Stephen Miller Uses Tailored Suits to Mainstream Radical Views at 41
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Updated · The Washington Post · Nov 14
Stephen Miller Uses Tailored Suits to Mainstream Radical Views at 41
1 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Nov 14
Summary
Promoted last week to White House chief of staff, 41-year-old Stephen Miller is portrayed as using trim, conventional suits to make his hard-line politics look orderly, reasonable and familiar.
That image matters more now because Miller has become Donald Trump’s most powerful aide, pairing a polished establishment look with public declarations of “absolute loyalty” and praise for Trump after the promotion.
Miller’s wardrobe contrasts with the policies and rhetoric that made him prominent, including the first-term “Muslim ban,” second-term deportation quotas and repeated attacks on asylum seekers, refugees and non-English-speaking immigrants.
The broader argument is that his standard business attire functions as camouflage, softening the presentation of views critics see as extreme by wrapping them in the visual language of mainstream authority.