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riversedge

(80,875 posts)
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 06:03 PM 7 hrs ago

Stephen Miller Retreats in Humiliation After Deadly Misstep

Source: daily beast



OFF THE GRID
The wildly unpopular Trump adviser has seemingly gone into hiding.


Laura Esposito Apr. 5 2026 5:03PM EDT


Stephen Miller, the architect of Donald Trump’s most severe immigration policies, has seemingly been hiding from the American public.

Miller, a longtime Trump adviser who serves as deputy chief of staff for policy and homeland security adviser, has avoided public appearances, The New York Times reported, in the wake of a disastrous immigration crackdown that culminated in the deaths of two American citizens in Minnesota, Alex Pretti and Renee Good, both 37, at the hands of federal agents.

Additionally, a Times analysis found that Miller appeared on Fox News, the president’s favorite network, once every four days since Trump returned to the White House. But in the wake of Pretti’s January 24 death, Miller appeared on the network only twice in February.

Despite a national outcry over policies he has helped craft—and polling in recent months ranking him among the most loathed political figures in the United States—Miller still presides over shaping new zero-tolerance immigration policies, just not as publicly...........................










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The wildly unpopular Trump adviser has seemingly gone into hiding.

The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast.bsky.social) 2026-04-05T21:10:40.100695Z
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Stephen Miller Retreats in Humiliation After Deadly Misstep (Original Post) riversedge 7 hrs ago OP
Unlikly he is humiliated. He is just a coward. Irish_Dem 7 hrs ago #1
I don't thonk he minds being hated BonnieJW 7 hrs ago #8
Yep. He loves the attention, and upsetting people. Irish_Dem 7 hrs ago #10
I wonder if he's worried about consequences of his actions... paleotn 6 hrs ago #16
Makes sense to me. ShazzieB 5 hrs ago #21
Look for Theils' boys in a Vance administration. Tbear 2 hrs ago #31
Yeah, my thought was... Do Psycho Sociopaths Cha 5 hrs ago #23
Donnie doesn't like ugly people on TV to be associated with him. rubbersole 36 min ago #33
Yep, there is That! PEDO should keep Cha 28 min ago #34
Hear hear!!! calimary 18 min ago #35
We only wish True Dough 7 hrs ago #2
He can't read public opinion because he's all wrapped up in MAGA power bucolic_frolic 7 hrs ago #3
Is the Nazi in hiding or did his telephone mysteriously stop ringing? Brother Buzz 7 hrs ago #4
Perhaps he mouthed off at the wrong hothead again Attilatheblond 7 hrs ago #5
Don't worry folks he'll be back soon blue blues 7 hrs ago #6
He needs to step back into the underworld where he came from Clouds Passing 7 hrs ago #7
Satan is increasingly calling him home for consultations. generalbetrayus 7 hrs ago #9
He and his family are living on one of the military bases Ritabert 7 hrs ago #11
I want to know if he's paying taxes on the imputed value of the 'gift' of housing? /nt dickthegrouch 6 hrs ago #13
Good question. Ritabert 4 hrs ago #29
Stephen Miller at crossroads in Trump admin after he 'backpedaled' on key issue: report LetMyPeopleVote 7 hrs ago #12
His wife is expecting their Blue_Roses 6 hrs ago #14
I am guessing-- Richard58 5 hrs ago #19
That fucker needs... 2naSalit 6 hrs ago #15
Oh you REALLY think you can hide from what you've done, Donald? calimary 5 hrs ago #17
But now Trump wants to import immigrants to help out hurting farmers Mblaze 5 hrs ago #18
Creepy. multigraincracker 5 hrs ago #20
He has the face and personality that only curdled milk would love.nt Javaman 5 hrs ago #22
None of them should go missing purr-rat beauty 5 hrs ago #24
Isn't he paranoid of drones now? Jimi du Ranty 4 hrs ago #25
He has the cold, dead eyes of a serial killer. Dulcinea 4 hrs ago #26
He has to be JBTaurus83 4 hrs ago #27
Too little too late. Buddyzbuddy 4 hrs ago #28
Weld his fucking coffin shut for good Blue Owl 3 hrs ago #30
Maybe he didn't make it back to his coffin MorbidButterflyTat 45 min ago #32

