Stephen Miller, President Donald Trump's fiery deputy chief of staff and one of his top advisors, is reportedly the top contender to replace Mike Waltz as Trump's next National Security Advisor.
Waltz abruptly left the position on Thursday. Initially, there was speculation that it was tied to "Signalgate," after it was revealed that Trump administration officials used the Signal app to discuss sensitive military operations and that a journalist was mistakenly added to a private group chat. But Trump then announced he was nominating Waltz to serve as UN Ambassador.
According to Axios, five sources familiar with the situation told the outlet that Miller was likely to get the job — if he wants it. More on that in a bit.
One of the sources (in the White House) told Axios that Miller has made the Homeland Security Council run "like clockwork" and that the organization is "infinitely more effective than the NSC [National Security Council] with a tiny fraction" of previous staff.
The 39-year-old founder of America First Legal, a 501 nonprofit organization that prides itself in "fighting back against lawless executive actions and the radical left," is a fearless defender of the administration's legal push for immediate deportation of illegal aliens without court hearings. Meanwhile, Democrat-nominated federal district court judges continue to unconstitutionally block Trump's efforts to deport illegals, many of whom were convicted of violent crimes in their home countries, while some are also members of the notorious MS-13 or Tren de Aragua gangs.
Incidentally, America First Legal sued the Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Secret Service in September 2024 for "illegally concealing government records related to the first assassination attempt of President Trump." Gene Hamilton, AFL senior counsel, said in a statement at the time:
On July 13, the American people watched in horror as a lunatic attempted to assassinate former President, and current candidate for President, Donald Trump.
Today, there is widespread and bipartisan acknowledgment that there were catastrophic failures that tragic day and in the weeks and months ahead of it.
We are committed to obtaining these records so that the American people can see for themselves exactly what senior DHS leadership was prioritizing in its mission, and why more resources were not devoted to the protection of President Donald J. Trump.
Anyway, Miller, who served as a senior advisor in Trump's first administration, is an intellectual near-robotic beast — I say that as a compliment — who doesn't suffer fools gladly, and would likely be an ideal fit as National Security Advisor. According to one of the sources, per Axios, Miller works well with Secretary of State Marco Rubio:
Given how well he's worked with Marco, many see him as the perfect person to restore the role of the NSA to a staff-level policy role that reports to the chief of staff, instead of some inflated Cabinet position.
While one source said Miller suggested he was interested in the job Thursday, another source told Axios that he might not take the job "if it takes him away from his true love: immigration policy."
Not quite "palace intrigue," but given the strong — some would say unprecedented — team put together by Trump, this go-around, it's hard to imagine that things won't work out, one way or another, to everyone's advantage, not only in the Trump administration but for the American people, as well.
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