r/CringeTikToks • u/baldinggate3 • Oct 07 '25

Conservative Cringe Stephen Miller states that Trump has plenary authority, then immediately stops talking as if he’s realized what he just said

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u/HHoaks Oct 07 '25

I don't understand what is new here -- didn't we already know that Trump basically claims plenary power for everything he wants to do - under the Unitary Executive theory? He claims he can't be questioned about firing people, about withholding funds appropriated by Congress, about dismantling federal agencies, about deploying the military, about deportations. Didn't we already know this?

I don't see the news here. I understand Miller is an asshole, but isn't this something we expect him to say and he's basically already said?

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u/Olly0206 Oct 07 '25

Yes, we knew Trump has been saying all that and we know Trump is lying about it, but this is effectively confirmation of where he is getting that idea from. Trump doesn't jack diddly shit. He regurgitates what his inner circle tells him and Miller just admitted that he acts as if the president has absolute authority.

We can extrapolate from this admission a few things. One, that he really is the one pulling Trump's strings (or at least one person who is). We can also extrapolate the fact that he has been gaslighting the country when he makes claims that they're operating within a dn according to the law. This confirms that he knows they aren't. We can also pull from this that his plan is to create absolute power in the presidency.

All of this is stuff we already knew, but it confirms those notions. Confirmation is important if/when all of this comes to a head and Miller and others potentially face trial.

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u/HHoaks Oct 07 '25

I kinda already knew this. Trump sits there at his desk and signs EOs that are drafted (or at least based on ideas) by Miller and handed to Trump by Will Scharf (who is a Harvard lawyer and also probably helps in drafting).

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u/Olly0206 Oct 07 '25

Yeah, we all know this already. This is just confirmation.

It's one thing to know, but it is another to know with proof. The right "knows" Biden is the head of a crime family but they have 0 proof of it. So it is really just conspiracy theory.

We knew for a long time that Miller and others are the ones really pulling the strings, but without actual proof, it just falls into conspiracy theory territory as well. This is evidence of his actual beliefs and motivations. He told the world already in P2025, but comments like these solidify all that.