BonnieJW

(3,125 posts)
8. I don't thonk he minds being hated
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 06:35 PM
7 hrs ago

Even in high school, he would say hateful and provocative things. It was his way of getting attention. But even now, he's just a little prick

Irish_Dem

(81,437 posts)
10. Yep. He loves the attention, and upsetting people.
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 06:39 PM
7 hrs ago

He is a sadist like Trump.
And they are both cowards.

paleotn

(22,261 posts)
16. I wonder if he's worried about consequences of his actions...
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 07:59 PM
6 hrs ago

Along with his master's health issues. If Vance takes over, there's little chance any in the inner circle will survive. Even the cabinet. Trump doesn't build teams in the normal sense that work together. He builds collections of competitors, all vying for his attention and screwing each other to get it. I doubt there's little love lost between Herr Miller and the rest. He may be left twisting in the breeze and realizes it.

ShazzieB

(22,631 posts)
21. Makes sense to me.
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 08:36 PM
5 hrs ago

I'm sure Miller's days in the White House will be numbered once anyone other than Trump is in the driver's seat.

If he does die in office and Vance takes over, I think things could get very interesting in some good ways and some not so good. I don't think any of us has seen the "real" JD Vance yet. When he became Trump's running mate, he totally made himself over to Trump's specifications, but I don't think he's ever been a true believer. He's just a power hungry guy who was willing to sell his soul for a chance to become veep, and I suspect he's not at all happy having to spend his days apologizing for Trump's bloopers and trying to convince people that everything is okay despite the evidence they can see with their own eyes.

On the positive side, I think that he'll likely do a complete makeover of the cabinet in addition to making changes in the White House staff. He'll probably replace the current clowns with much more competent people (not that that's a very high bar lol), and he won't be a completely unhinged, dementia-damaged lunatic. On the negative side, one thing we do know about him is that he's extremely anti-abortion and probably anti-birth control as well, so he'll no doubt suck where those issues are concerned. But whatever happens, he won't just be a continuation of Trump. He'll be his own man, whoever that is.

Cha

(319,192 posts)
23. Yeah, my thought was... Do Psycho Sociopaths
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 08:56 PM
5 hrs ago

get "humiliated"?

Maybe PEDO told him to lay low... he was making him look bad?

rubbersole

(11,227 posts)
33. Donnie doesn't like ugly people on TV to be associated with him.
Mon Apr 6, 2026, 01:25 AM
36 min ago

Miller looks like he belongs in a cocoon.

bucolic_frolic

(55,220 posts)
3. He can't read public opinion because he's all wrapped up in MAGA power
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 06:09 PM
7 hrs ago

Understand, he thought what went down in Minneapolis would be popular. Todd Blanche characterized it as "humanely". These people are out of touch with public opinion and humanity.

Attilatheblond

(8,921 posts)
5. Perhaps he mouthed off at the wrong hothead again
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 06:16 PM
7 hrs ago

and got a black eye.

Perhaps someone wrote an unflattering message in chalk outside of his Military Housing Safe House.

Maybe his wife put starch in his undies.

Wishing him all he deserves and SO much more.

blue blues

(60 posts)
6. Don't worry folks he'll be back soon
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 06:20 PM
7 hrs ago

Destroying the U.S. and World is time consuming
we would just be happy if we went away for good

Ritabert

(2,461 posts)
11. He and his family are living on one of the military bases
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 06:44 PM
7 hrs ago

Because people left negative chalk messages on the sidewalk outside his house. I would like to know if he's paying rent.

