米勒即将颠覆游说人士与白宫合作的方式。据POLITICO率先获得的一份来自幕僚长办公室的备忘录，白宫工作人员若想与游说人士会面，必须事先获得白宫法律顾问办公室的批准。
Miller is about to upend the way lobbyists work with the White House. According to a memo from the chief of staff office first obtained by POLITICO, White House staff must receive prior approval from the Office of White House Counsel if they want to meet with a lobbyist.
“历史上没有哪位总统像特朗普总统那样，为美国人民不懈、无私、勇敢地奋斗。效仿他的榜样，白宫工作人员应当坚定不移地将时间奉献给全国的劳动人民，”米勒办公室的备忘录称。
“No President in history has fought more relentlessly, selflessly or courageously for the American People than President Trump. Following his example, White House staff are expected to dedicate their time unwaveringly to the working people of the nation,” the memo from Miller’s office said.
事先批准涵盖在白宫园区内，与注册游说人士就政府政策进行的会面。备忘录称，公共联络办公室将继续作为与外部利益相关方接触的主要联络点。
The prior approval covers meetings on the White House complex with registered lobbyists related to government policy. The Office of Public Liaison will continue to serve as the primary point of contact for engagement with external stakeholders, the memo said.
这份备忘录大概不会让K街的游说人士感到震惊，米勒在那里几乎没有朋友。
The memo likely won’t shock lobbyists on K Street where Miller has few friends.
他摒弃基于关系的恩惠。他在议题上不轻易动摇。他意识形态驱动，对特朗普总统忠诚不二。这使得他升任幕僚长，对试图在政府最后两年影响政府的游说人士来说颇为困难，十几位共和党游说人士向POLITICO表示。
He eschews relationship-based favors. He doesn’t sway easily on issues. He’s ideologically driven and fiercely loyal to President Donald Trump. That makes his elevation to chief of staff difficult for lobbyists seeking to influence the administration in its last two years, a dozen GOP lobbyists told POLITICO.
“关于斯蒂芬的问题是，他不是游说人士进去就必须攻克或试图争取的人，”在特朗普第一任期内曾在白宫与米勒共事、现为巴拉德合伙人游说人士的亨特·摩根说。“他不基于关系运作。他基于能推进总统议程的政策结果运作。”米勒在大规模驱逐、反“觉醒”文化和“美国优先”议程上的强烈意识形态立场在华盛顿广为人知。他于2009年在国会山开始职业生涯，当时为时任参议员杰夫·塞申斯（共和党-亚拉巴马州）工作，自2016年以来一直与特朗普关系密切。
“The thing with Stephen is, he’s not someone that a lobbyist goes in and has to crack or try to win over,” said Hunter Morgen, a lobbyist at Ballard Partners who worked with Miller at the White House during the first Trump administration. “He doesn’t operate based on relationships. He operates based on policy outcomes that will advance the president’s agenda.”Miller’s intense ideological stances on mass deportations, anti-woke culture and the America First agenda are well-known in Washington. He started his career in 2009 on Capitol Hill working for then-Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) and has been closely tied to Trump since 2016.
米勒的前任苏茜·怀尔斯把与市中心各界保持关系作为要务。米勒在新职位上将如何具体处理这些关系，仍有待观察。
Miller’s predecessor Susie Wiles made it a point to maintain downtown relationships. How precisely Miller will manage those in his new role remains to be seen.
“即便在担任副幕僚长期间，他也足够上心，会出席玫瑰园晚宴、圣诞派对以及邀请捐赠者群体参加的活动，就像历届政府都会做的那样，”一位出席白宫社交活动的共和党游说人士说。此人获准匿名讨论敏感话题。“所以并不是说他与那个圈子格格不入……只是做事方式会有所不同。”
“Even in his deputy chief of staff role, he cared enough to be at Rose Garden dinners and Christmas parties and events that the donor community was invited to, like they do in all administrations,” said a GOP lobbyist who attends social events at White House, granted anonymity to discuss sensitive topics. “So it’s not like he’s an alien to that scene … it’s just going to be done differently.”
白宫发言人泰勒·罗杰斯说：“特朗普总统忠诚于美国人民，而不是游说人士。他的团队致力于推进总统的议程，而不是华盛顿游说人士的议程。白宫所有部门继续步调一致地落实特朗普总统的美国优先议程。”商界可以直接接触特朗普，他以重视人际关系著称，接触途径包括企业赞助的活动，如UFC格斗赛和复活节滚彩蛋活动。过去两年，企业首席执行官们曾与总统面对面交流，或能直接打电话给他——这正是一些游说人士打算效仿的模式。
“President Trump’s loyalty is to the American people, not lobbyists. His team is dedicated to advancing the President’s agenda, not the agenda of D.C. lobbyists,” White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers said. “All of the White House components continue to work in lockstep to implement President Trump’s America First agenda.”The business community enjoys direct access to Trump, who is known as a relationships-oriented person, including via corporate-sponsored events like the UFC fight and Easter Egg Roll. CEOs have for the past two years had face time with the president or been able to just pick up the phone and call him – and that’s exactly the model some lobbyists plan to follow.
