Stephen Miller, White House deputy chief of staff for policy and United States homeland security advisor.
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Steven Miller is White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and U.S. Homeland Security Advisor. He previously served as a senior advisor for policy and White House director of speechwriting during President Trump’s first term.
Maria Bartiromo of Fox Business spoke with Miller on Sunday about President Trump’s policies on:
- tariffs
- wasteful government spending / USAID – and the liberal judges and rogue bureaucrats trying to block Elon Musk/DOGE
- Trump revoking national security clearances and intelligence briefings
Watch the video then answer the questions below.
Questions
1. Maria Bartiromo first asks Mr. Miller: “I was told President Trump is going to announce RECIPROCAL TARIFFS against Europe and more to address the VAT TAX.”
What are reciprocal tariffs?
2. VAT (Value Added Tax) is a consumption tax on goods and services bought and sold within and into the EU (European Union). How did Mr. Miller explain how VAT harms Americans?
3. Miller then notes President Trump is going to pursue a policy of reciprocity.
a) Define the general term reciprocity as used here.
b) Explain the policy of reciprocity.
4. Miller says the tariffs and taxes placed by other countries on goods we sell to them is:
-bankrupting our industry
-driving up our deficit
-and stealing our jobs
and that President Trump says we are not going to let our companies and our country be taken advantage of anymore. Detractors say Trumps’s policy will harm Americans. The president says it might cause some higher prices but in the long run it will benefit Americans. Do you support the President’s policy to eliminate the unfair trade advantage other countries have against the U.S. even if in the short term some prices will increase? Explain your answer.
Ask a parent the same question.
5. At about minute 3:30 on the video, Ms. Bartiromo says “Also bankrupting us is all this wasteful spending – outrageous spending – coming out of USAID…what do you want to say about all of this spending and the efforts by some of these liberal judges to stop President Trump from allowing Elon Musk access to these issues?”
a) What does Mr. Miller emphasize about a “radical left judge” regarding the Treasury Secretary?
b) Oxford defines a bureaucrat as: an official in a government department, in particular one perceived as being concerned with procedural correctness at the expense of people’s needs.
What does Miller say about rogue bureaucrats?
7. Ms. Bartiromo’s last question (at approximately minute 7:00): “He [Trump] is also cutting out the people who are getting these intelligence briefings who should not be able to get these intelligence briefings. The president revealing more people that he’s revoking national security clearances and intelligence briefings including Joe Biden, including the 51 spies who lied, including perhaps [Biden’s Secretary of State Antony] Blinken and [Biden’s National Security Advisor] Jake Sullivan. Your reaction?”
a) What does Miller say the people who leave government do?
b) Define presidential mandate.
c) What is Trump’s mandate from the American people?
d) Do you think former presidents (Biden, Trump, Obama or Bush, etc) or former high level officials should keep national security clearances and intelligence briefings once they leave office? Explain your answer.
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