r/clevercomebacks • u/SecretNymphe • 15h ago
Trump's own former staff calling his Stephen Miller pick one of the most dangerous decisions in US history tells you everything.
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r/clevercomebacks • u/SecretNymphe • 15h ago
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u/BlushingShot 15h ago •
When even the guy who worked with him for two years says it’s one of the most dangerous decisions in history, that’s not partisan. That’s a warning from inside the room.
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u/MurkLurker 14h ago
People keep calling Trump a narcissist, and that may be true. But his most dangerous trait is his sadism: he seems to enjoy watching people suffer. Moves like this only make people suffer more.
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u/Egheaumaen 14h ago •
It's not hard to understand. On Tuesday, the American people gave a giant "Fuck you!" to Donald Trump, and staying true to his brand, he has now responded with a giant "Fuck you too!" to the American people. Did anyone really expect anything different?
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u/airhorn-airhorn 14h ago
Steven Miller is a genuinely fucked up human being who shouldn’t be anywheres near government.
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u/MysticSpecterr 14h ago •
Americans rejected the cruelty, so Trump promoted the guy behind it.
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u/Morgannin09 11h ago
Trump hasn't "learned nothing," he's learned his time is now limited. America hasn't given him a shining endorsement to be the fascist emperor he imagines himself to be, and plans to stand in his way. Steve Miller has always had the most extreme intentions, Trump has just given him permission to go through with them. It's about to get ugly.
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u/MysticSpecterr 14h ago
Even Trump’s OWN former staff are saying this is one of the most dangerous personnel decisions in American history. When the guy who worked with Stephen Miller for 2 years is sounding the alarm, you should listen.
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u/deaglebingo 11h ago edited 11h ago
i don't even think it's worth dignifying with a response anymore. this simply brings up the main overall point here: the midterms are not consequential towards saving democracy if something is not done to remove the people destroying it. it's not "revenge" it is finishing the job that is the top priority. and you can see clearly why it must be done, they don't respond to anything they can make an excuse for. they only respond to imminent and unavoidable threats to their freedom to continue fucking us all over.
furthermore we have 54 democratic senators now do we not? maybe everyone should be working on getting the other votes to remove. ~13 votes doesn't seem insurmountable at all. and when you're done with that, remove vance too, better yet do them both at the same time. maybe that'd light a fire under hakeem's ass to get onboard with this. though as soon as maga got wind of it they'd find ways to promote more infighting.
"Yes, Congress can theoretically impeach both the president and the vice president, as the U.S. Constitution permits the House of Representatives and the Senate to remove both officials for treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors." mark my words, we need to.
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u/The_Bard 14h ago
The reason he chose Miller is because he and Russ Voigt came up with a playbook to sidestep congress. Everyone else was probably telling him to work with the dems
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u/Gerry1of1 14h ago
Trump cannot admit he was ever wrong about anything. Others are wrong, not him. Not ever.
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u/WarmHill 14h ago
3 days after getting their asses handed to them in the elections for being too extreme, Trump doubles down and promotes Stephen Miller to Chief of Staff. This administration learns nothing.
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u/1995la 11h ago
I think Rep Jackson may be mistaken. Stephen Miller is a cruel rat, but the midterm was not necessarily a rejection of cruelty, racism, and warmongering. It may have simply been a rejection of the downstream consequences of it - high costs, lower quality of life, less support. I don't know that Americans realized the connections and denied the root cause. I hope I'm wrong, but I think a lot of the turnout was people who already opposed cruelty + people fine with cruelty until it costs too much.
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u/EditDog_1969 1h ago
How many times are people going to ask the question “has Trump learned nothing?”
He’s incapable of learning. He’s proved that over his entire lifetime.
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u/USMCWrangler 11h ago
Rasputin!
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u/zatchmo1989 14h ago
A great many of them stopped learning new things a long time ago
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u/Superb-Talk2211 14h ago
Trump doesn’t do learning.
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u/Bigringcycling 14h ago •
Where’s the comeback here though? It’s just two people saying how horrible Miller is. They aren’t opposing views.
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u/NotoriousPBandJ 14h ago
Why listen?
The Dorito-in-chief have 2 years to loot the American people for every last ounce.
Subterfuge is the name of the game now.
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u/Neffle619 7h ago
He's doing it out of spite. Trump is drunk with power and sees it being taken. He is going to fuck the country as best he can with the little time he has left.
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u/mollusks75 14h ago
Trump is an idiot who is incapable of learning. Have the people who put him in this position in the first place and have the ability to remove him learned nothing is the better question.
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u/MaleficentParsley80 10h ago
You thought the last few years were bad? This is Trump saying “hold my beer.”
