Trump Denies Miller Controls Immigration Agenda: ‘Only One Person’ Running It

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President Trump denied reports that his senior adviser Stephen Miller calls the shots when it comes to the administration’s immigration policy agenda.

“Steven is an excellent guy. He’s a wonderful person. People don’t know him. He’s been with me from the beginning,” he said. “He’s a brilliant man and, frankly, there’s only one person that is running it. You know who that is? It’s me.”

As more senior officials resign from the Department of Homeland Security, reports have surfaced suggesting Miller has been pushing Trump to fully embrace the senior adviser’s hardline immigration views.

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  1. No…Miller controls YOU, and everyone knows it !!!

    (think that’ll work??)

  2. Avatar for matx matx says:

    Please, pundits and media, keep pounding away at Miller and his control of Trump’s immigration agenda–Donnie’s denial is the first step in getting Miller booted.

  3. THIS is how we “get rid” of Stephen Miller.

    Keep pounding on the meme that MILLER CONTROLS IMMIGRATION AND TELLS TRUMP WHAT TO THINK.

    There is nothing, NOTHING that Trump hates more than the idea that someone else is getting MORE PRESS than he does on any subject.

    The more we report and spread the news that Stephen Miller is the TRUE POWER BEHIND THE THRONE the more it will stick in Trump’s craw and eventually in a fit of anger he will FIRE MILLER.

    It ALWAYS follows this cartoon in the Trump White House:

  4. This is a theme that needs to be pushed. It drives narcissists nuts that other people are perceived as being in charge of things. He will purge anyone who is getting credit for things in spite of how counterproductive it is to his goals.

  5. If Miller was running it, it might be better organized. Slightly.

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