Trump lashed out at Stephen Miller for going ‘too far’ with deportations after Melania complained: report

The Wall Street Journal reports that President Donald Trump berated Stephen Miller, his deputy White House chief of staff and the driving force behind the administration's immigration crackdown, saying Miller had gone too far on deportations. The rebuke reportedly followed a complaint from first lady Melania Trump, who told her husband that some people she knew were being removed from the country. The Independent says it has asked the White House for comment.

The Journal had already reported in March that Melania Trump was among a group of advisers who cautioned the president that his immigration approach had overstepped, as tensions escalated in Minnesota in January. Federal agents there killed two American citizens in Minneapolis, which set off demonstrations nationwide.

The reported friction comes after a punishing midterm election for Trump and Republicans, which amounted to a verdict on the first two years of his second term. Support among Hispanic voters, which had surged for him in 2024, largely evaporated: nationally, six in ten Hispanic voters said they backed the Democratic candidate in their own House race.

Summarized by PolitiKool from The Independent’s reporting. Read the full story at The Independent →