The present view of many liberals seems to be that restrictionists can eventually be steamrolled — that the same ethnic transformations that have made white anxiety acute will eventually bury white-identity politics with sheer multiethnic numbers.
.. Especially since last week, Trump and Miller actually made an interesting offer: an amnesty and even a path to citizenship for DACA recipients and other Dreamers, more generous than what many restrictionists favor and with no promise of the new E-Verify enforcements conservatives often seek, in return for a shift (over many years) to a skills-based policy and a somewhat lower immigration rate.
If you’re committed to the view that restrictionists can and must be steamrolled, you’ll respond to this offer the way many Democrats have — call it a “white supremacist ransom note,” punt on policy, and use the issue to rally your base in 2018.
But if you think that lasting deals are forged when all sides are represented, you might consider making a counteroffer: for instance, the same rough blueprint but with more green cards for skilled immigrants, so that Miller gets his cuts to low-skilled immigration but the overall rate stays closer to the status quo.
.. But a bargain that actually reflects the shape of public opinion, not just the elite consensus, can only happen with someone like Stephen Miller at the table.
Stephen Miller, the Young Man With Trump’s Ear
President Trump’s 32-year-old senior adviser has gained attention for his hard-line stances in support of the president. Glenn Thrush takes a look at Mr. Miller, from his days as a young conservative to his current role in the White House.
With Bannon Out, Trump’s Inner Circle Reduced To One Jew, Two Bimbos, A Cyborg, And A Bible Beater
the five people closest to the president do not inspire confidence, they trigger fear.
- Jared Kushner.
- Ivanka Trump
- .. Thinks she and Chief of Staff John Kelly are working alongside each other on behalf of the American people (former Marine Corps general disagrees).
- Kellyanne Conway.
- Stephen Miller.
- Mike Pence. Vice-president with aspirations.
- .. who Trump trusts to be more hated than he is, thereby guaranteeing that the president will never be assassinated.
Bob Mueller has an unreleased Trump letter about firing James B. Comey. Here’s why that’s big.
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.. Which brings us to that letter. According to The Post reporters, who were briefed on its contents, it doesn’t dwell on Russia, but it does express concern Comey wouldn’t say publicly Trump himself wasn’t under investigation.
.. The letter was drafted with top White House adviser Stephen Miller, a former Senate aide to now-Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Miller has been among the most controversial and ideologically extreme members of the White House staff
.. We also know the letter was multiple pages — suggesting plenty to pick apart — and aides cautioned Trump against at least some of its contents. The Times reports White House counsel Don McGahn believed the letter was “problematic.”