周五，特朗普总统宣布，其幕僚长兼亲密盟友苏西·怀尔斯将离开白宫，为斯蒂芬·米勒让路。
On Friday, President Trump announced that Susie Wiles, his chief of staff and close ally, was leaving the White House to make way for Stephen Miller.
米勒是特朗普的高级顾问，以在移民问题上的强硬立场著称，官方头衔为政策副幕僚长兼国土安全顾问。但这一头衔掩盖了他在塑造总统国内和外交政策议程中所起的广泛作用。以下是关于特朗普这位新“得力助手”的五件事。
Miller, a top Trump adviser known for his hard-line approach to immigration, officially held the positions of deputy chief of staff for policy and homeland security adviser. But his title belied his sweeping role in shaping the president’s domestic and foreign policy agenda. Here’s five things to know about Trump’s new right-hand-man.
自幼即为保守派米勒在加利福尼亚州圣莫尼卡的一个自由派犹太家庭中长大，高中时期就是保守派。他因向保守派媒体人士抱怨高中领导层被认为存在的自由派倾向而小有名气。他就读于杜克大学，并担任校报专栏作家，在那里宣扬保守观点，抨击学校的自由派倾向。“像全国无数其他学校一样，我们也是一所左翼大学，”他在一篇早期专栏《欢迎来到左翼大学》中写道。
He has been a conservative since early in life Miller grew up in a liberal Jewish family in Santa Monica, Calif., and was a conservative even in his high school years. He gained a reputation for complaining to conservative media personalities about perceived liberalism from his high school’s leadership. He attended Duke University and wrote for his school paper as a columnist, where he espoused conservative viewpoints and railed against the school’s liberal leanings. “Like countless other schools across the nation, we too are a leftist university,” he wrote in an early column titled “Welcome to Leftist University.”
与特朗普共事逾十年米勒在为时任阿拉巴马州共和党参议员杰夫·塞申斯工作后，加入了特朗普2016年的竞选团队。在竞选期间，他因能传达特朗普的风格和信念而受到同事赞誉，并在撰写时任候选人特朗普2016年接受共和党提名的接受演讲后声名鹊起。
He’s worked with Trump for over a decadeMiller joined Trump’s 2016 campaign after working for Jeff Sessions, then a GOP senator from Alabama. On the campaign, he was praised by colleagues for channeling Trump’s style and beliefs, and gained prominence after writing the then-candidates acceptance speech for the Republican nomination in 2016.“Stephen is one of the most important people in the campaign,” said Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort in a 2016 interview with The Wall Street Journal.
“斯蒂芬是竞选团队中最重要的人物之一，”特朗普竞选经理保罗·马纳福特在2016年接受《华尔街日报》采访时表示。“他清楚地理解特朗普先生的声音。”特朗普当选后，米勒被任命为白宫演讲稿撰写主任。
“He clearly understands Mr. Trump’s voice.”Once Trump was elected, he was appointed director of speechwriting in the White House.
连任失利后依然追随特朗普 2021年1月6日国会大厦遭袭击后，许多特朗普盟友抛弃了总统。米勒没有。他在1月……6，在特朗普第一个任期结束时，他告诉其他人总统会回来。特朗普连任失败后，米勒成立了一个名为“美国优先法律基金会”的新组织，旨在挑战拜登政府推行的举措，招募了特朗普的律师和共和党州检察长。
He stuck by Trump after a re-election lossAfter the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, many Trump allies abandoned the president. Not Miller. He helped draft Trump’s speech on the morning of Jan. 6, and at the end of Trump’s first term, he told others that the president would be back. After Trump lost re-election, Miller launched a new organization called America First Legal, which would challenge initiatives enacted by the Biden administration, recruiting Trump lawyers and Republican state attorneys general.
