White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller clashed with CNN’s Brianna Keilar in a fiery on-air exchange, blasting the network’s coverage of federal budget cuts and accusing the host of downplaying wasteful government spending. The heated segment quickly devolved into a shouting match, with Miller demanding to know why Keilar and CNN were not celebrating cost-cutting measures aimed at curbing waste and corruption in Washington.
The confrontation began when Keilar pressed Miller on whether the Trump administration understood the composition of the federal workforce, particularly that 30% of it consists of veterans. Miller, unfazed, quickly pivoted to the bigger issue—ballooning federal debt and reckless spending.
“The U.S. government has thirty-six trillion dollars in debt,” Miller shot back. “The interest payments on the debt exceed the national defense budget. The American people are exhausted and tired of watching their tax dollars be corruptly spent, abused, wasted, and in every sense, robbed and stolen from them.”
“If you agree there is waste, if you agree there is abuse, if you agree there is corruption, why are you not celebrating the…
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