Transcript of Trump Erupts and Double Down as Staff Flee!

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Aaron Parnas reports on the turmoil around Donald Trump after voters rejected his agenda in the midterm elections. He covers the resignation of chief of staff Susie Wiles, the appointment of Stephen Miller to the role, and a series of departures from the Justice Department, including officials who led civil rights and national security work.

The episode also looks at the House impeachment vote facing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, a Texas governor's opposition to selling public beaches to Elon Musk, and Republican concern about the 2028 map. Parnas argues that the administration is hardening even as its staff leave, and he presents his view that the party faces a difficult path ahead.

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This transcript of the Parnas Perspective episode on Trump's staff departures and Stephen Miller's rise was made with the technology behind HappyScribe's subtitle generator.

Aaron Parnas00:00:00

Donald Trump just suffered the biggest electoral rebuke of his political career. Most presidents would take a step back after that, rethink their approach, and try to win people back. Trump is doing the opposite. The people around him are leaving. His chief of staff has gone, three senior justice department officials resigned in the past 2 days, his biggest donor is facing a wave of subpoenas, his defense secretary is facing an impeachment vote. Trump isn't backing down; he's actually starting to pick a fight. And today he gave control of the White House to Stephen Miller, the most hardline loyalist he has. I can't overstate how terrifying it is that Stephen Miller is taking over the White House as a journalist.

Miller has spent years attacking the press and anyone who challenges this administration, and he is the official most willing to do whatever Trump asks, no matter who gets hurt. It's the same administration whose justice department raided a Washington Post reporter their home in a leak investigation. Trump had a choice. He could have listened to voters, or he could hand the government to his most hardline loyalist, and he chose Miller. The attacks are only going to ramp up, so if you can, subscribe, support this work, and truly, from the bottom of my heart, thank you for the past several days. We are not stopping. Not now, not ever, and no matter who is in charge at the White House.

Like, comment, share. Let's start with the decision that tells you where Trump's head is. On Tuesday, voters rejected his agenda, and immigration was a big part of that. Fifty-seven percent of midterm voters said his immigration enforcement had gone too far. Just twenty-one percent claimed it had not gone far enough. And yet Trump is now promoting the man who built that crackdown. Stephen Miller takes over as White House chief of staff on Monday. He's the official who berated ICE leaders and demanded 3,000 arrests a day. He's the official calling Alex Pretti a "U.S.

citizen killed by federal agents in Minneapolis," a, quote, "domestic terrorist." Trump called him one of his most trusted advisers. This was him talking up torture.

Speaker 200:01:49

The issue of the Iraqi civilians. I think that as many of them as should survive as possible, because the goal of any military conflict is to kill as few people as possible. But as for Saddam Hussein and his henchmen, I think the ideal solution would be to cut off their fingers. I don't think it's necessary to kill them entirely. We're not a barbaric people. We respect life. Therefore, torture is the way to go. Because torture, people can live. Torture is a celebration of life and human dignity.

We need to remember that as we enter these very dark and dangerous times in the next century. I only hope that many of my peers and people who will be leaving this country will appreciate the value and respect that torture shows towards other cultures.

Aaron Parnas00:02:37

That's directly from Stephen Miller. Here's the thing: the reason why Stephen Miller got the job is because, quote, "when the president says do this, Stephen will do it, and he'll leave bodies behind doing it." Miller will be, quote, "combative with Congress." That's the plan. When Democrats are going to take the House and the Senate, Trump wants a chief of staff who will fight them on everything. Even Trump's own people are surprised. The Wall Street Journal reported that Miller's deportation push had gone too far. And when reporters asked Trump about the move, he said, quote, "sometimes in life you gotta make moves."

To put Miller in charge, he had to fire Susie Wiles. Susie Wiles resigned last night, according to CNN. Trump blamed her and his political team for the midterm losses and vented about their strategy at a tense election-night reception. A person close to Wiles said, quote, "it wasn't worth her staying in a job Trump was making clear he didn't want her in." And earlier this year, Trump claimed that Susie was going to be here for a long time. Susie Wiles was seen as a steady hand in the White House. She lasted longer than any of his other chiefs of staff, and yet she is out.

