Donald Trump has reportedly been insulting his "awkward" White House adviser.
Rolling Stone over the weekend dropped an in-depth piece on White House deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller. As part of that reporting, the outlet noted that "paranoid" Trump officials were "whispering" nicknames for Miller behind his back.
The report also included an anecdote from someone who says Miller once hit on her. Building on that story, the outlet reported, "Female strangers aren’t the only ones in Washington who think he’s weird."
According to the article, Trump himself has lobbed insults at his "awkward" aide.
"Over the years of their close working relationship, President Trump — ever the gossipy Mean Girl with a nuclear arsenal — has not shied away from insulting Miller behind his back," according to the report. "According to two sources with direct knowledge of the matter, Trump has commented to others in the past about Miller’s intense, awkward, and at times off-putting demeanor."
That being said, according to the report, Trump does find Miller to be valuable.
"But to Trump, Miller is a useful battering ram, the policy answer to his lingering question of 'Where’s my Roy Cohn?'" the report states before quoting the White House.
“Stephen Miller has been one of President Trump’s longest serving and most trusted advisers for nearly a decade, and I can personally attest to the respect the president has for Stephen because I witness it every day,” says White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt. “That’s why Stephen serves as the deputy chief of staff for policy and Homeland Security adviser, because the president has the utmost faith in him and his proven leadership abilities. In addition to being extremely effective at his jobs, Stephen is a loyal colleague and friend. Any suggestion otherwise is false gossip from people who don’t actually know him.”
The report adds:
"In addition to the press secretary’s statement, the Trump White House sent Rolling Stone a lengthy list of testimonials — resembling an extremely MAGA LinkedIn endorsements section — from Republican lawmakers to prove that people like Stephen Miller personally."