一位行业协会首席执行官说，米勒的升职意味着与总统建立直接联系比以往任何时候都更重要。此人称米勒“在立场上有据可查”，而怀尔斯则采取“听取各方意见”的方式。
One trade association CEO said Miller’s elevation means it’s more important than ever to establish a direct line to the president. The person described Miller as having a “well documented record on his positions” while Wiles had a “listen to all sides” approach.
其他游说人士说，他们将继续与白宫国内政策委员会和国家经济委员会的工作人员合作，而不是通过米勒。还有人表示，他们仍在琢磨如何应对这一新常态。
Other lobbyists say they will continue to work with staffers on the White House’s Domestic Policy Council and National Economic Council instead of going through Miller. Others say they are still figuring out how to navigate this new normal.
“他无法被游说，没人能做到，即便是你认为与他最亲近的人也不行，”其中一名游说者说。“我认为他比外界描绘的要通情达理，但他不会被动摇。”米勒与威尔斯之间有着明显区别。威尔斯在进入特朗普团队工作之前，曾在巴拉德合伙公司和墨丘利公共事务公司打造了一段游说职业生涯。米勒的背景不像威尔斯那样，容易与某一家游说公司建立密切关系。
“He’s impossible to lobby, no one can do it, not even the people that you would think are closest,” one of those lobbyists said. “I think he’s more reasonable than he’s being portrayed, but he’s not swayed by lobbying.”That’s a clear distinction between Miller and Wiles, who built a lobbying career at Ballard Partners and Mercury Public Affairs before going to work for Trump. Miller’s background doesn’t lend itself to a close relationship with a single lobbying shop the way Wiles’ did.
财务披露显示，米勒仅从法律非营利组织“美国优先法律”和他自己的政治咨询公司领取非政府薪资，这两家机构都是他在两届特朗普政府之间创立的。
Financial disclosures show Miller has only received non-governmental salaries from legal nonprofit America First Legal and his political consulting firm, both of which he created between the two Trump administrations.
“总统是一个非常重视人际关系的人，苏西明白建立牢固关系的重要性，”威尔斯的一位发言人说。“顺便说一句，这不仅仅是与K街的关系，还包括与捐赠者、国会议员、政治委员会、记者的关系。这都是总统推动的。”巴拉德合伙公司创始人布莱恩·巴拉德是特朗普的亲密盟友，本周不得不就有关在威尔斯担任特朗普幕僚长期间不当接触她的指控进行辩护。他的公司今年有望赚取超过1亿美元，是2020年第一届特朗普政府期间2400万美元收入的四倍多。
“The president is a very relational person and Susie understood the importance of having strong relationships,” a spokesperson for Wiles said. “By the way, it’s not just relationships with K Street, it's relationships with donors, members of Congress, political committees, reporters. That’s driven by the president.”Ballard Partners founder Brian Ballard, a close ally of Trump, this week had to defend against allegations about improper access to Wiles when she was Trump’s chief of staff. His firm is on track to earn more than $100 million this year — more than four times the $24 million it made in 2020 during the first Trump administration.
前卫生部长小罗伯特·F·肯尼迪的高级顾问卡利·米恩斯指责该公司对白宫施加不当影响，还点名了游说公司大陆战略，威尔斯的女儿在该公司担任合伙人。
Calley Means, a former senior adviser to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.,accused the firm of exercising undue influence on the White House, also name-checking lobbying shop Continental Strategy, where Wiles’ daughter works as a partner.
“我们公司与苏西·怀尔斯作为幕僚长的互动有限，属于例外而非常态，”巴拉德在X平台上罕见地发表公开声明称。大陆战略公司称米恩斯的指控“不准确且毫无根据”。
“Our firm’s interactions with Susie Wiles as chief of staff have been limited and have been the exception, not the rule,” Ballard said in a rare public statement on X. Continental Strategy called Means’ claims “inaccurate and baseless.”
“卡利·米恩斯的指控离谱、诽谤，且极有可能是虚假的，”怀尔斯的发言人表示。“苏西将其职业生涯奉献给了为特朗普总统和美国人民而战。”与此同时，米勒与志同道合的特朗普盟友有着关系，这并不代表那些寻求在特朗普政府最后两年提升其企业客户利益的资深华盛顿游说人士的利益。
“Calley Means' accusations are outrageous, defamatory, and probably false,” the spokesperson for Wiles said. “Susie has dedicated her career to fighting for President Trump and the American people.”Miller, meanwhile, has relationships with like-minded Trump allies, which doesn’t account for the institutional longtime Washington lobbyists looking to elevate their corporate clients’ interests in the final two years of the Trump administration.
