Political observers blasted White House senior aide Stephen Miller's bizarre claim during a CNN interview about the scope of President Donald Trump's powers.

During an interview with CNN, Miller claimed that Trump has "plenary authority," meaning he has complete and absolute power on immigration and domestic law enforcement matters, despite what courts have ruled. After making the claim, Miller appeared to freeze on camera.

Observers shared their responses to the clip on social media.

"They're going for full-scale dictatorship," Democratic analyst Wajahat Ali posted on Bluesky.

"Oh this is not great," political commentator Molly Jong Fast posted on Bluesky.

"Looks like the US is heading towards dictatorship openly," military veteran John Topham posted on Bluesky.

"Invoking Trump as having 'plenary authority/powers' is a prelude to fascist takeovers in many other authoritarian regimes," Eric Feigl-Ding, chair of the New England Complex Systems Institute, posted on X.

"Stephen spilled the beans live on TV and this is what Hitler did with the Enabling Act of 1933," political pundit Mark Bloand posted on X.

"Miller is full of it," ethics lawyer Richard Painter posted on X. "Federal statutes strictly limit use of the military for domestic law enforcement, and @POTUS does not have 'plenary authority' to do anything he wants to do."

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has been increasingly critical of her own party, breaking with them at key moments and even chastising them this month for having no plan to extend health care subsidies for millions of people. It turns out there might be a personal grudge driving at least part of all this, reported NBC News on Wednesday.

"While Greene has been a solo operator in the past, her recent behavior has surprised even some people who are close to her," reported Melanie Zanona, Ryan Nobles, and Kyle Stewart. "She tried on the role of 'team player' for a while, especially when former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., was in charge. But she has grown increasingly disillusioned with politics and her own party, and she felt especially burned after the White House talked her out of running for the Senate, according to four Republican sources familiar with the matter."

This reporting comes as Greene, infamous for pushing QAnon-linked conspiracy theories about Jewish space lasers before her election, faces outrage from far-right activists, like Trump confidante Laura Loomer, over her recent unreliability in backing MAGA on certain issues.

Greene seriously entertained the idea of challenging Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff, but President Donald Trump's inner circle dissuaded her from it with polling that showed she would lose catastrophically. Shortly after, she proclaimed she wouldn't be running because the Senate is too dysfunctional for her to make any difference there.

For her part, Greene vehemently denied that her recent voting pattern has anything to do with a vendetta over the Senate debacle, insisting that the choice not to run for Senate was hers and hers alone.

“I don’t want to serve in that institution. Look at them. They’re literally the reason why the government is shut down right now,” said Greene. “I think all good things go to die in the Senate, and I certainly don’t want to go there. But I think those are just attacks to try to marginalize me or try to sweep me off, so to speak. And I really don’t care.”

White House advisers are now seriously weighing whether President Donald Trump might invoke the Insurrection Act — an obscure law from the early 1800s that permits the use of active-duty military troops within U.S. borders for law enforcement duties, NBC News reported Wednesday.

These talks coincide with Trump’s push to send National Guard units to several major cities, including Los Angeles, Chicago and Portland, under the pretext of fighting crime and protecting federal immigration agents from protesters.

One senior administration official, who was not named, told the outlet that no decision to invoke the law is imminent. But, should the president do so, it would mark a major escalation.

Currently, the National Guard is used only in limited support roles — because under current law, active-duty troops generally cannot carry out tasks like searches or arrests.

The Insurrection Act, however, would allow such operations.

Trump has already encountered legal pushback.

In Oregon, a federal judge blocked his efforts to send Guard units from other states to Portland. Facing that hurdle, Trump publicly indicated he would use the Insurrection Act “if it was necessary.” As he put it, “If people were being killed, and courts were holding us up, or governors or mayors were holding us up, sure, I’d do that.” He added that, at present, “it hasn’t been needed.”

Meanwhile, the report led to criticism of the Trump administration online.

John Padora, a Democratic candidate for Congress, wrote on the social platform X: "America is no longer a healthy democracy — it’s a semi-functional autocracy unraveling in real time. Trump is deploying red state National Guards into blue cities, calling them 'war zones,' threatening governors, and openly talking about invoking the Insurrection Act if they dare defy him. He’s manufacturing crisis to justify authoritarian power — and possibly suspend the 2026 elections. This isn’t leadership. It’s deliberate chaos."

Anthony Kreis, a constitutional law professor, wrote on X: "In an ordinary time, this would be an impeachable offense."

Journalist Bastian Brauns reacted to the news and wrote: "That would have far-reaching consequences…"

Derek Martin, a nonprofit leader, wrote: "While American families worry their health insurance premiums are about to explode, the President is focused on putting troops in your neighborhood to try and look like a tough guy."

"5 alarm fire, folks," wrote journalist Wajahat Ali on Bluesky.

"Military officers are morally and legally obligated to disobey any order that would violate the Constitution," author Everett Parrott posted to Bluesky. "Every general will be held accountable for their actions when this nightmare is over."