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.”
But that’s why going after his lieutenants works…
They’ll defend trump no matter to keep their positions, but that loyalty is a one way street. If there’s a public outcry big enough and polls tank enough, he’ll throw anyone and everyone under the bus.
Bovino is out, Noem has one foot out the door…
It’s logical that we just start isolating important cabinet members in the media and just have the whole country hammering for trump to throw one person under the bus at a time.
They’ll be replaced by someone shitty still, but they’ll try to change direction just to get attention, bare minimum it interperta plans and keeps them on the defensive.
Noem’s half out, but Miller should be next. It’s not hard to get trump to turn on someone