Stephen Miller's Bizarre Trump Tariff Defense Even Baffles GOP Staff

[Eugene]

Stephen Miller’s Bizarre Trump Tariff Defense Even Baffles GOP Staff (The Daily Beast)

Stephen Miller crashed a lunch for GOP Senate chiefs of staff and defended President Donald Trump’s much-maligned tariff policy with a baffling and “arrogant” lecture, according to a report.

The president’s deputy chief of staff and homeland security adviser’s bizarre performance Thursday alluded to the British Empire and left the aides asking one another, “What on Earth was that?” Politico reported.

“He was very arrogant,” a second aide told the outlet, while a third said Miller was “lecturing folks while the market was in freefall.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/stephen-miller-bizarre-trump-tariff-140528591.html

[dalton99a]

1. It is clear that our country is run by Miller and Musk.

Trump doesn't care what they ask him to sign

[chowder66]

2. Miller's talk of long-term revenue forecasts likely killed any optimism that they're temporary

Some Senate Republicans hope the tariffs are just a negotiating tool and will eventually be repealed. But ironically, Miller’s talk of long-term revenue forecasts likely killed any optimism that they’re temporary, according to Axios.

[J_William_Ryan]

3. "Trump's much-maligned tariff policy"

The problem is that GOP Senate chiefs of staff won’t do anything to encourage their respective senators to do something to rein in a reckless, irresponsible, out of control ‘president’ determined to destroy America and its economy.

[muriel_volestrangler]

6. The problem is that "maligned" implies it's *unfairly* criticized

definitions:
"speak about (someone) in a spitefully critical manner."
"to say false and unpleasant things about someone, or to criticize someone unfairly"
"to say things about someone or something that are harmful and usually not true"
"to utter injuriously misleading or false reports about : speak evil of"
"If you malign someone, you say unpleasant and untrue things about them"
"to speak harmful untruths about; speak evil of; slander; defame"
The Daily Beast needs a better writer. There's no mention of "maligned" in the original Politico note: https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2025/04/04/trumps-tariff-turmoil-00271809
though it doesn't report any more on what Miller said, so we've no idea how he brought the British Empire into it (or how that was a "defense",, or what else was "bizarre".

[gulliver]

4. Count Orlok and Baghdad Bob had a baby. nt

[Irish_Dem]

5. It is becoming more obvious who the Russian assets are.

[Midnight Writer]

7. Stephen Miller is the Minister of Disinformation.

[David__77]

8. He has praised the British Empire in the past.

He said it was “ such a benevolent force for good in the world”, which is a strikingly terrible thing to say. I wonder what he said now.