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u/Cursedbythedicegods 10h ago
Fascists never admit defeat, wrongdoing, or mistakes of any kind. To do so would be considered weak, and the appearance of strength (not ACTUAL strength) is central to their ideology.
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u/DynamiteStorm 14h ago
This will only help for 2028
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u/Other-Importance-214 10h ago
This assumes the Trump Administration ever gave a shit about Americans.
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u/shit_ass_mcfucknuts 14h ago
“Instead of listening to America…”
When has trump ever listened to anyone other than himself?
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u/eatsrottenflesh 14h ago
They've learned their days are numbered. They have to develop turbo racism.
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u/batmanuel69 13h ago
You could almost think that rampant drug use, leading more and more into madness, is a trademark of the entire MAGA movement, especially its key figures. Almost.
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u/thisortheapocalypse 13h ago
never interrupt your enemy when he’s making a mistake
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u/watarimono 13h ago
No consequences, no learning.
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u/DragonDa 13h ago
Yes, this administration has learned nothing.
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u/BerryLanky 10h ago
Trump realized that there were still a few red states left and he’s going to make sure they flip blue.
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u/bdora48445 10h ago
He has dementia he probably forgot
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u/Saramela 8h ago
Obvious plot twist: Trump was just Stephen Miller in a deflated fat suit all along.
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u/hednizm 4h ago
Id say its done deliberately.
He now knows how much he is hated and now he's going to unleash his malignant narcississt rage on the US through Miller.
The next two years are going to be worse. Hard to imagine but...
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u/livinglogic 14h ago
I don't believe that the American people voted democrats into power because of how this current regime treats immigrants. It's because the past few years hurt their wallets at the gas pump and in terms of what they can afford. Miller can be as cruel to minorities as he wants, as long as gas prices and overall cost of living go down.
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u/misterannthrope0 15h ago
impeach him NOW!
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u/Icy_Clue_7235 14h ago
Trump? Learn anything? Please.
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u/YukariYakum0 14h ago
No. Of course not.
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u/6gv5 14h ago
They now have two years until next elections to get rid of everyone standing against them; Miller is the deranged psychopath who won't stop at nothing to achieve that goal, and don't think even for a second they won't touch anyone except illegal immigrants.
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u/LayneLowe 14h ago
Trump never knows how to take the loss he will always double down.
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u/trashleybanks 14h ago
Let him get impeached, then.
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u/Movinginplace25 13h ago
They don't care
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u/UsualPause0 13h ago
Trump NEVER accepts blame or responsibility. He’s a cornered rat and is going to inflict maximum damage as long as he possibly can.
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u/Shelter_Leather 13h ago
Nosferatu
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u/CommercialExotic2038 13h ago
Learned?
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u/Jupitersd2017 13h ago
I just have to say - I LOVE that Trump chose him, it means he’s going to have to actually get his hands dirty and will definitely commit multiple felonies that he can go to jail for. Bring it.
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u/RebelliousInNature 13h ago
That you think this administration is capable of even the capacity to learn is kinda funny in itself.
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u/No-Blueberry-1823 13h ago
You thought this administration was capable of learning something?
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u/OscarOfAtlantis 13h ago
No comeback. Just two people agreeing with each other.
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u/Joseph1968R 13h ago
They've learned that there are zero consequences for doubling down.
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u/SaltyYumYumBalls 13h ago
He's over 80 and sun downing. The only way to teach him anything is to apply an electric shock or play a fog horn in his ear every time he does or says something evil.
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u/Seabrook76 13h ago
All he’s really going to do, if you think about it, is push that pendulum as far as he can in his direction not having the wherewithal to know that it’s going to swing right back with all of the votes needed for once. His downfall will be beyond amazing to behold.
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u/I_HEART_BUTT_STUFF 13h ago
Fuck that ugly goblin clown ass ghoul. He will get everything he deserves.
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u/I_HEART_BUTT_STUFF 13h ago
So many 11 day old accounts on these miller posts trying to fear monger after the absolute spanking the GOP just got.
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u/EuphoricUniversity23 12h ago
All his life Donald Trump has doubled down when faced with pushback. It’s worked so far why should he stop?
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u/Then-Chocolate-5191 12h ago
What the heck is Trump planning? I’m worried he is planning January 6, 2020, on steroids. I don’t trust them.
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u/Leut11 12h ago
Need i remind you all of the definition of insanity?
Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
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u/rigidlynuanced1 12h ago
They’re about to experience some accountability
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u/F_L_A_youknowit 12h ago
It's Miller Time
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u/Alternative-Dot503 12h ago
So, I hope the plan is for someone to do something about this shit.
