{"id":336850,"date":"2026-03-09T11:47:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T11:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/336850\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T11:47:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T11:47:13","slug":"stephen-miller-a-big-problem-for-trump-administration-says-republican-senator-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/336850\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Miller a \u2018big problem\u2019 for Trump administration, says Republican senator \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

Republican senator Thom Tillis has said he believes White House adviser Stephen Miller \u201cshould go\u201d and his role in the Trump<\/a> administration has been a \u201cbig problem\u201d.<\/p>\n

The senior senator representing North Carolina, when asked on CNN\u2019s State of the Union if he thinks Miller should go, during a conversation about the administration\u2019s immigration crackdown, responded to host Jake Tapper stating: \u201cOh, of course I do.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is not worried about substance. He\u2019s more worried about form, but I also think that he has an outsized influence over the operations of the cabinet. And I believe we\u2019ve got qualified cabinet members there that sometimes are doing less than what they want to, because of his direction and his outsized influence. He\u2019s a big problem in this administration. He has been from the beginning,\u201d said Tillis.<\/p>\n

Tillis affirmed support for department of homeland security secretary pick Markwayne Mullin to replace Kristi Noem<\/a>, claiming he believes Mullin will be independent from Miller\u2019s influence, even though Mullin repeated similar falsehoods about the killings by federal agents of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.<\/p>\n

[\u00a0Kristi Noem falls from grace after disastrous handling of Trump\u2019s immigration policyOpens in new window<\/a>\u00a0]<\/p>\n

\"KristiKristi Noem, president Donald Trump and Stephen Miller, in Washington, Oct. 23, 2025. Photograph: Doug Mills\/The New York Times <\/p>\n

\u201cIt gives me pause that you had people like Stephen Miller calling the shots,\u201d Tillis added. \u201cIt was Stephen Miller who said it was the position of the United States that we should go after Greenland. And Stephen Miller, that\u2019s been repeatedly responsible for embarrassments for the President of the United States by acting too quickly, speaking first and thinking later.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tillis, who is not seeking re-election this year, was the first Republican to call for the resignation or firing of department of homeland security secretary Noem.<\/p>\n

Though Tillis is optimistic about the replacement of Noem with Mullin, his colleague in the Senate, Democratic leaders are pushing for further reforms.<\/p>\n

The House minority leader, Hakeem Jeffries, said on NBC\u2019s Meet the Press with Kristen Welker that the leadership change is not enough to reopen the government in starting to fund the department of homeland security again.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we want is a situation where Ice is actually conducting itself like every other law enforcement agency in the country as opposed to using taxpayer dollars to brutalise or in some cases kill American citizens,\u201d Jeffries said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we need is a change in policy, not simply a change in personnel,\u201d he added. \u201cNow, Kristi Noem was a disgrace. She was totally unqualified … She called American citizens domestic terrorists without any justification whatsoever. But we need dramatic, bold, meaningful and transformational changes to get Ice under control.\u201d \u2013 Guardian<\/p>\n

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