Stephen Miller’s daily conference calls routinely descend into him loudly berating staff and launching into full-on meltdowns, insiders have revealed.
A lengthy
Atlantic profile of the White House deputy chief of staff details how Miller’s 10 a.m. calls—which take place even on Saturdays—give the 40-year-old a chance to act like a “wartime general” and shout at those he believes are not doing enough to push his agenda.
One senior official said Miller’s leadership of these meetings often descends into “hectoring” rather than productive feedback. “He pushes everybody to the absolute limit because he knows that the clock is ticking,” the unnamed official said. “He gets on the phone and he yells at everybody. Nobody is spared from his wrath.”
Miller is widely seen as the architect behind some of Trump’s most hardline immigration policies in both of the president’s terms in office. Last year, Miller demanded that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detain as many as
3,000 immigrants a day in order to fulfill Trump’s plan to carry out the largest mass deportation in U.S. history.
Miller demands daily updates on the number of detentions and deportations being carried out, and frequently uses these meetings to call out those falling short.
“If there’s a problem and you’re the owner, you have to fix it quickly,” another official who regularly joins the conference calls told
The Atlantic. “It’s not a place where you can say, ‘I have to get back to you.’”
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