Stephen Miller’s Crushing Wrecking Ball Tactics

July 3, 2026

One of the most notable revelations in Regime Change, the meticulously researched account of President Donald Trump’s second term by New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, is how thoroughly White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller fills the book’s narrative.

The forty-year-old veteran aide to Trump is so integral to the administration’s priorities, rhetoric, and public image that Haberman and Swan allocate more entries to him in their index than to nearly any other cabinet figure, even surpassing Vice President J.D. Vance and White House chief of staff Susie Wiles.

Pilar Marrero

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