Stephen Miller's “monomaniacal obsession” is resulting in President Donald Trump “second-guessing him,” according to MSNBC opinion writer and editorHayes Brown.
The “obsession” Brown is talking about is Miller’s purest agenda to deport nearly 1 million people a year. Miller’s move is causing a core Trump voting bloc to lose workers, putting the administration in a tough situation.
The writer and editor said it was such an outcry, it caused “the administration abruptly paused raids and arrests at hotels, farms and restaurants,” on Thursday last week. Brown said this was a “stunning shift in priorities that was clearly contrary to Miller’s orders.”
However, that pause didn’t last long. On Monday, The Washington Post reported the raids were back on. Brown said this flip-flop “is a reminder that while Miller cares little about the secondary effects of mass deportations, the rest of the administration can’t ignore them entirely.”
“For all his demagoguery about immigration, Trump has never been as pure an ideologue as Miller,” Brown said. “In both business and politics alike, the president often happily promises competing sides whatever they want to hear to get his way in the moment, only to flip sides again at his convenience.”
Brown believes while Miller is trying to “maintain control” over ICE raids and deportations, Trump may be the only way to stop him.
According to Axios, ICE is already $1 billion over budget, which could land several people in the administration in hot water. Many of them could face charges under the Antideficiency Act for spending too much money without approval.
Regardless, Brown believes, “As the damage of Miller’s monomaniacal obsession deepens, Americans are less and less happy with the results.”
“In other words, the more successful Miller’s anti-immigrant purge is at disrupting the status quo, the likelier Trump will wind up second-guessing him,” he later said, “This likely then won’t be the last time we see Trump overrule his most loyal attendant if he feels the downsides are outweighing the benefits.”