Commentators weigh Stephen Miller's dress and image as White House chief of staff

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• Robin Givhan argues that Miller's suits make the radical look reassuringly routine, blending gentleman policy wonk with urgent Cassandra.
• Givhan writes that Miller trades in stereotypes and clichés, looking backward to define himself in the present day.
• Commentators cast Miller's first day as chief of staff in mobster terms, tying his lifelong obsession with 'Goodfellas' and 'Casino' to his combative worldview.
• A forecast holds that Miller's mobster obsession, dovetailed with his white supremacism, previews two years of revenge and mob-like cruelty.
• At an October 2025 gathering of law enforcement agents in Memphis, Miller said gangbangers 'have no idea how ruthless we are'.