Trump set to appoint Stephen Miller, architect behind the president-elect’s immigration policies, to White House team: Live

Donald Trump continues to tap new cabinet members after resounding election win over Kamala Harris

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Donald Trump looks set to appoint anti-immigration hardliner Stephen Miller, the man behind many of the most controversial border policies from his first term, as his deputy chief of staff for policy as his new White House team continues to expand.

Earlier, the president-elect tapped New York Republican Representative Elise Stefanik to serve as ambassador to the UN in his forthcoming administration, having already announced that Tom Homan will be his border czar, tasked with enacting the mass deportation of illegal immigrants the Republican promised on the campaign trail.

Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform that Homan, a former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), would be in charge of “the Southern Border, the Northern Border, all Maritime, and Aviation Security”.

Homan subsequently told Fox and Friends on Monday morning that he has already begun receiving death threats from people opposed to his plans.

Trump will meet with Joe Biden at the White House on Wednesday to discuss a transition schedule as the Senate elects a new majority leader to replace the outgoing Mitch McConnell, with GOP senators John Cornyn, John Thune and Rick Scott in contention.

Key Points

• Stephen Miller expected to be Donald Trump’s deputy chief of staff for policy
• President-elect picks Elise Stefanik as his UN ambassador
• Trump appoints immigration hardliner Tom Homan as border czar to oversee mass deportations
• Republican ‘told Vladimir Putin not to escalate war in Ukraine’ after securing election win
• Trump and Joe Biden to meet at White House this week

[11 November 2024 14:20 · Joe Sommerlad]

Top Republican pollster accuses Harris advisers of ‘political malpractice’

Veteran GOP pollster Frank Luntz has accused Kamala Harris’s campaign advisers of committing “political malpractice” for fixating on Trump’s flaws rather than telling the electorate “about her”.

Luntz sat down with ABC News’s Jonathan Karl on This Week and argued that the vice president’s campaign aides set her up for failure due to a lack of focus on creating her own political identity and policies.

Here’s more from James Liddell.

[11 November 2024 14:00 · Joe Sommerlad]

Homan says he’s already received death threats since border czar unveiling

Speaking on Fox and Friends this morning, Tom Homan – Trump’s new border czar – has revealed that his family are “not at home right now” because they’ve already been receiving death threats since his appointment was announced by the president-elect on Truth Social last night.

Homan told the hosts dismissively that such threats are “something we are going to deal with”.

“They are not going to bully me away,” he added.

The official explained that it will be his job to realise Trump's promise to carry out “the largest deportation operation in history” and that he will begin by targetting those that “a federal judge said you must go and they didn’t”.

Addressing migrants, Homan said: “You have the right to claim asylum. You have a right to see a judge. We make that happen... [But if the] judge says you must go home, then we have to take them home.”

[11 November 2024 13:50 · Joe Sommerlad]

Jim Jordan denies Trump will carry out threats to go after rivals

House Judiciary Committee chairman Jim Jordan tamped down on worries that the president-elect will weaponize the federal government against his political enemies on Sunday, even as Trump himself has publicly promised to do so, as the graphic below illustrates.

Here’s John Bowden on what Jordan had to tell CNN’s State of the Union.

[11 November 2024 13:30 · Joe Sommerlad]

Trump set to announce Elise Stefanik as his UN ambassador

The congresswoman now appears to have accepted the position we mentioned earlier, telling The New York Post in a statement:

“I am truly honored to earn President Trump's nomination to serve in his Cabinet as US Ambassador to the United Nations.

“During my conversation with President Trump, I shared how deeply humbled I am to accept his nomination and that I look forward to earning the support of my colleagues in the United States Senate.”

As it stands, she still requires the approval of senators.

James Liddell has more.

[11 November 2024 13:10 · Joe Sommerlad]

Vivek Ramaswamy teases role in Trump’s second administration

The biotech CEO appeared on ABC’s This Week on Sunday, where he was asked by Jonathan Karl whether he will be part of a second Trump administration, one which the Trump transition team is thought to be crafting around political appointees who value loyalty to Trump above all else.

Ramaswamy was evasive about what exact role he might play but confirmed he was having “high-impact discussions” about his path forward.

John Bowden has more.

[11 November 2024 12:50 · Joe Sommerlad]

Tucker Carlson accuses Senate Republicans of plotting ‘coup’ against Trump

The former Fox News host and Trump ally has claimed that Senate Republicans are staging “a coup” against the president-elect as three Senators vie to replace Mitch McConnell.

Republicans reclaimed control of the Senate on Election Night, leaving the door open for one of their own to replace McConnell, the chamber’s longest-serving party leader, who plans to step down at year’s end.

“What the hell is going on in the US Senate?” Carlson posted on X this weekend.

“Hours after Donald Trump wins the most conclusive mandate in 40 years, Mitch McConnell engineers a coup against his agenda by calling early leadership elections in the senate.

“Two of the three candidates hate Trump and what he ran on.”

Here’s Kelly Rissman on his objections to John Cornyn and John Thune.

[11 November 2024 12:30 · Joe Sommerlad]

The right-wing organization in Trump’s ear replacing the Heritage Foundation and Project 2025

Implementing loyalists to executive branch positions, forcing local and state law enforcement agencies to comply with mass deportation and taking a confrontational approach to relations with China are all policies promoted by the America First Policy Institute, a right-wing think tank with influence over Donald Trump.

Ariana Baio breaks it down.

[11 November 2024 12:10 · Joe Sommerlad]

Nikki Haley reacts after Trump says she won’t be in second administration

The president-elect’s former UN ambassador turned primary rival is playing nice after being publicly snubbed by Trump in a Truth Social post stating that she and ex-secretary of state Mike Pompeo will both be excluded from his second administration.

Here’s John Bowden with Haley’s response.

[11 November 2024 11:50 · Joe Sommerlad]

SNL praises ‘hot, jacked’ Trump to avoid his so-called ‘enemies list’

Saturday Night Live cast members sarcastically praised Donald Trump’s election victory this weekend and debuted a new version of the former president — “hot, jacked Trump” — to avoid being put on his “enemies list” in its first post-vote episode.

Here’s more from Kelly Rissman.

[11 November 2024 11:30 · Joe Sommerlad]

Democrats urge Biden and Sotomayor to resign to create new roles for Harris

There are desperate scenes on Democrat social media just now, where former Kamala Harris aide Jamal Simmons has urged Joe Biden to step down early to allow the Vice President to serve as interim president.

That prompted CNN pundit Bakari Sellers to respond by suggesting that Sonia Sotomayor should retire from the US Supreme Court to allow Harris to serve in her stead, a step the justice, 70, has expressed no interest in taking, according to The Wall Street Journal, despite the risk of her being succeeded by yet another Trump-appointed conservative if she does not.