'The President Knows Who He Is': Stephen Miller Reportedly Sidelined by Trump Admin

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: MEDIAite

May 11th, 2026, 1:23 pm


White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller is reportedly far less influential now than he was at the outset of President’ Donald Trump’s second term.

According to The Atlantic‘s Michael Scherer and Nick Miroff, Trump “has also told others in recent weeks that he understands Miller sometimes goes too far.” Miller’s power began to wane when Trump “recognized immediately after the second killing in Minneapolis, of the protester Alex Pretti, that the policy needed to shift. Miller, on the other hand, referred to Pretti as a “domestic terrorist” in the immediate aftermath of his death.

Recent months have seen Trump backpedal away from numerous policies advocated by Miller, including a plan to cut the number of visas for seasonal workers by 50%, after consulting with border czar Tom Homan. “The new secretary is listening to Tom Homan and Rodney Scott before he is ever listening to Stephen Miller,” one senior administration official told Scherer and Miroff.

A former official declared, “The president knows who he is, period.”

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Link to The Atlantic article - Stephen Miller in Retreat

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[Marie Marie]

1. Good. Ignore that creep into irrelevance and I will applaud Trump with one hand clapping for

a total of 1 second. Stephen Miller needs to take his seat at the back of the bus and STFU.

[Lovie777]

2. Who writes this garbage..............

[rurallib]

7. could you expound on this please?

If you think it is bullshit I would be curious why. I know little about this and would like to find the truth.

Thanks

[Bluetus]

17. It is bullshit because:

A) It isn't sincere
B) it is only a political calculation and window dressing, rather than some fundamental change in attitude or policy
C) It probably isn't even true at all.

[rurallib]

32. thanks - helps me evaluate

[rsdsharp]

3. "Miller sometimes goes too far." I guess the request for the crematoria was met with resistance.

[ananda]

5. Seriously. Is there really a too far with Trump?

I think it's a matter of increments.

Miller didn't go too far at all.

He just wanted to go too far too fast.

[eppur_se_muova]

33. The public noticed and reacted. If's all OK w/Trmp as long as you let sleeping dogs/voters lie.

Miller will try again later. If not enough pushback, Trmp will go along.

[tanyev]

4. They'd better check the ceiling for bats before they start any meetings.

[LudwigPastorius]

6. "The president knows who he is"

Does he?

He's so far gone, I thought him putting his face and name on everything was the only way he could remember.

[Seinan Sensei]

40. If he gets fired, will Miller move out of public housing?

Miller (and others) have moved en masse into military housing. It’s a gated community, and it’s rent free.

Miller moved out of Arlington, and moved into military housing because he felt threatened by sidewalk chalk messages left by activists

[Blue Owl]

8. Seal his fucking coffin shut, once and for all

This psychotic homicidal maniac has no place in any public office.

[bdamomma]

23. Miller

another damaged sick a$$ cretin who hates women.

[GiqueCee]

9. "The president knows who he is..."

... and those around Trump know exactly what Miller is: A seething furnace of malice consumed by the mindless desire to destroy anything and everything good about this country. And it's not nice to upstage President Psychopants. If he's not the center of attention every minute of every day, heads are gonna roll, and Nosferatu's noggin is on the chopping block. But few, if any, will mourn his passing. Word on the street is, Miller is universally despised by everyone, and I mean, EVERYONE!

[mwmisses4289]

15. "And it's not nice to upstage President Psychopants."

You hit the nail on the head. Miller is often referred to as pres miller, and he has upstaged t more than once. Can't have that, so out you go!

[liberalgunwilltravel]

10. Now sideline Russell Vought

He's at least as dangerous if not more so than Stephen Miller. They are both hate-filled turds that need to be flushed.

[Dave Id]

19. Trump got Elon Musk out of the picture.

People were calling Trump and Musk co-presidents. There's only enough room for one narcissist in the White House at a time, Elon was stealing some of Donald's imaginary thunder.

[DBoon]

22. does "imaginary thunder" sound like a loud fart?

[calimary]

11. What, Donald? Having him around isn't a good look for you anymore?

[BattleRow]

30. Trump looks so bad these days,he makes even Miller look better.

[calimary]

36. Hard to figure what's a worse look for him.

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He’s obviously starting to have health problems. That has an impact, no matter how you slice it.

But what he’s done to our precious country, our laws and conventions, our privacy (especially for women), how we live our lives, AND whatever futures we might hope to have for ourselves and our families… ALL of what he’s done is absolutely abominable, and even SINFUL.

[BattleRow]

37. The Abominable Snow (job) Man.

[calimary]

41. GOOD one!

[Fil1957]

12. Not sure how real that is. I've heard from a source, can't remember which, that DHS, and by extension Miller are laying

low until the November election. After which, the knives will really come out.

[FakeNoose]

26. Maybe Chump will fire him if the midterms are bad enough

[BattleRow]

38. He's laying low while shedding his snakeskin.

[twodogsbarking]

13. Trump believes he is God and damn if he ain't to a lot of humans, and Stephen Miller

[patphil]

14. Sounds like someone else is steering the president now.

Not that things will get better, just different....like Iranian War different.

[SSJVegeta]

16. Thats. Somewhat of a relief of it sticks.

Hes a bit of a snake so I can see him slithering his way back into influence at some point.

[Skittles]

18. good, sideline his fucking wife too

disgusting pair

[AZ8theist]

20. The President "knows who he is"???

I seriously doubt it.

Dementia Dotard could barely distinguish between the Easter Bunny and his wife recently.

[Skittles]

25. yes

imagine being deemed "unfit" by Donald Trump

[eppur_se_muova]

34. But he can recognize a bear !

Maybe we should send him lots of bears.

[Bengus81]

21. The Pres knows who "he is" but thought a pic of E.Jean Carroll was Maples

And that was YEARS ago................

[Maru Kitteh]

24. Typical. Not until a white heterosexual man gets killed. Then it's "too far."

All sudden like.

[underpants]

27. Read this earlier. Good read. Even Trump knew how bad the Pretti murder was.

I know who Miller is too. He’s a Nazi.

[louis-t]

28. Ok, that's a good start but does he know

what an asshole he is?

[BattleRow]

39. He can recognize a bear...butt..

Can he find his a--hole in a well lit room?

[Raven123]

29. Is that a part of the cognitive test he keeps bragging about?

[Pinback]

31. Good piece, although the headline inspires irrational exuberance.

Miller continues to be on the Felon’s good side, and it sounds like he has plenty of other evil schemes festering. IQ47 has a better nose for PR, though, and knows the appearance of Full Psycho cruelty turns off some of his voters. Hopefully, it’s too late for a pivot to make much of a difference — fingers crossed that his tanking poll numbers will translate to Dem midterm victories.

[BigmanPigman]

35. Somehow tRump will replace him with a more sadistic,

psychopath. He'll search high and low (no, more like low and low) to get another Miller clone.