What happened between 10AM, when Trump told Sen. Graham he'd compromise on immigration, and noon, when he raged about "shithole" countries? Simple: he talked to a white supremacist by the name of Stephen Miller.
And what came out of that talk was a *racist* immigration policy.
And what came out of that talk was a *racist* immigration policy.
2/ That Trump talked to Miller between 10AM and noon has already been widely reported, and that Trump adopts the viewpoint of whoever speaks to him last (whatever that viewpoint is) has also been reported. So there is *no* mystery behind Trump's racist tirade in the White House.
3/ And I realize this opens me to the claim that I try to tie everything to Russia, but frankly whenever one is discussing Stephen Miller it's never a bad thing to note that he also wrote Donald Trump's first foreign policy speech (delivered at the Mayflower Hotel in April 2016).
4/ He also was instrumental in the firing of Jim Comey and the cover-up thereafter.
All this is my not-so-subtle way of saying that he will end up in front of a Mueller grand jury eventually.
Which underscores that Trump can't get rid of him and perhaps must even appease him.
All this is my not-so-subtle way of saying that he will end up in front of a Mueller grand jury eventually.
Which underscores that Trump can't get rid of him and perhaps must even appease him.
5/ And don't forget that Miller recently went on CNN to dramatically defend Trump on anything and everything and call him a "political genius."
Jake Tapper may not have realized at the time that Miller was not just sucking up but ensuring his continued power in the White House.
Jake Tapper may not have realized at the time that Miller was not just sucking up but ensuring his continued power in the White House.
