tenure. We talked to Chris Newman, counsel at the National Day Laborer Organizing Network and a shrewd observer of Miller. He explains persuasively how we can divine Trump is souring on Miller and now sees his agenda as a potential liability, why Miller’s grand ideological project may be in trouble, and what it means that millions of Americans have taken to the streets to protest it. Listen to this episode here. A transcript is here.