LetMyPeopleVote

(180,054 posts)
12. Stephen Miller at crossroads in Trump admin after he 'backpedaled' on key issue: report
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 06:53 PM
7 hrs ago

Stephen Miller is a major league racist who has pushed the immigration crackdown. It was Miller who told ICE and Border Patrol to use harsh tactics and ignore the due process rights. It was Miller who set quotas for arrests. It seems that Miller is being forced to tone things down due to the backlash to the tactics used by ICE and Border Patrol.

Stephen Miller at crossroads in Trump admin after he 'backpedaled' on key issue: report #RawStory

#TuckFrump (@realtuckfrumper.bsky.social) 2026-04-05T21:58:41.000Z

https://www.rawstory.com/stephen-miller-2676667670/

One of President Donald Trump's fiercest allies in his administration faces a crossroads after he was forced to backpedal on a key issue, according to a new report.

The New York Times reported on Sunday that Stephen Miller, Trump's deputy chief of staff for policy, is facing questions about how he can continue to drive the Trump administration's hard-line approach to enforcing immigration law, given the waning appetite of the Republican Party and the American public over the brutal images of immigrants being forcibly detained by federal agents.

Miller has been a key architect of the Trump administration's immigration policies, and at one time seemed to be telling federal agents to "Push the limits" when it comes to the tactics they use to deport people, according to the report.

"Eight months later, Mr. Miller did something startling — he backpedaled," the report added.

"Now, Mr. Miller, 40, one of the most influential presidential advisers in recent memory and an unabashed champion of Mr. Trump’s hard-line immigrant crackdown, is at a crossroads," it continued. "He faces questions about how aggressively he can continue to drive the deportation campaign, and how much appetite his party and the country have for tactics that proved successful in helping to boost arrests of immigrants but reignited a polarizing debate over what it means to be American."

Blue_Roses

(13,889 posts)
14. His wife is expecting their
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 07:28 PM
6 hrs ago

fourth child. Makes me cringe to think of what they are teaching their kids.

2naSalit

(102,908 posts)
15. That fucker needs...
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 07:29 PM
6 hrs ago

To be looking over his shoulder in fear for the rest of his miserable fucking life whether it's behind bars or outside prison walls.

calimary

(90,119 posts)
17. Oh you REALLY think you can hide from what you've done, Donald?
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 08:04 PM
5 hrs ago

Whatza matter, Mr. Miller? Starting to - um - “feel the heat” (so to speak)?

God sees you no matter where you try to hide. And enough of us will watch and note wherever it is that you try to hide from what I strongly suspect is a profound punishment-in-waiting. Either here OR in the Afterlife. Or probably more like BOTH.

For you, there is AND WILL BE no escape.

Mblaze

(1,052 posts)
18. But now Trump wants to import immigrants to help out hurting farmers
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 08:07 PM
5 hrs ago

Imagine if Miller had just left well enough alone. In fact, imagine if Republicans had done nothing but continue Biden's momentum. America would be much happier now except for a few zealous MAGAs and li'l Stevie Miller.

purr-rat beauty

(1,266 posts)
24. None of them should go missing
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 08:56 PM
5 hrs ago

We need to keep eyes on these assholes and hold them fucking accountable to the fullest extent of the law.

Dulcinea

(10,115 posts)
26. He has the cold, dead eyes of a serial killer.
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 09:26 PM
4 hrs ago

"Wildly unpopular?" That's one way to put it. He's loathsome.

JBTaurus83

(1,424 posts)
27. He has to be
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 09:40 PM
4 hrs ago

One of the most hideous people I’ve seen. The outside matches the inside.

Buddyzbuddy

(2,661 posts)
28. Too little too late.
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 09:48 PM
4 hrs ago

Other than the Felon, he is the face of this Administration and will remain so until his end of life. Unfortunately for him, the Felon will very soon be gone.
And that will leave him for the rest of us to focus on.

There is absolutely nothing that could happen to him that would elicit one iota of sympathy from me. Any suffering could only be enhanced by the length of time he would have to endure it.

BTW, the suffering I speak of doesn't require it to be physical. There are many forms of agony.

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