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Outrage followed ‘would-be assassin’ lie but experts say architect of ICE drive too dominant a figure to be shunned

Pressure is growing on key White House senior adviser Stephen Miller over the killing of intensive care nurse Alex Pretti by border patrol agents in Minneapolis and its politically divisive aftermath.

Miller, the architect of Donald Trump’s hardline immigration policy, finds himself in the rare position of being contradicted and excluded from crucial decisions by the US president.

About three and a half hours after the tragedy on Saturday, Miller used social media to describe Pretti, 37, as a “would-be assassin” who “tried to murder federal agents”. On Tuesday, when asked if he believes Pretti was an assassin, Trump said: “No.”

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[–] in_my_honest_opinion@piefed.social 14 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

It's worse that Trump has dementia and is essentially a figure head, because now he's an amalgamation of every one of his cabinet's worst traits. Stephen Miller is primarily focused on the genocide of immigrant out groups. But he's not the only shit heel in the White House. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/06/trump-is-marching-into-2026-with-the-worst-cabinet-in-history

Stephen Miller is an evil genocidal bastard who deserves to live out the rest of his days in a SHU and his name forgotten to history. But there's nobody at the helm. The whole cabinet is free to do whatever they want. Being "ousted" doesn't matter because they'll take a job as a talking head or policy wonk or other position in the dark money wing of the GOP. Keep a look out for Bovinito Fascelini to be a talking had on Fox News soon.

The problem is structural, it's inherent to how money runs politics in the US. We need to address this at it's core or we'll always play whackamole as the two party system allows us to ratchet effect ourselves further and further to the right and away from the will of the people.