该组织也得到了前白幕僚长马克·梅多斯的支持。它反对针对企业多元化政策提起的诉讼，许多此类企业后来受到特朗普政府的审查。特朗普在当时通过电子邮件向《华尔街日报》发表声明支持米勒的组织，称：“保守派和‘美国优先’支持者极需迎头赶上并扭转局面，这就是为什么我为斯蒂芬和马克·梅多斯迅速填补这一关键空白而喝彩。”
The group was also backed by Mark Meadows, a former White House chief of staff. It opposed lawsuits opposing diversity policies at companies, many of whom were later scrutinized by the Trump administration. Trump supported Miller’s organization, he said in an email statement to the Journal at the time, saying, “Conservatives and America First supporters badly need to catch up and turn the tables, which is why I applaud Stephen and Mark Meadows for rushing to fill this critical void.”
他在特朗普的移民方针中起关键作用米勒长期以来在总统的移民方针中扮演关键角色。《华尔街日报》2019年报道，特朗普对以强硬移民立场著称的米勒说：“你负责”政府的移民政策。米勒帮助确立移民作为特朗普连任竞选的关键议题。在现任政府中，米勒是激进移民政策的设计者，其中包括大规模驱逐和撤销合法身份。迄今为止，执法行动已将非法越境人数降至数十年来最低水平。
He is instrumental to Trump’s immigration approachMiller has long played a key role in the president’s approach to immigration. In 2019, Trump told Miller, who had a reputation for his hard-line immigration stances, “you’re in charge” of the administration’s immigration policy, the Journal reported that year. Miller helped identify immigration as a key campaign issue in Trump’s re-election bid. In the current administration, Miller has been the architect of an aggressive immigration policy that has included mass deportations and revocations of legal status. So far, the enforcement campaign has brought illegal border crossings to the lowest level in decades.
但今年民意发生转变。去年冬天，在一次移民打击行动中，明尼苏达州有两名美国人被致命枪击，随后数周抗议活动爆发，这很可能导致特朗普在本周的中期选举中失利。2024年大选中西班牙裔选民转向特朗普后，西班牙裔占比80%或以上的县份以40个百分点的优势支持民主党。他在白宫掌握广泛权力除了担任特朗普移民政策设计师的角色外，米勒还为白宫幕僚积累了近乎前所未有的权力。
But public sentiment has shifted this year. After two Americans were fatally shot in Minnesota last winter during an immigration crackdown, weeks of protests erupted, which likely contributed to Trump’s midterm loss this week. After Hispanics moved to Trump in the 2024 election, counties that were 80% or more Hispanic favored Democrats by 40 percentage points. He wields broad power in the White HouseBeyond his role as architect of Trump’s immigration policy, Miller has amassed near-unprecedented power for a White House staffer.
《华尔街日报》去年报道称，他拥有一支约30人的团队，并主导了政府在多元化政策问题上与大学的斗争，以及与曾代表总统对手的律师事务所的斗争。该报还报道称，他是在加勒比海对据称运送毒品的船只实施致命打击的策划者。米勒参加了Meta首席执行官马克·扎克伯格的一次会议，并与多位首席执行官就关税宣布一事进行了交谈。
The Journal reported last year that he has a staff of around 30 and has spearheaded the administration’s battles with universities over diversity policies and law firms who have represented the president’s opponents. He was also the architect of deadly strikes in the Caribbean on boats allegedly transporting drugs, the Journal reported. Miller was part of a meeting between Meta’s chief executive Mark Zuckerberg and spoke with CEOs about an announcement on tariffs.
据前特朗普顾问史蒂夫·班农称，“斯蒂芬具有独特的能力，能将总统在复杂议题上的想法转化为一套推动行动并交付成果的政策。他不会用魅力攻势让你应接不暇——他是靠行动说话。”请致信尼尔·梅塔，邮箱：neil.mehta@wsj.com
According to Steve Bannon, a former Trump adviser, “Stephen had the unique ability to take the president’s idea on complex topics and hammer through a set of policies that drive the action and deliver. He doesn’t overwhelm you with a charm offensive—it’s action.”Write to Neil Mehta at neil.mehta@wsj.com