Presidential historian Jon Meacham on Trump: 'If he can't say no to Stephen Miller, God help us'

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https://www.rawstory.com/2018/01/presidential-historian-on-trumps-shutdown-schizophrenia-if-he-cant-say-no-to-stephen-miller-god-help-us/

On MSNBC’s Morning Joe, host Joe Scarborough reflected on Sen. Lindsey Graham’s accusation that Miller was undermining Trump’s ability to negotiate an immigration reform deal that protects so-called Dreamers.

Scarborough asked Meacham if there were any historical parallels to the current government shutdown “where you have a 32-year-old aide [Stephen Miller] who takes a position that is extreme, that’s an outlier and the president continues to back down from what he believes.”

“The presidents who are warmly remembered are ones that ultimately tell their political base that they’re wrong,” Meacham explained. “These are people who tell their supporters, ‘On this one, the right thing to do is not what you thought.’ And one of the reasons to go into politics is to be able to move the ball in that sense.”

“And what’s noteworthy here is he’s the president of the United States,” he added. “If he can’t say no to Stephen Miller, God help us.”

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Video at the link.

[0rganism]

1. Putin laughing spreads his wings...

the destruction continues as planned

[unblock]

2. not to worry. if he could say no to stephen miller,

there would still be thousands of reasons to still say "god help us".

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3. Miller

probably reminds Trumpy of his dead legal guru Roy Cohn, in fact Miller reminds his own mother of Roy Cohn, with a face only Joe McCarthy could love.

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4. is McConnell

for Stephen Miller???? This is like a boil on someone's skin getting to pop.