Looks like somebody had a late night.
President Trump’s policy adviser Stephen Miller showed that the tough executive branch job sometimes requires a daytime nap on Monday.
The 32-year-old aide just couldn’t manage to feign interest or even keep his eyes during Trump’s speech about the Florida school shooting to governors meeting at the White House.
Photos from the afternoon speech show Miller rubbing his eyes and yawning with exhaustion, but at least attempting to stay awake.
But eventually his head falls forward and his eyes shut and he takes a brief afternoon cat nap during the important policy meeting.
President Trump’s policy adviser Stephen Miller showed that the tough executive branch job sometimes requires a daytime nap on Monday
Photos from Trump’s speech about the Florida school shooting Monday show Miller rubbing his eyes and yawning with exhaustion, but at least attempting to stay awake
But eventually his head falls forward and his eyes shut and he takes a brief afternoon cat nap during the important policy meeting
And unfortunately for Miller, this may have been a speech worth paying attention to, because as senior policy adviser he will play a major role in the president’s legislative response to the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on February 14.
During the speech Trump claimed he would have stormed the high school even if he had been unarmed.
He also blasted the local law enforcement as ‘disgusting’ and called for teachers to be allowed to carry concealed firearms at school.
Last week it was revealed that the armed guard at the school, Scot Peterson, stayed outside the school while the shooting was happening.
And on Monday Trump said Peterson and any other deputies were at fault, noting that they ‘weren’t exactly Medal of Honor winners.’
‘The way they performed was frankly disgusting,’ he noted.
Unfortunately for Miller, this may have been a speech worth paying attention to, because as senior policy adviser he will play a major role in the president’s legislative response to the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on February 14. He is pictured speaking with Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker
During the speech Trump claimed he would have stormed the high school even if he had been unarmed
He also blasted the local law enforcement as ‘disgusting’ and called for teachers to be allowed to carry concealed firearms at school
Trump has supported raising the legal age to buy assault rifles, but has yet to lay out specific legislation suggestions.
Luckily for Miller, he had likely heard the president’s speech already, and potentially played a part in writing it.
Miller is Trump’s senior policy adviser and speech writer, with hard-right political views. He claims he has been a staunch conservative since reading the book: ‘Guns, Crime and Freedom,’ which was written by National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre in opposition of gun control.
The Duke University graduate was described in Michael Wolff’s book Fire and Fury as ‘a 55-year-old trapped in a 32-year-old’s body.’
He also noted that Miller didn’t have any clear observable role in the White House.
‘Other than being a far-right conservative, it was unclear what parciularly abilities accompanied Miller’s views,’ Wolff wrote.
‘He was supposed to be a speechwriter, but if so, he seemed restricted to bullet points and unable to construct sentences.
‘He was supposed to be a policy adviser but knew little about policy.
‘He was supposed to be the house intellectual but was militantly unread. He was supposed to be a communications specialist but he antagonized almost everyone.’