Stephen Miller named deputy chief of policy in new Trump administration
Stephen Miller named deputy chief of policy in new Trump administration
Miller was a senior adviser in Trump’s first term and has been a central figure in many of his policy decisions, notably his move to separate thousands of immigrant families as a deterrence program in 2018.
Miller was a senior adviser in Trump’s first term and has been a central figure in many of his policy decisions, notably his move to separate thousands of immigrant families as a deterrence program in 2018. Miller helped craft many of Trump’s hard-line speeches and plans on immigration.
What do the "Trump won't actually be that bad" people that I've been seeing on Lemmy in the last few days have to say about this?
"Whose Steven Miller?"
They are Stephen Miller fans.
"Um, aktually, this is business as usual for the United Snakes of Amerikkka."
I haven't seen that one yet, but I won't be surprised, since this is the "both parties are the same" crowd.
One of them actually said yes to me not too long ago when I asked if Hillary Clinton would have picked SCOTUS justices that would have struck down Roe v. Wade. That's how invested they are in this nonsense.
Right now though, they seem to be focused on "Harris lost because she ran a bad campaign and it doesn't matter that I helped enable fascism by not voting for her because I share none of the responsibility or blame" and "Trump won't be that bad because he just lies all the time."
For the first time I read this as “Americ-kuh-kuh-kuh”
He was in a pretty good band?
Checks notes
Oh... That's Steve Miller... Fuck...
Disclaimer: The views represented in the bad joke do not necessarily represent the views of the commenter. At no time have they uttered the words "Trump won't actually be that bad" in that order.
Incidentally, other than Jet Airliner, which was a cover, I have noticed that none of the Steve Miller Band's songs make a lick of sense.
This is how I know aggressive instance bans for bigotry work: I haven’t seen any of that. Sincere condolences to everyone who has to see the open sewer.
Don’t forget they’ll all be fired for gross incompetence after a month or so
I think that Trump Term 2 is likely to look a lot like Trump Term 1.
Whether-or-not one calls that "that bad", of course, involves some matter of perspective. The article here is about a Term 1 guy coming back for Term 2, which is pretty much in line with things being like Term 1. I expect a lot of the same stuff that I didn't like the first time. I expect him to make outrageous statements, violate a lot of Presidential norms, probably do some questionable things legally to try to benefit himself. I expect him to play into conspiracy theory where he thinks it might benefit him. I expect him to make a lot of self-contradictory statements. I expect him to bluster and make crude statements. I expect him to be constantly in the news for doing something outrageous.
I expect that a lot of his outrageous statements are going to just be political theater, the same way they were the first time around. A lot of very firey talk about immigration and free trade agreements, making sure that he's seen by supporters saying things, not a lot of dramatic actual effective change in most policy.
I don't expect some of the predictions that are often thrown around here about the end of democracy or the free press or a long list of other things to come true.
One of the points that I want to see is what happens on Ukraine policy. This isn't a major popular issue for Republican voters the way policy on Israel is. Vance has been pretty vocal about opposing support for Ukraine, but I also don't know (1) the degree to which that is an actual concern for Vance, (2) the degree of influence that Vance will have, as the VP's power is usually almost entirely dependent on what the President wants to delegate to them and listen to them, and (3) the degree to which the bureaucracy will affect this, as politicians don't simply go craft foreign policy on their lonesome, and there are going to be a lot of the same domain experts that were present under Biden. It's possible that there could be very material impact for Ukraine, but I could also believe that the impact is muted.
My guess is that four years from now, I'm probably going to be pretty happy to see the last of him. But that was pretty much the case in 2020, and I remember no shortage of dire predictions in the opposing press and social media all through his first time through that didn't pan out.
Oh, it’s going to be a A LOT different.
You have deluded yourself. You have not seen anything yet. A human piece of shit has been unleashed on this country with no checks or balances.
oh great, so we can look forward to another horrifyingly mismanaged pandemic!
absolutely batshit crazy how nobody at all mentioned that not laid it at Trump's doorstep during the campaign
America's Hitler, Meet America's Goebbels.
It's a pity that Dondalph Shitler didn't spend time in prison, he could have written Mein Kräp.
Mein Art of the Deal.
Anyone else here who had to do a double take, twice, at the headline, wondering why Trump would need a chief of police?
Imagine north American mainstream journalists not letting someone pivot.
That was a masterclass.
I was just asking for figures and you have not answered my question.
Why are you yelling? I've been very respect.
....so you're trusting Maduro numbers.
The "journalists" and media wanted this. Sadly, it'll be ratings gold for another four years. They jusy don't realize they're all screwed anyway.
Also fuck this xenophobic piece of shit.
Dudes literally upset of who he is.
Hey I've seen those facial expressions before at around 2 AM at some raves.
I can't be sure he isn't also wearing a diaper.
Goebbels 2
Only the best and brightest. Out of all of the turds in the bowl, he really stands out. What a gigantic piece of crap.
Like the cream of the crop, the loftiest turds float to the top.
Elon Musk is paying his salary…in hair plugs
Fredo Corleone
I would comfortably bet my life that this man is a sexual sadist who would tear up if he were tutted at by an elderly bus driver for trying to pay a $1.30 fare with a ten dollar bill.
Thanks, Harris. If you had run a better campaign, then I wouldn't have had to vote for Trump.
Weak rage bait
Nah, you're too stupid if that's why you didn't vote for her.
this is an insult to the concept of stupidity
