White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller reportedly has daily meltdowns and "the gleeful brawler Miller plays on TV is no act," according to insiders.
Trump administration staff described daily 10 a.m. phone calls — even on Saturdays — and bully behavior from the top official, according to a new report published by The Atlantic Wednesday.
"One senior official who has participated in the calls told us that the intensity and urgency often veer into hectoring," The Atlantic reported.
“He pushes everybody to the absolute limit because he knows that the clock is ticking,” the source told the outlet. “He gets on the phone and he yells at everybody. Nobody is spared from his wrath.”
Miller, who has had public squabbles on cable news, has no problem saying what he thinks. And as one of President Donald Trump's longest serving aides, who served in the first administration, he has used the "power of the government" to tell other people to get out of his way.
"Miller publicly shames bureaucrats he feels are falling short or resisting orders," The Atlantic reported.
"If there’s a problem and you’re the owner, you have to fix it quickly," another source who has participated in the conference calls told the outlet. "It’s not a place where you can say, ‘I have to get back to you.'"
Miller has demanded progress reports on deportations and "accepts no excuses."
"In Trump’s inner circle—even with the president himself—Miller is known as a dogmatic force whose ideas are sometimes too extreme for public consumption," according to The Atlantic.
Trump joked in October during an Oval Office briefing, saying "I’d love to have him come up and explain his true feelings—maybe not his truest feelings,” he said, laughing.
And despite people calling him a "Nazi, a neo-Nazi, a white supremacist, a kapo, and Lord Voldemort" — he doesn't express his reactions to the criticism.
"But in Trump’s second term, Miller finds himself at the height of his powers—the pulsing human id of a president who is already almost pure id," The Atlantic reported.
