Stephen Miller (Policy Advisor)

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Stephen Miller (2016)

Stephen Miller (born August 23, 1985 in Santa Monica , California ) is Donald Trump's Senior Advisor to the President of the United States, one of the closest advisers to the President of the United States and also his speechwriter. Miller had a decisive influence on Trump's election campaign for the 2016 presidential election . Earlier, as was quite extreme force Miller u. a. Advisor to US Attorney General Jeff Sessions .

Life

Stephen Miller, who came from a liberal Jewish family - with maternal roots in Belarus - grew up in Santa Monica. Miller first attended Santa Monica High School . He regularly complained about his liberal high school on local radio , and railed against political correctness in newspaper columns . He criticized the issue of condoms to minors, the approval of a club for homosexuals and what he saw as the negligent use of the Pledge of Allegiance , the customary oath of allegiance to the nation and flag in US schools. After finishing school, Miller studied political science at Duke University in North Carolina and graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2007 . In an article for a student newspaper, Miller described himself as "a staunch conservative who feels it is his duty to stand up to the left . "

David Horowitz (* 1939), also the arch-conservative founder of Students for Academic Freedom , has been Miller's political mentor since his school and university days . During his studies and the time they spent together in a conservative student organization, Miller's friendship with Richard B. Spencer , the publicist and founder of the right-wing national movement Alt-Right, began, which continues to this day .

After graduating from university, Miller went to Washington, DC. There he initially worked as a press officer for the Republican MP Michele Bachmann , which was closely related to the ultra-conservative tea party movement at the time . Hardline Senator then hired Jeff Sessions Miller to be his communications director. As Sessions' advisor, Miller fought against a relaxation of immigration laws and warned of the dangers of radical Islam . In addition, he dealt with the deficits denounced by Sessions of the Republican Party in communication with American workers.

Adviser to Donald Trump

In January 2016 Miller joined Donald Trump's campaign team as Senior Policy Advisor . In addition, Miller was Chief Speech Writer ( speechwriter ) during Trumps election campaign in the US presidential election campaign in 2016. According to Trump played Miller in the campaign a "central and far-reaching role" . In August 2016 Miller was Trump in addition to the head of the Economic Council ( Economic Advisory Council appointed) Trumps election campaign. In December 2016 Miller was finally appointed Senior Advisor to the President of the United States alongside Jared Kushner . Among other things, Miller wrote the controversial and dystopian speech for Donald Trump's inauguration on January 20, 2017 with Trump adviser Steve Bannon .

Critics accuse Miller, among other things, of "Trump's flamethrower", "Trump's fire accelerator" and "the man behind Trump's rhetoric" to be; he brings "the hatred in Trump's speeches". In November 2019, the Southern Poverty Law Center released an analysis of Miller's emails documenting his racism.

MPs like Ilhan Omar and Jackie Speier then called on the President to fire Miller.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Wolff , Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House , pp. 64–65, Henry Holt and Co., 2018, ISBN 978-1250158062
  2. ↑ Rob Eshman: Stephen Miller, meet your immigrant great-grandfather ( English ) The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles . August 10, 2016. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
  3. ^ A b Daniel C. Schmidt: Speechwriter of the President - Trump's Flamethrower. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . January 19, 2017, accessed February 10, 2017 .
  4. ↑ a b c Jill Colvin: Speechwriter Stephen Miller: The man behind Trump's rhetoric. (No longer available online.) Associated Press / heute.de , January 19, 2017, archived from the original on February 4, 2017 ; accessed on February 17, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.heute.de
  5. ↑ Julia Ioffe : The Believer. In: Politico . June 27, 2016, accessed February 17, 2017 .
  6. ↑ a b c d Who Is Stephen Miller, the Jewish Adviser Behind Trump's 'American Carnage'? In: Haaretz . January 23, 2017, accessed February 17, 2017 .
  7. ↑ a b Joseph Hausner: Stephen Miller - Trump's fire accelerator - The man behind Donald's speeches. In: Focus Online . January 20, 2017. Retrieved February 17, 2017 .
  8. ↑ Dan Marica: White House policy director: From campaign hype-man to Oval Office influence. In: CNN . February 1, 2017, accessed February 17, 2017 .
  9. ^ Robert Costa: Top Sessions aide joins Trump campaign. In: The Washington Post . January 25, 2016, accessed February 20, 2017 .
  10. ^ Jim Tankersley: Donald Trump's new team of billionaire advisers could threaten his populist message. In: The Washington Post . August 5, 2016, accessed February 17, 2017 .
  11. ^ David A. Graham: Alternative Facts - The Needless Lies of the Trump Administration. In: The Atlantic . January 22, 2017, accessed February 17, 2017 .
  12. ↑ Chloe Farand: Donald Trump did not write his inauguration speech, White House admits. In: The Independent . January 22, 2017, accessed February 17, 2017 .
  13. ↑ Thorsten Denkler: Stephen Miller brings hatred into Trump's speeches. In: sueddeutsche.de . June 11, 2017. Retrieved November 24, 2018 .
  14. ↑ https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/11/12/stephen-millers-affinity-white-nationalism-revealed-leaked-emails
personal data
SURNAME Miller, Stephen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American political advisor and speechwriter
DATE OF BIRTH 23rd August 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Santa Monica , California