The Mooch's replacement could be Stephen Miller [View all]

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Source: Axios

Stephen Miller, the Trump senior policy adviser who just tangled on-camera with CNN's Jim Acosta, is under consideration for White House communications director, top Trump sources tell me.

The effort to find a Mooch successor is still in the name-gathering process, and Miller is not the top contender, the sources said.

But Steve Bannon likes the idea of Miller for the job, and Miller was the hero of the West Wing after he attacked Acosta as a "cosmopolitan" for his views on immigration.

When Miller finished that press briefing, his colleagues high-fived him, according to Sebastian Gorka, a national-security aide who's a favorite of the president's for his over-the-top TV hits.

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Mike Allen adds that the "super-key" point is that Trump cares primarily about people's TV performance, not about "the behind-the-scenes, unglamorous planning work of a comms director."

And Trump has liked Miller's TV performances, especially his attacks on the media.