This episode of The Parnas Perspective covers the news after the midterm elections, centered on reported turmoil inside the White House. Aaron Parnas summarizes reports that Trump clashed with chief of staff Suzi Wiles, who left her post, and that Steven Miller has been pushing for the arrest of journalists to force them to reveal sources.
He also covers a steep decline in the Trump Media stock, congressional Democrats' plans to investigate, and reported U.S. strikes near Iran alongside a reward offer for information on its nuclear program. Listeners will hear how these claims are sourced to anonymous officials and press reports, and what remains unconfirmed.
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Donald Trump just lost the House, and the Senate voters rejected his agenda, and his own party is telling him to change course, but he's going—actually—the other way. We're now learning today that Trump wanted a chief of staff who will, quote, "crack skulls," so he picked Steven Miller. According to The Atlantic, Miller has supported arresting journalists to force them to give up their sources. But it's not all good for the White House, because many are saying this is a sign of weakness. It comes as the president's stock, the DJT stock, has lost significant wealth over the past several days since the midterms, crashing to its lowest point ever.
Investors in the stock have lost collectively more than $2.2 billion, and the United States military is teasing Iran—subtly—launching limited, small strikes while asking the public for information on Iran's nuclear program, a nuclear program that reportedly, at least according to the president, was decimated. If you can, subscribe to support this work, like, comment, share—the more you do, the more people see. It is a scary time right now, because Miller is pushing for the arrest of journalists, and when the most powerful official in the White House believes reporters should be arrested until they give up their sources, people like me are the most exposed.
And I'm not going to stop. I'm not going to stop my coverage. In fact, I'm only going to ramp up, so get ready. And if you can, support, like, comment, share. Let's talk about Steven Miller for a second, because right now, according to The Atlantic, Steven Miller wants to go to war. One of the people that spoke to The Atlantic said Trump wanted a chief of staff who will "crack skulls." Trump doesn't want to be reined in. Before the midterms, Trump kept complaining that, quote, "Steven is the only one who gets stuff done," and you need more people who get stuff done.
Right after Tuesday, Trump suggested he might soften his approach to work with Democrats, but then he got angrier about the results. In fact, behind the scenes, he started screaming at Suzi Wiles. According to new reporting, Trump on Truth Social said Suzi Wiles had done an outstanding job, but those inside the Oval Office say it's a very different story. Trump exploded at Wiles during an Oval Office meeting on Thursday in front of aide, so much so that she walked out while he was still shouting. According to these reports, Wiles asked to stay through a transition until February.
Trump said no, and Friday—yesterday—was her last day. One source also claimed she had planned a Camp David retreat this weekend with loyal aides to figure out how to keep her job. That trip has been canceled. The fighting inside goes deeper. Wiles' allies spent the week trying to make Pete Hegseth the public face of the losses. A senior Pentagon official told The Daily Mail, quote, "Suzi was trying to push out Pete." The Atlantic adds that Trump was furious about a New York Times story in which Wiles' allies were, quote, "joking before the election about how bad things looked."
And, well, now it's looking actually pretty worse. See, Trump has pushed the Justice Department to pursue criminal leak investigations. Two of those that spoke to The Atlantic said Suzi Wiles pushed back. Miller supported the idea and insisted it wouldn't take long for journalists to give up their sources. And now this is the man that Trump insulted as his White House chief of staff.
And I will see a lot of you, and maybe I'll ask Steven Miller to say a couple of words, because he's become a very hot—he's become a very hot commodity, hotter than Trump, and this could be a problem. You know, Marco is so hot now. If he gets hotter than Trump, I'm going to have to let him go. Same thing with Steven.
Thank you, Mr. President.
God bless you.
It was the privilege of a lifetime to join President Trump all the way back in 2015 when he came down that golden escalator. And let me tell you, if it wasn't for President Trump, the United States of America would not exist right now.
Right.
This man saved America. He saved our military from collapse. He saved our economy from destruction. He saved our border from annihilation. And he saved our country from threats at home and abroad, which would have been the end of the American dream forever. This man took a bullet for us. He faced down life in prison for us. He saved the Republican Party from the ash heap of history and has made it stronger, more popular, and more resilient than ever before.
We need to stand with the man who has stood with us and this country with every fiber of his being.
Amen.
It is the honor of my life to be President Trump's chief of staff.
Wow.
And I swear to you, and I pledge to you, Mr. President, my absolute loyalty, my unwavering commitment, and my total devotion to your success and the success of this country. Thank you, President Trump.
Amen. Amen. That's Steven Miller. They're doubling down, not pulling back. Now, today, this is what Trump's media stock looks like: not great. Trump media stock has crashed nearly 25% since the election, to a record low. According to Reuters and others, Trump's net worth fell more than $160 million in just a single day. Outside investors have now lost more than $2.2 billion. Trump's own stake, which he got without paying any cash, is actually still worth about $460 million and is only going worse.
Reuters talks to more than a dozen shareholders, nearly all three-time Trump voters, and they're not happy. A Colorado nurse is down about $28,000, which he hoped to with fund her retirement. An investor in Austin put 20% of his net worth into the stock and is now down 88.5%. He said, quote, "The Trump family, they say they cared to me. They have all this money and they keep making more money, but how about the little people?" And it's something that congressional Democrats are preparing to investigate: the way the Trump corruption impacts everyday people. And that's what Congressman Robert Garcia said today on MS Now.
We're talking about the Epstein investigation. Have you had a sit-down meeting yet with the rest of the chairman-elect and potentially Speaker Jefferies to carve out everyone's jurisdictions? Obviously, there's a little bit of overlapping interests. You know, we've seen the Judiciary Committee put out some materials on Epstein. Obviously, you guys have been primarily the lead on that. But how is coordination going to work? And has Jefferies weighed in yet on everyone's individual lanes?
Yeah, I mean, look, we've been meeting actually with Miller Jefferies on oversight for months now, and so he's been very supportive of the work of accountability. And so myself and Jimmy Raskin in particular have been, I think, real partners in this. You know, I tell people all the time, when I—you know, I've been—this is my third year in Congress still, so Jimmy Raskin was a leader of oversight when I was a freshman on oversight. I viewed him not just as a colleague, but as a mentor. And to be able to work with him on oversight together and on this accountability piece is critical.
And so, no, we have—we've kind of mapped out already who's kind of going to focus on what, especially the first few months. And there'll be areas that we both focus on, and then.
They're ready. They're ready to go. Now, meanwhile, on the war in Iran, Donald Trump last night confirmed that limited strikes were done again on Iran.
Strikes near Iran today in Qasham Island. Did the U.S. do those?
About what?
Strikes near Qasham Island in Iran. Was the U.S.
I don't want to talk about it. We do minor strikes, but they knock out—they built a little bit of an anti-aircraft device, and we knocked it out in about 15 minutes, maybe 5.
So they did do strikes. They also put this out, which I've actually never seen from the United States government ever: offering a $20 million reward and possible relocation for information on Iran's nuclear program. Now, I was told for a long time that the nuclear program actually was destroyed, but alas, it looks as though the United States military is in the dark as to what Iran actually is doing. So that's the latest right now. It's going to be a busy weekend ahead. I'll have more updates for you every step of the way. Make sure to subscribe, support this work.
Like, comment, share. The more you do, the more people see. And I'll see you probably in a few hours, because get ready. Busy weekend ahead.
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