US wormtongue suggests Trump has dictator-like powers

In a bizarre CNN interview, Donald Trump’s very own wormtongue seemed to malfunction after suggesting his boss has dictator-like powers:

Stephen Miller didn’t glitch. He said “plenary authority” and whoever was in his ear told him to STFU because he said too much and he froze like a deer in headlights. pic.twitter.com/peKvWiYFyd

— Jamie Bonkiewicz (@JamieBonkiewicz) October 7, 2025

People are now speculating that Miller accidentally gave the game away.

America’s Hitler?

In 2016, a prominent American politician said:

I go back and forth between thinking Trump is a cynical asshole like Nixon who wouldn’t be that bad (and might even prove useful) or that he’s America’s Hitler

That politician was JD Vance, who currently serves as Trump’s vice president. Vance potentially had a change of heart, but we suspect he’s just one of many politicians and billionaires who see the orange terror as a useful vehicle for their own agenda.

Another person who no doubt views Trump as a useful vehicle is Stephen Miller. The Guardian described Miller as “the long-term architect of Trump’s years-long effort to reinvent US immigration policy”; Common Cause described him as someone with “white nationalist sympathies” who uses “cruelty-as-politics tactics”. AOC, meanwhile, described him as a “clown”:

I cannot believe they aired this and made him listen to it live 😂 I am crying https://t.co/yme8ZeRGO3

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) October 7, 2025

In the video at the top, Miller froze after claiming Trump has “plenary authority”. In America, there is supposed to be a segregation of powers between the following branches of government:

• The executive (the president).
• The legislative (Congress).
• The judicial (the Supreme Court).

Trump having “plenary authority” would suggest there is no longer a segregation of powers between the three; there is only Trump, and he is free to dictate policy as he sees fit:

Stephen Miller is claiming Trump has Plenary Authority, then short circuits cause he know he fucked up and isn’t supposed to be admitting that he is trying to make Trump a king.

Wake the fuck up please and stop playing defense for these incompetent fascists. pic.twitter.com/TvzQuFyaA2

— THE SOY PILL (@thesoypill) October 7, 2025

People also alleged that CNN removed the objectionable statement from a later upload:

Hi @CNN @Boris_Sanchez, curious why your CNN YouTube channel edited out Stephen Miller’s “glitch” when he said the quiet part out loud falsely claiming Trump has “plenary powers” aka total power and then he pretended to freeze. Why was he given a take two on that question? pic.twitter.com/002Ha6W9e0

— Maya Contreras (@mayatcontreras) October 7, 2025

Millitant Miller

Earlier today, Reuters reported that:

Miller is deeply involved in reviewing government agencies’ investigations into the financial networks behind what the administration labels “domestic terror networks,” which include nonprofits and even educational institutions, a White House official said.

They added:

The effort marks an escalation in the administration’s efforts to target domestic opponents, raising alarm among civil rights groups and Democratic leaders about the use of executive power.

As people have highlighted, the crackdown is of course one way:

Stephen Miller says that never in our history have we tolerated unlawful, riotous assemblies around government buildings. Oh really? I’m old enough to remember when trump pardoned all these traitorous Nazi fucks. pic.twitter.com/0OZndmFuDc

— 😱 Scary Larry 😱 🇺🇦✊🏻🇺🇸🗽 (@aintscarylarry) October 7, 2025

Trump, meanwhile, is openly admitting his administration has killed America’s long-held right to universal freedom of speech:

This is the only thing I like about Trump: he just says the thing. He comes right out and says the quiet part out loud in ways you’d never see the more refined US presidents doing. https://t.co/2jgW3a5hFa

— Caitlin Johnstone (@caitoz) October 8, 2025

It’s beginning to look a lot like fascism.

At least 16 people have died in ICE custody so far this year.

At least 1,250 people detained by ICE are now missing.

Almost half of the people arrested by ICE have no criminal record.

This is fascism, and Trump made sure his oligarchs are profiting from it. https://t.co/VZeViMcOnL

— Melanie D’Arrigo (@DarrigoMelanie) September 25, 2025

Wormtongue

Miller was an adviser in Trump’s first term, and he’s still an adviser now. If you’re familiar with Trump, you’ll know it’s rare that anyone can remain so close to him. Quite how the oily Miller manages to keep in Trump’s good books we don’t know, but he’s certainly doing something.

If you were unaware of Miller, it’s perhaps unsurprising to learn that Trump has someone as singularly committed to far-right policy as Miller:

#StephenMiller once praised the Immigration Act of 1924 — the same eugenics-based law once lauded by Adolf Hitler.

He doesn’t belong in the #WhiteHouse. He shouldn’t have a role in drafting immigration policy.

Add your name if you agree!https://t.co/nPZahfR6KF pic.twitter.com/vKdvS9CaHl

— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) October 29, 2020

Trump is a bad person, but he’s also self-involved with a non-existent attention span. He clearly doesn’t have the concentration or fervour to pursue a Hitler-approved immigration agenda, but the same cannot be said of Miller.

Featured image via CNN