特朗普总统周五宣布，长期担任白宫助手的斯蒂芬·米勒将出任其下一任幕僚长，取代自特朗普重返白宫以来一直担任该职务的苏西·怀尔斯。米勒是一名强硬派移民政策倡导者和特朗普忠诚追随者，自特朗普发起首次竞选以来便一直追随总统。这一提拔在民主党人甚至部分共和党人中引发巨大争议，他们视米勒为共和党在中期选举中失利的部分责任人，当时该党失去了对众议院和参议院的控制权，民主党赢得了大比例多数席位。以下是关于斯蒂芬·米勒的五件事。
President Trump announced Friday that longtime White House aide Stephen Miller would be his next chief of staff, replacing Susie Wiles — who has served in the role since Trump returned to office. Miller is an immigration hardliner and Trump loyalist who has been with the president since he launched his first campaign. The promotion was highly controversial among Democrats and even some Republicans, who see Miller as partly responsible for the GOP’s midterm losses, when the part lost control of the House and Senate and Democrats won large majorities. Here are five things to know about Stephen Miller.
米勒2007年在华盛顿开启职业生涯，担任众议员米歇尔·巴克曼（共和党-明尼苏达州）的新闻秘书，随后为众议员约翰·沙德格（共和党-亚利桑那州）效力。2009年，他出任阿拉巴马州参议员杰夫·塞申斯的新闻秘书，随后晋升为其通讯主管。米勒推动塞申斯在移民问题上采取更强硬、更具对抗性的立场。他协助塞申斯在2013年搁置了一项两党移民改革法案，方法是撰写一本手册帮助议员们击败该法案。
Miller started his career in Washington working as a press secretary for Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn) in 2007 and later for Rep. John Shadegg (R-Ariz.). In 2009, he served as Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions's press secretary before moving up the ranks — becoming his communications chief. Miller pushed Sessions to become more outspoken and combative, especially on the issue of immigration. He helped Sessions kill a bipartisan immigration reform bill in 2013 by writing a handbook to help lawmakers defeat it.
在幕后，米勒在华盛顿核心圈子内树立了“雷厉风行的新闻助手”声誉，经常与记者及其他华盛顿人士交锋。
Behind the scenes, Miller carved out an inside-the-Beltway reputation as a hard-charging press aide, frequently battling with reporters and others in Washington.
2015年特朗普宣布竞选总统时，塞申斯成为首位背书他的参议员。这位阿拉巴马州参议员随后在特朗普首个任期内出任司法部长。但塞申斯因在针对特朗普2016年竞选活动和大选胜利的调查中回避职务，最终与特朗普决裂。相比之下，米勒成为了特朗普核心圈子成员，在其首个任期剩余时间、卸任岁月及第二个任期中始终是总统的亲信。
When Trump announced his run for the presidency in 2015, Sessions became the first senator to endorse him. The Alabama senator went onto to serve as the president's attorney general during his first stint in the White House. But Sessions eventually fell out with Trump after recusing himself from investigations into Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and election win. Miller, in contrast, became a part of Trump's inner circle and was a confidant to the president for the rest of his first term, his years out of office and during his second term.
米勒被视为特朗普大部分移民政策的设计师——最近则是其政府的大规模驱逐行动。
Miller is considered the architect behind much of Trump’s immigration policies — most recently his administration’s mass deportation efforts.
作为政策副幕僚长，米勒推动政府暂停人身保护令权利——该权利允许被拘留者对其拘留提出质疑——并将每日移民逮捕目标提高两倍至3000人。特朗普第二任期内政府最引人注目的移民突击行动之一是明尼阿波利斯的“地铁涌潮行动”，期间联邦特工致命射杀两名美国公民。当时米勒称这两名受害者均为“国内恐怖分子”。
As deputy chief of staff for policy, Miller pushed the administration to suspend habeas corpus rights, which allow people in custody to challenge their detention, and triple its daily immigration arrest goals to 3,000. One of the administration's most high-profile immigration blitzes in Trump’s second term was "Operation Metro Surge" in Minneapolis, during which federal agents fatally shot two American citizens. Miller at the time called both victims "domestic terrorists."
在特朗普第一任期内，米勒也是政府“家庭分离政策”的主要倡导者之一。在晋升为幕僚长之前，米勒已作为关键政策顾问拥有总统的耳朵。他现在将成为特朗普白宫以及华盛顿其他有影响力人物中的重要声音之一。米勒是特朗普第一任期中极少数在第二任期担任高级职务的助手之一。他深谙华盛顿运作方式，并以深入钻研政策事务著称。
In the first Trump administration, Miller was also a primary advocate of the administration’s family separation policy. Before his promotion to chief of staff, Miller was already in the president’s ear as a key policy adviser. He will now be one of the top voices in the Trump White House and among other influential people in Washington. Miller is one of the only aides from Trump's first term to be serving in a high role in his second term. He has a deep understanding of how Washington runs, and is known to dig deep into policy matters.
