Stephen Miller has broken his silence after Elon Musk turned on his billionaire bestie, Donald Trump.
The deputy chief of staff, usually a prolific social media poster, had been silent for hours online after the volcanic fall out between the two men, despite social media erupting with Musk’s bombshell allegations including a claim that the president was named in the Jeffrey Epstein files.
It comes as Miller’s wife, Katie, followed Elon Musk out of the White House and DOGE duties last month, reportedly for a new job working with the tech billionaire.
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While Miller did not tag Musk or mention any of the billionaire’s personal claims about Trump in a belated Thursday night post, he instead took a jab by referencing a comment made by the 53-year-old earlier this week.
“The only ‘new’ spending in the bill is to defend the homeland and deport the illegals—paid for by raising visa fees. All the other provisions? Massive spending cuts. There is no ‘pork’ in the bill. Just campaign promises," Miller wrote.
Miller was quoting a pointed comment made by Musk which claimed Trump’s bill is a “massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill,” adding it “is a disgusting abomination.”
The Trump confidante followed the veiled comment with another late-night post that read, “Still trying to figure out what the objection is to a bill that combines record tax cuts with record spending cuts with record deportations.”
Miller’s relative silence on the issue was in stark contract with his flurry of posts throughout the week as the Musk and Trump drama boiled over, and the Trump adviser went on a posting spree in an attempt to save the bill’s reputation.
Miller also pulled out on a scheduled appearance on Larry Kudlow’s Fox News show on Thursday afternoon, with the host apologizing for him.
“We lost Mr Miller to a meeting in the Oval Office,” Kudlow said. “Perfectly understandable, when I was in government it would happen all the time, you’d have to kill a TV show, you’re at the president’s beck and call.”
Miller then appeared in a White House discussion alongside Senior White House officials Taylor Budowich, Russ Vought and James Braid discuss Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.” The half-hour YouTube video was posted Thursday night, with Miller the first to speak.
“The most important thing in politics in American is honoring the promises you make to the American people, the sacred trust between the voter and the man they elect, in this case the president of the United States,” Miller said, noting the president made numerous promises on the campaign trail that “are codified in this legislation.” Miller reposted numerous videos uploaded from the discussion to X by the White House’s Rapid Response team.
Musk earlier unfollowed Miller’s account on X on Thursday, in an unfollowing spree that also included right-wing media personality Charlie Kirk.
Appearing on Kirk’s podcast on Thursday, Kirk said to Miller, “I want you to say again that this would be one of the greatest legislative accomplishments in Republican party history.”
Miller began the interview by telling Kirk, “You’ve been such a critical element of the success of the MAGA movement. I hope your audience appreciates how much we appreciate you.”
The interview descended into both men talking up the “big beautiful bill.”
“If Ronald Reagan had just done no tax on tips, they’d still be giving speeches today about it at the Reagan Library,“ Miller claimed.
”There’d be whole statues, there’d be museum displays, they’d have entire industries built off just telling the story of when Reagan did no tax on tips. Isn’t that right Charlie?"
The 30-minute discussion did not mention Elon Musk calling the bill a “disgusting abomination” or his wife Katie‘s employment status.
Miller did say he was “optimistic” the bill would be passed “because I have faith in the power of the Trump voter.”