She is out. And the president is furious. He is furious over the fact that Susie Wiles was not able to steer his political party to victory. And so that, right there, is significant. Now, Donald Trump's big donor, Elon Musk, may soon be facing trouble. Winter is coming, as many people say, because in Texas, it's no longer business as usual for Musk.

Speaker 300:04:05

Well, look, as I said before, we have to have balance. These are our beaches we're talking about. I mean, selling our beach to Elon Musk is just something that is almost unimaginable. It's unacceptable. Our beaches are enshrined in our Texas Constitution as being free and open to the people of Texas because there are our beaches. We can have a strong working relationship with Elon Musk and his companies, but it has to be on our terms. It cannot be just running over the people of Texas.

And that's what changes now that I will be governor.

Aaron Parnas00:04:40

So changes are coming for Elon Musk's relationship with the new governor of Texas. And by the way, just as we're on, Stephen Miller issued a statement saying, quote, "President Trump is the most transformative political leader in American history, and he has single-handedly saved America from those who would destroy it. It has been the privilege of my lifetime to have served on his team from day one, and I am honored beyond words to serve as his White House chief of staff. I want to thank the incomparable, incomparable Susie Wiles for her years of devoted service to the president and the country, and for her friendship. The mission now is more clear than ever: fight with all our soul to support our president and defend this magnificent republic."

Now, all the while, while Trump digs in, his justice department is jumping ship. Three senior officials have now resigned in 2 days. Harmeet Dhillon, who ran the civil rights division, left yesterday. Today, John Eisenberg, the head of the national security division, and Jason Redding Quinones, the U.S. attorney in the Southern District of Florida, followed. These are the people carrying out some of Trump's most personal priorities. Quinones ran the so-called grand conspiracy investigation, which was supposed to prove that the classified documents case and the Russia probe were a criminal plot against Trump. After all the loyalists, it hasn't produced a single charge.

A career prosecutor stepped aside. The Trump loyalist brought in to lead a quit, and grand jury testimony from CIA Director John Brennan has been pushed to next year. Eisenberg's division handled the Epstein file redactions that both the members of both parties criticized as overly broad, along with the raid on the Post reporter's home. Trump wants to keep fighting his enemies, and the people he chose to lead that fight are leaving. They're leaving. Pete Hegseth isn't necessarily leaving right away. He's also fighting. And now, after the Stephen Miller news, he says patriots are in control, but he faces a House impeachment vote as soon as next week.

Lawmakers are returning Monday with less than 25 days left in session. They have to fund the government by December 11th, but impeaching Pete Hegseth is top priority. So right now you have Trump's team splitting in two. The hardliners are getting louder and more combative, while the people who kept the operation running are fleeing for the exits. There have also been reports that Marco Rubio is even weighing his exit. Right? And as one Covington and Burling lawyer put it to those inside the Trump administration, quote, "we've been telling clients all year that winter is coming."

Now winter has arrived. Trump may want to fight, and he might want to fight hard, but his party is looking at the map and getting increasingly nervous. More than a dozen strategists told Politico that Ohio, Texas, and Iowa should be competitive in 2028. Trump's own campaign manager in 2020 said, quote, "last night undoubtedly made the mechanics of winning in 2028 harder for Republicans." Democrats now fully control Arizona's government for the first time since 1966. They won new trifectas in Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. They flipped the Texas House for the first time since 2003.

The fights are still going. In Mississippi, Scott Colom is expanding his lead right now as we speak. And we'll see what happens next. This is the story heading into the weekend. Voters told Trump to change course, and he's doing the opposite. He put his most hardline loyalist in charge, and he's getting ready to fight Congress, the courts, and the press. But fighting takes people, and those people are leaving. His chief of staff, top prosecutors, national security lawyers, they can see what's coming in January. Winter. Winter is coming. If you can, subscribe, support this work, like, comment, share.

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Aaron Parnas reports on breaking news of Trump, including a look at who is leaving the administration, what Stephen Miller may be planning to do next, how Dems are fighting back, and much more!

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