“斯蒂芬是个圈子封闭的人，他确实有一些关系，但他的关系网局限于强硬派特朗普盟友和意识形态上一致的人，”另一位游说人士说。“无论是在第一任期还是现在，他从未对‘市中心’（指游说界）敞开大门。”这些盟友包括支持米勒在特朗普大规模驱逐和移民与海关执法局（ICE）打击行动中发挥领导作用的移民强硬派。他也是“让美国再次健康”运动的盟友，这些倡导者如今对他掌舵后推进其议程抱有很高期待。
“Stephen is an insular guy, and he's got some relationships, but his relationships are with the hard Trump allies and people that are ideological in nature,” another lobbyist said. “He has never been accessible to downtown either in the first term or now.”Those allies include immigration hard-liners who supported Miller’s leadership behind Trump’s mass deportations and ICE crackdowns. He is also an ally of the Make America Healthy Again movement and those advocates now have high expectations for their agenda with him at the helm.
米勒在“让美国再次伟大”激进倡导阵营的联盟，加上他因坚决为特朗普的首要任务而战而建立的声誉，将有助于塑造白宫的新时代。
Miller’s alliances in the MAGA firebrand advocacy space, along with his reputation for fiercely fighting for Trump’s top priorities, will help shape the new era at the White House.
“这是对我们以前见过的特朗普幕僚长类型的一种背离，这并非贬义，”纪念碑倡导公司合伙人马克·贝德纳尔说，他曾任前议长凯文·麦卡锡的传播主管。“他是一个独立的人。他将为总统的政策优先事项而战。我认为他给这份工作带来了许多优势，这些是他独有的资质。”“你可以……放心，斯蒂芬将深度参与白宫的日常运作，并在人员安排和准入方面拥有很大发言权，”贝德纳尔补充道。
“This is a departure of who we’ve seen as a Trump chief of staff before, that’s not a negative,” said Mark Bednar, a principal at Monument Advocacy who led communications for former Speaker Kevin McCarthy. “He’s his own person. He’s going to fight for the president’s policy priorities. And I think that he brings a lot of strengths to the job that he’s uniquely qualified for.”“You can … rest assured that Stephen will be heavily involved in the day-to-day operations of the White House, and he'll have a big say into the flow of traffic,” Bednar added.
威尔斯通过打击泄密、收紧对内阁官员国际出行的管控，让特朗普的白宫保持秩序。她还会直接与首席执行官们会面——在政府与人工智能公司Anthropic发生争执之际，她是4月与该公司首席执行官达里奥·阿莫代伊会面的白宫官员之一。此外，她会直接与议员们交谈——7月她罕见地前往国会山，推动参议院共和党人推进特朗普的议程。
Wiles kept the Trump White House in line bycracking down on leaks andtightening control over Cabinet officials’ international travel. She would also meet directly with CEOs — she was among the White House officialswho met with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei in April amid the administration’s feud with the AI company. And, she would talk directly with lawmakers — she madea rare visit in July to Capitol Hill to push Senate Republicans to unlock Trump’s agenda.
米勒的妻子凯蒂·米勒曾游说让斯蒂芬·米勒出任白宫办公厅主任，她此前曾与埃隆·马斯克合作推进其DOGE项目，并在创办自己的播客之前为SpaceX工作，该播客曾邀请政府高层官员做客。据《大西洋月刊》报道，斯蒂芬·米勒回避了涉及妻子财务利益的事务——由于一项潜在的播客交易，他没有参与派拉蒙相关事务，并回避了与马斯克旗下公司相关的问题。凯蒂·米勒周日宣布，她将停止录制新的播客节目。
Miller’s wife Katie Miller,who lobbied for Stephen Miller to get the chief of staff role, previously worked with Elon Musk on his DOGE effort and for SpaceX before launching her own podcast, which hosted high-ranking administration officials. Stephen Miller recused himself from his wife’s financial interests — he didn’t work on Paramount issues because of a potential podcast deal and avoided work on issues around Musk’s companies, according toThe Atlantic. Katie Millerannounced Sunday she would stop recording new podcast episodes.
一家《财富》500强公司的内部游说人士表示，他们未来两年的重点是避免踩雷，而不是试图打出全垒打。这位因坦率发言而获准匿名的人士说，由于斯蒂芬·米勒以意识形态驱动著称，“你要么站在他这边，要么就不是。”
An in-house lobbyist for a Fortune 500 company said their focus for the next two years is avoiding land mines rather than trying to hit home runs. The person, who was granted anonymity to speak candidly, said since Stephen Miller is known for being ideologically driven, “you’re either on his side or you’re not.”