STEVE BANNON/TRUMP PEOPLE: “White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller unloaded on CNN host Jake Tapper on Sunday [1-7-18] — trashing Michael Wolff as a ‘garbage author of a garbage book,’ calling Steve Bannon an ‘angry and vindictive person’ and accusing CNN of ‘sticking knives’ into President Donald Trump’s allies.
The explosive 12-minute interview on ‘State of the Union’ devolved into a shouting match between Tapper and Miller, who accused the network of running ’24 hours of negative anti-Trump hysterical coverage’ and perpetuating falsehoods from Wolff’s explosive new book, ‘Fire and Fury.’
Trump himself was apparently watching, tweeting after the interview: ‘Jake Tapper of Fake News CNN just got destroyed in his interview with Stephen Miller of the Trump Administration. Watch the hatred and unfairness of this CNN flunky!’
Miller’s comments came as Trump’s surrogates took to the airwaves Sunday to discredit Wolff’s book, released Friday — and Wolff himself — for questioning the president’s mental stability and fitness for the job…
Miller heaped praise on the president, describing him as a ‘political genius’ who ‘tapped into something magical that’s happening in the heart of this country.’ And he pushed back against descriptions that question Trump’s literacy, saying that Trump would effortlessly dictate new material on the way to campaign rallies.
The interview turned ugly when Tapper insinuated that Miller was trying to stroke Trump’s ego, and Miller, in turn, accused Tapper of being condescending and CNN of running ’24 hours of negative anti-Trump, hysterical coverage,’ including ‘some spectacular embarrassing false reporting.’
Eventually, Tapper cut Miller off.”
-Ian Kullgren, “White House adviser Stephen Miller unloads on CNN,” Politico, Jan. 7, 2018 10:35am