Trump Double- Downs on Election Rejection: Promotes Stephen Miller

By Jeralyn, Section Trump Administration
Posted on Fri Nov 06, 2026 at 08:57:09 PM EST
Tags: Stephen Miller, Midterms (all tags)

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Donald Trump is either tone-deaf or truly hates America. He has promoted Stephen Miller to be his Chief of Staff , as the current holder of that position, Susie Wiles, is sent to the sidelines.

Trump knows the election results are a reflection of his unpopularity with voters and their rejection of his policies. So why is he doubling-down with Miller, who is the architect of Trump's most objectionable policies?

Miller, of course, is ecstatic, because now he gets to spend even more time with his cabal of right wing lawyers drafting executive orders to enact policies the rest of us find abhorrent. Get ready for the deluge.[More...]

I think my favorite article on Miller is the one his uncle, retired neuropsychologist David Glosser, wrote in 2018 in Politico. I wrote up a summary at the time here.

Trump and Miller will have two more years to wreak mayhem at the executive level. Some of their damage can be undone by the next President who can repeal his Executive Orders. One thing that won't be undone: Their appointment of life-time federal judges and most likely, at least one more Supreme Court Justice.

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They just made (none / 0) (#1)
by Chuck0 on Sat Nov 07, 2026 at 12:23:15 PM EST

Voldemort the dean of Hogwarts.

: Trump seems (none / 0) (#3)
by KeysDan on Sat Nov 07, 2026 at 03:36:27 PM EST

to be giving the American people the finger. No lame duck as he sees himself---hostility, anger and contempt to be served up for an electorate that did not recognize his wonderfulness. Democrats will have a heavy lift-the simultaneous and interconnected good governance that addresses the glaringly apparent damage inflicted on the country and aggressively holding Trump and his minions to account for their corruption and thievery.

I don't agree that the appointment of another (none / 0) (#2)
by Peter G on Sat Nov 07, 2026 at 02:57:44 PM EST

right-wing SCOTUS justice is now "likely." It appears that neither Alito nor Thomas is willing to resign/retire immediately, so as to create a vacancy during the Lame Duck, and after that I don't see the newly elected Senate approving any nominee that Tr*mp would put forward in the next two years, in the event a vacancy should arise during that time.