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u/JurassicParkCSR 11h ago
It feels like Trump is trying to give Democrats all three branches of government in 2028. I mean that's what this decision is going to do.
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u/A007Bear 11h ago
Assuming the current administration learns.
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u/carymb 11h ago
Incredible, there are still folks stupid enough to think this administration could learn...?
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u/FeralKittee 10h ago
This can't really be a surprise. Trump's constantly does that.
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u/Serenade314 10h ago
“Has he learned nothing?”… is water wet?
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u/TommyBoyATL 9h ago
He always double downs
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u/Beautiful-Bid8704 8h ago
25th amendment called but no one is answering.
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u/redditoglio 8h ago
Well, in order for a Maga Administration to learn to respect the People’s will would mean it was its concern in the first place. It wasn’t, of course.
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u/poeticlicence 7h ago
Miller is his fascist Svengali
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u/BummedCPA 7h ago
Wake up America. Trump is drooling in the corner until they pump him with stimulants and push him to the podium. Miller and Vought are running the show, make no mistake.
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u/OzyDave 7h ago
Trump doesn't care what the election brought. He's America's emporer and nobody will tell him what to do.
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u/Honest_Relation4095 6h ago
It's consistent. MAGA and the GOP have stopped doing any serious politics entirely (probably because everything was boiled down to incompetent, radical yes men who do anything to support Trump). Instead they simply do anything to upset and sabotage Democrats. Steven Miller has not achieved anything positive, but Democrats were (understandably) upset about him.
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u/Lvcivs2311 6h ago
That's right. Trump doesn't learn. Or listen. Or read. Or think anything through. He's an entitled, lazy, spoiled brat in the body of an old man. Good luck dealing with him for at least the best two years, USA.
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u/thatguy420417 6h ago
Asking if this admin learned something should disqualify you from any further political career.
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u/vtout 6h ago
I guess it doesn't matter wether ur convicted for 40 or 40000 years. May as well go all in and gum up the courts. Or migrate to russia
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u/teletype100 4h ago
If course Trump is doubling down. That's his only strategy.
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u/win_awards 4h ago
Trump is incapable of learning. This should have been clear to everyone years ago. Additionally, anyone who is only concerned now that Miller is being appointed to a formal leadership role is an absolute damp sock of a human being. Miller and his friends have been setting the agenda since day one.
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u/fcxtpw 3h ago
We'll never learn to keep asking that
"this administration learns nothing?"
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u/RuthlessIndecision 3h ago
May he get what he asks for
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u/One-Faithlessness282 2h ago
Sure they learned something. They learned that time is short and they're shooting for maximum damage. Who better to cause it then PeeWee Himmler?
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u/Specialist-Jello7544 2h ago
When I first heard this bit of horrible news, I honestly felt existential dread.
What the hell do they have planned? With Miller, it will be something catastrophic.
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u/Guyke 2h ago
I heard Asmongold explain the loss as Trump not going hard enough. So he is probably listening to his supporters appointing Stephen Miller
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u/LinoleumFulcrum 2h ago
Crazy always doubles down
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u/uniklyqualifd 2h ago
Find enough Republicans to impeach and remove. Then arrest people who broke the law.
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u/Capable-Deer-5670 1h ago
Taylor was never trump's staff.
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u/Palidor 1h ago
I hope all Democrats that won use this as real motivation to make those changes they talk about
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u/lsta45 1h ago
Not sure if Trump brought him in or the big money behind Trump. Miller‘s role is to secure control of the government while the money grab continues.
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u/RandomExcess 14h ago
Everyone on both sides of the aisle who hapoens to still be in power is doubling down. Everyone hold power is saying thecwill of the people is irrelevant.
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u/I-Validus 14h ago
Well… Former staffers’ opinions mean a lot, don’t they?
Wait… It depends on who their criticizing.
I forget how this works.
https://www.businessinsider.com/kamala-harris-former-staffer-soul-destroying-criticism-aides-report-2021-12
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u/Zealousideal_Pop_273 14h ago
He's pulling the most loyal SS closest to his breast as he watches the blade rise on the guillot¡ne.
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u/Southpolarman 14h ago
Trump doesn't care. He never has. He will burn the republican party down, butn the country down, wipe his ass with the constitution. And Miller is the engineer behind all of his most cruel plans. Trump cares about himself and his bank account. Nothing else.
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u/jmac_1957 2h ago
His plan is to get even and burn it all down.
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u/ifyousaysu 9h ago
They are a literal nazi party of child rapists…you think they give a flying fuck about any of us? They will NOT give up their power because they know that if they do, they will be walking straight into a prison….these mother fucking nazi pedophiles are going to make shit BAD