Trump’s most controversial aide begins his first day as White House chief of staff
Stephen Miller, the influential architect of Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration crackdown , is due to start as White House chief of staff today. His promotion has horrified many, handing even more power to the president’s most controversial aide.
The 41-year-old has been with Trump since the beginning of the US president’s political career – serving as a speechwriter during his 2016 presidential campaign – and has long been seen as a hardliner on the right, serving as the driving force behind first-term Trump policies such as family separation at the US-Mexico border and the travel ban on people from many Muslim-majority countries.
