Ashley Parker

And if it means shattering democratic norms, he's more than happy to bulldoze through them.

But that's sort of an inadvertent...

symptom, not the end goal.

Yeah, thank you.

Everyone around the president knows that when a directive comes from Stephen Miller, they view it as coming from the president directly.

He's incredibly powerful.

Steve Bannon and other people jokingly call him the prime minister.

And I think the public in general, especially from the first term, associates Stephen Miller with Trump's hardline immigration policies.

And that's certainly true.

He has a

big, big hand in immigration.

But one thing we were trying to capture with this profile is that immigration is not the only thing that Stephen Miller has his hands in, and not just hands, but has a major, major role on everything from immigration to homeland security to law enforcement in our nation's streets to foreign policy.

to trade, and even to education.

And a lot of the controversial policies coming out of the administration are either being dreamed up by Stephen Miller or executed by Stephen Miller.

So Stephen Miller, one thing he's very clear about is that he views his job as taking what President Trump wants to do and executing it ruthlessly and urgently.

And what's interesting is there are areas where Stephen, and Trump has joked about this in public, is far more extreme than even President Trump.

And so Stephen behind the scenes will very vigorously argue his case against

make his points, make his pitch.

But once Trump has decided something, he's not like some of the people, especially in the first term, right, who would tell Trump all the reasons he can't do it or why it's the wrong thing or try to quietly undermine him.

Once Donald Trump has decided what he wants to do,