CNN Host Tells 'Hysterical' Stephen Miller to 'Calm Down' in Heated Interview

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller lost his cool during a recent CNN appearance.
During a Tuesday, February 18, interview with anchor Brianna Keilar, President Donald Trump's staffer seemed to crumble under pressure when questioned about who is really running the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) after a recent legal filing claimed it's not Elon Musk.
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As their conversation kicked off, Keilar pressed the official about who was responsible for terminating 300 employees at the National Nuclear Security Administration and then hiring them back the next day.
"Well, in that case, the secretary of energy would be the one," Miller explained. "So, what you're describing would be the cuts in the Department of Energy, those are directed by the Senate-confirmed secretary of energy."

"OK, so that was the secretary of energy's mistake?" the journalist asked.
"Well, I wouldn't use the term mistake," the political advisor said. "I would say that it's pretty standard when you're downsizing government, you make cuts, you assess those cuts. You see who needs to be rehired, you see who needs to be kept, who needs to be reevaluated."
Tensions began to rise after Miller sarcastically quipped, "I understand that even a temporary interruption in federal employment is a great crisis and catastrophe for you and for CNN."

Keilar then said she doesn't believe anyone would "assert" there isn't any monetary waste in government.
"If you agree there is waste, if you agree there is abuse, if you agree there is corruption, why are you not celebrating the cuts, the reforms that are being instituted?" a bewildered Miller yelled. "Every day that no action is taken the entire salary of American workers that are taxed disappears forever."
The host did her best to simmer him, adding, "Stephen, let's calm down. We're not having a debate." 

"Well, you are clearly trying to debate me," Miller pettily snapped back. "And I will be as excited as I want to be about the fact that we are saving Americans billions of dollars."
The broadcast rift comes after the Director of the White House's Office of Administration Joshua Fisher claimed in court documents that "Mr. Musk is an employee of the White House office" — but not the head of DOGE despite his efforts.

"He holds that position as a non-career Special Government Employee ('SGE'). In that job, Mr. Musk is a Senior Advisor to the President," the legal papers read.
"In his role as Senior Advisor to the President, Mr. Musk has no greater authority than other Senior White House Advisors. Like other Senior White House Advisors, Mr. Musk has no actual or formal authority to make government decisions," Fisher noted.