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How Stephen Miller is running Trump’s effort to take over D.C.
The Washington Post ^ | Updated September 5, 2025 at 9:40 a.m. EDT | Emily Davies and Natalie Allison

Posted on 09/05/2025 3:45:00 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

The deputy White House chief of staff has emerged as a key enforcer of the D.C. operation in the month since Trump federalized the local police department.

From the head of the conference table in the White House’s Roosevelt Room, Stephen Miller was in the weeds of President Donald Trump’s takeover of policing in the nation’s capital.

The White House deputy chief of staff wanted to know where exactly groups of law enforcement officers would be deployed. He declared that cleaning up D.C. was one of Trump’s most important domestic policy issues and that Miller himself planned to be involved for a long time.

Miller’s remarks were described to The Washington Post by two people with knowledge of the meeting who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal White House business. The result is a behind-the-scenes glimpse of one of Trump’s most trusted aides in action, someone who has emerged as a key enforcer of the D.C. operation in the month since Trump federalized the local police department and deployed thousands of National Guard troops to patrol city streets. While widely seen as a vocal proponent for the president’s push on immigration and law and order, Miller’s actions reveal how much he is actually driving that agenda inside the White House.

“It’s his thing,” one White House official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss personnel matters. "Security, crime, law enforcement — it’s his wheelhouse.”

Miller’s team provides an updated report each morning on the arrests made the night before to staff from the White House, Justice Department and Department of Homeland Security, among others. The readouts include a breakdown of how many of those arrested are undocumented immigrants.

He has also led weekly meetings in the Roosevelt Room with his staff and members of the D.C...

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: crime; dc

1 posted on 09/05/2025 3:45:00 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The WaPo knows have to run ANY part of a Trump Gov’t?


2 posted on 09/05/2025 3:48:39 PM PDT by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The WaPo knows how to run ANY part of a Trump Gov’t?


3 posted on 09/05/2025 3:48:52 PM PDT by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Unnamed sources are reliable when the WaPo says so. Not reliable when they say otherwise.


4 posted on 09/05/2025 3:52:37 PM PDT by ChessExpert (Infidels of the world unite against the evil that is Islam.)
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To: Paladin2

Both posts failed, but I know what you’re trying to say.


5 posted on 09/05/2025 3:53:29 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

If he was acting like it would never go back to civillian rule, one could argue it.

But hes not. Its like Iraq. Come in, deal with bad stuff they can’t/won’t, stabilize it, then work with them to eventually have it all under their control and still be effective.


6 posted on 09/05/2025 3:56:58 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Trump is Robinhood. He is “legally” taking from the rich and giving the opportunity to the people. We have our own oligarchs and unlike the Russians we don’t kill them.


7 posted on 09/05/2025 3:59:53 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (TDS much?)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Bkmk


8 posted on 09/05/2025 4:12:42 PM PDT by sauropod
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I, and the Constitution, support this.


9 posted on 09/05/2025 4:14:58 PM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Emily and Natalie, The Washington Compost authors of this screed, are simply trying to appease their loony editors, get a paycheck, and rush to their local bistro to obtain the fawning approval of their fellow travelers.


10 posted on 09/05/2025 4:20:03 PM PDT by BrexitBen
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

According to “two people with knowledge of the meeting who spoke on the condition of anonymity.”


11 posted on 09/05/2025 5:16:10 PM PDT by rwa265
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To: rwa265
According to “two people with knowledge of the meeting who spoke on the condition of anonymity.”

Can you be a little more vague?

12 posted on 09/05/2025 5:20:15 PM PDT by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

LOL. Miller lives rent free in the heads of the WaPo. He communicates the MAGA message better than anyone.


13 posted on 09/05/2025 5:22:40 PM PDT by kabar ( )
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To: ChessExpert

So unreliable. Sophomoric journalism.


14 posted on 09/05/2025 6:47:53 PM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: Secret Agent Man

Miller should be working on retroceding the land back to Maryland along with the inhabitants. Democrats will absolutely steal 2 senate seats as soon as they return to power, if this isn’t done.


15 posted on 09/05/2025 9:00:02 PM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves.)
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To: HIDEK6

According to tweedledee and tweedledum.


16 posted on 09/06/2025 3:56:53 AM PDT by rwa265
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To: Sgt_Schultze
retroceding the land back to Maryland along with the inhabitants.

Can you explain what that means?

17 posted on 09/06/2025 9:20:49 AM PDT by Lizavetta
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To: Lizavetta

At the founding, DC was created as a 100 sq mile independent enclave. Both Virginia and Maryland donated the land for this purpose. In 1847, all the Virginia land was sent back to that commonwealth (retrocession). Now DC exists entirely on land donated by Maryland and leftists are hankering to make it a full state, with a single Representative and 2 Senators. Sending the inhabited areas back to Maryland, and making those inhabitants into Marylanders stops the democrat ability to manufacture a new state, and stealing the Senate.


18 posted on 09/06/2025 1:06:51 PM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves.)
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To: Sgt_Schultze

Thank you.


19 posted on 09/06/2025 1:30:22 PM PDT by Lizavetta
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