其参议院助手背景使他对国会运作及如何利用行政权力彰显总统权力有深刻理解。在影响移民的立法辩论期间，米勒被视为对共和党立场有重大影响力的人物。他以注重细节著称，会阅读简报、提问并要求结果。作为幕僚长，米勒将能掌控白宫触及的一切事务。即将离任的幕僚长怀尔斯被一些人视为对米勒的制约。随着她离去，这种制约将不复存在，正值米勒接任历来被视为白宫第二大权力职位、仅次于总统本人的角色。幕僚长与总统密切合作处理日常事务，并管理白宫工作人员。
His background as a Senate aide gives him a strong understanding of how Congress works, and on how executive authority can be used to assert presidential power. During debates over legislation affecting immigration, Miller was seen as having a big influence on the stance Republicans took. He is known as a detail-oriented aide who reads briefs, asks questions and demands results. As chief of staff, Miller will be able to have his fingers on everything the White House touches. Wiles, the outgoing chief, was seen by some as a brake on Miller. With her gone, that brake would be lost just as Miller takes what has histocially been seen as the second most powerful role at the White House, behind only the president himself. The chief of staff works closely with the president on day-to-day operations and manages the White House staff.
白宫幕僚长一职可以是总统如何看待事务的“守门人”，也可以是参与所有政策决策的职位，具体取决于担任该职务的个人。这一职位无需参议院批准。米勒的妻子凯蒂·米勒——一位共和党政治顾问和播客主持人——在特朗普执政期间也确立了自己的地位，并在共和党圈子里人脉广泛。在第一任期内，她曾担任时任副总统彭斯的通讯主任和新闻秘书。
It can be a gatekeeper role for how sees the president and can be a position involved in all policy decisions, depending on the individual chief of staff. It is a role that does not require Senate confirmation. Miller’s wife, Katie Miller — a GOP political adviser and podcaster — has also established herself during Trump’s time in office and is well-connected in Republican circles. During the first term, she served as communications director and press secretary to then Vice President Pence.
当特朗普重返白宫后，凯蒂·米勒成为备受争议的“政府效率部”（DOGE）的顾问，该部门由埃隆·马斯克牵头，旨在削减政府开支、精简人员编制。凯蒂·米勒目前主持播客节目《凯蒂·米勒播客》，面向保守派女性听众。过去十年里，总统身边的许多人来来去去——包括怀尔斯，他曾一度与特朗普闹翻，后又回归主导2024年竞选。
When Trump returned to office, Katie Miller became an adviser to the controversial Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), an Elon Musk-led initiative to slash government spending and reduce the size of the workforce. Katie Miller now hosts a podcast, “The Katie Miller Podcast,” directed at conservative women. Many in the president’s orbit have come and gone over the past decade — including Wiles, who had a brief falling out with Trump before returning to run his campaign in 2024.
但米勒始终保持忠诚，从2016年竞选到特朗普两个任期在白宫的时光。2020年特朗普竞选连任失败后，米勒共同创立了“美国优先法律基金会”，这是一个保守派非营利组织，主张拆除多元、公平与包容（DEI）项目、严格执行移民法以及维护选举公正。米勒随后加入特朗普2024年竞选团队，并在特朗普就职后立即回到白宫，出任负责政策的副幕僚长兼国土安全顾问。
But Miller has remained loyal the entire time, from the 2016 campaign to both his terms in the White House. When Trump lost reelection in 2020, Miller co-founded America First Legal, a conservative nonprofit advocating for dismantling diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, enforcing immigration laws and protecting election integrity. Miller rejoined Trump’s 2024 campaign and returned to the White House right away as deputy chief of staff for policy and an adviser on homeland security.
虽然对米勒晋升的批评主要来自民主党人，但也有共和党人质疑，在面临中期选举大败的前景下，特朗普是否做出了正确选择。共和党内对米勒批评声音最响亮的是参议员汤姆·蒂利斯（共和党-北卡罗来纳州），他曾敦促总统“重新考虑”提拔这位副幕僚长的决定。这位北卡罗来纳州共和党人多次抨击米勒在移民问题上的立场，并指责他给总统提供糟糕的建议。
While most of the criticism around Miller’s promotion came from Democrats, some Republicans questioned whether Trump was making the right choice in light of sweeping midterm losses. No critic of Miller in the GOP is louder than Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), who told the president to “rethink” his decision to promote the deputy chief. The North Carolina Republican has repeatedly criticized Miller’s immigration stance and accused him of giving the president bad advice.
“这是一个巨大的错误，也是我们在周二遭受惨败后72小时最不需要的事，”蒂利斯周五对CNN表示。甚至一些前特朗普政府官员也对这一举动提出质疑。前白宫副新闻秘书萨拉·马修斯称，用米勒取代怀尔斯的想法“令人恐惧”。另一位前特朗普政府官员告诉《国会山报》，米勒的晋升“完全背离”了选民的要求。“这完全背离了选民恳求共和党前进的方向。苏西是特朗普总统遇到的最好的事，”这位官员说。一位前特朗普幕僚长表示，选择米勒不太可能帮助总统与新的民主党多数派建立工作关系。
“It is a colossal mistake, and the last thing we need 72 hours after the a– whooping we got on Tuesday,” Tillis told CNN Friday. Even some former Trump administration officials questioned the move. Sarah Matthews, a former deputy White House press secretary, called the notion of replacing Wiles with Miller “terrifying.”Another former Trump administration official told The Hill Miller’s promotion is “exactly the opposite” direction from what voters demanded. “It’s exactly the opposite direction voters are begging Republicans to go. Susie was the best thing that happened to President Trump,” the official said. A former Trump chief of staff said choosing Miller is not likely to help the president forge a working relationship with the new Democratic majority.