White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller became increasingly frustrated during an appearance on CNN, in which he stood by the Trump administration’s work to downsize federal spending with the Department of Government Efficiency.
Miller defended President Donald Trump‘s appointment of advisers, including himself and DOGE head Elon Musk, to work within the government, arguing this is “how democracy works” in that people vote for a president who then recruits people to serve on his staff. When pressed by CNN’s Brianna Keilar on why the Trump administration had rescinded the termination of hundreds of National Nuclear Security Administration employees, Miller chuckled, stating that a temporary interruption in federal employment is “a great crisis” for CNN. He noted that voters, meanwhile, are experiencing a government “finally” delivering accountability.
