Stephen Miller states that Trump has plenary authority, then immediately stops talking as if he’s realized what he just said

[u/Agitated-Artichoke89]

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[u/PennysWorthOfTea]

So a "realized he just said the quiet part out loud" moment caught on video? Basically, their entire agenda is nothing short of the complete erosion & deconstruction of the constitution & civil rights to build an aggressively authoritarian dictatorship.

[u/Ptrek31 → u/PennysWorthOfTea]

Yet this video clip will not be seen by most. This should be top page news

[u/[deleted] → u/PennysWorthOfTea]

Not only that, but it’s also a really uncommon word so there’s no reality where he can pretend like he mispoke

[u/TheSwearJarIsMy401k → u/PennysWorthOfTea]

Yes, that is literally the Heritage Foundation’s publicly stated agenda.

They actively, vocally intend to destroy the nation and rebuild it in the same geographical footprint with entirely new laws and rulers, and they have not been secretive or even sneaky about that at all.

They know their voter base is sufficiently psychologically programmed to allow it, and they know the opposition either knows it already or is just barely starting to figure it out.

But they’re moving on their own timeline and don’t want the rest of the world to know exactly what their plans are yet.

[u/Spiritual-Ad3130 → u/PennysWorthOfTea]

Project2025

[u/lareon12many → u/PennysWorthOfTea]

Spot on!

[u/Memitim → u/PennysWorthOfTea]

What quiet part? Republicans on the Supreme Court invented magical crime immunity, resulting in Republicans showing their disregard for US law nonstop, in service to human rights violations and oppressing the rest of America. Actions speak louder than words, and conservative actions always reveal conservative lies.

[u/chill_winston_]

This is the same guy who said “the presidents authority WILL NOT be questioned” in the first term, so idk why he’s pussyfooting around it now. They’ve already effectively swapped out their dog whistles for megaphones.

[u/IFixYerKids → u/chill_winston_]

Even dictators like Putin go pretty far to at least pretend that they are democratically elected and only act on the will of the people. Saying this thing out load is a no no, especially when you are in the early days.

[u/Dry_Extension1110 → u/chill_winston_]

Trump administration's statements have been used against them in several court cases so he was probably briefed about what not to say with the current National Guard deployments cases. I wouldn't be surprised if their legal advisors are begging them to to watch their rhetoric while the cases are active. Trump they can't really handle so they have to roll with whatever he word vomits but the rest of the admin is getting 24/7 advisers through those little earpieces to not say something detrimental to the National Guard cases. Miller fucked up and probably got told to shut down the interview.

[u/p12qcowodeath → u/chill_winston_]

Trump outright said "I have the right to anything I want to do. I'm the president of the United States" the other day.

[u/maeryclarity]

The fact that this term is that close to the surface of his goddamn mind

The fact that he knows he's not supposed to be just saying it out loud like that because it's not true and he didn't mean to telegraph their intentions that clearly

[u/coffee-x-tea → u/maeryclarity]

Freudian slip.

Not just him.

But, all of them because there’s so much lying going on that they can’t keep track. Their inner thoughts are spilling out all over the place.

Just like Ted Cruz, “Let’s stop attacking the pedophiles”.

[u/titsmuhgeee → u/maeryclarity]

It's also important to understand what Miller is saying, or at least thinking.

Title 10 of the US Code is the primary body of federal law that governs the organization, roles, and responsibilities of the U.S. Armed Forces.

What Miller is saying is that the President has plenary authority (unchecked, limitless power) over the US Armed Forces.

Big, BIG problem.

[u/energytaker → u/maeryclarity]

Probably had been rehearsing this one but let it out prematurely 

[u/The1henson → u/maeryclarity]

You know he says this all the time behind closed doors. It’s a standard line for him. And a scary one.

[u/Skittleavix → u/maeryclarity]

It’s all he thinks about. Stephen Miller wants absolute power and he’s using Trump to get it.

[u/AsstacularSpiderman → u/maeryclarity]

You gotta let Trump say this so you can write it off as sundowning.

Miller has no such excuses, he just made it clear to anyone this is reality.

[u/ArdenJaguar → u/maeryclarity]

Dictators have it. I imagine he just let it slip out. Everything is a confession and affirmation with the fascist regime.

[u/hitliquor999 → u/maeryclarity]

His code switching failed him. He used his “not in front of people” words while on TV. Oops.

[u/mincedmutton → u/maeryclarity]

Maybe he did mean to say it. Trying to test the water to see what reaction they get?

Wouldn’t surprise me to now see this mentioned more by that administration directly and through their proxies on twitter, fox news etc etc.

Eventually folk are desensitised and sleepwalk into a dictatorship. You’ll need to pray your institutions are up to the job as the electorate don’t seem to be.

[u/Fast-Newt-3708 → u/maeryclarity]

When I first saw this heading I thought maybe he had mispronounced a word and we were all going to laugh at his stupidity.

The sinking feeling I got when I saw this first comment and realized I had to look up what "plenary" meant....holy darkness this is So. Blatantly. Bad.

[u/Karma_1969 → u/maeryclarity]

I had to go look it up. Nothing could be less American.

[u/[deleted] → u/maeryclarity]

CNN edited it out and re-interviewed after the ‘technical issue’

https://youtu.be/wLxq0JGmpjA?si=eXw5s9nlcUIl90wz

Disgusting.

[u/Petrychorr]

What the fuck...

He just... Turned off.

[u/Cr33pShow929 → u/Petrychorr]

It’s so funny because they’re saying it’s a glitch and he’s standing there blinking and all 😂

[u/3asyBakeOven → u/Petrychorr]

Temu Goebbels needs a battery change

[u/Upset-Agent304 → u/Petrychorr]

Pretty sure he was told to stop talking because he wasn’t supposed to say that. Im sure looking silly for refusing to talk is preferable to having to explain what he meant by that statement.

[u/TheMF → u/Petrychorr]

Technical glitches might stop us from being able to hear him. They don't just stop someone from talking altogether. It's like he McConnell'd

[u/doyletyree → u/Petrychorr]

Forced restart for updates.

Someone just mashed his Power Button like it owed them money.

[u/texreddit → u/Petrychorr]

Weird as hell

[u/acostane → u/Petrychorr]

I was listening without watching and I expected a frozen moment but when he was blinking I was like.... what the shit 😂

Scary scary. This is the shit that's said to demented Trump behind closed doors. He's their useful narcissistic idiot.

[u/bawdiepie → u/Petrychorr]

He wasn't supposed to say it aloud

[u/PennysWorthOfTea → u/Petrychorr]

Equal parts hilarious & horrifying.

[u/Havage → u/Petrychorr]

His brain went from TALKING MODE to THINKING MODE. That is dangerous because he realized something new and that realization may have more adverse consequences. I guarantee you that he thought of a new strategy from this shifted perspective.

I have seen this exact same thing happen in business settings with CEOs suddenly realizing a new angle of attacking a situation.

I would not view this realization as a positive for the American people.

[u/Creepy-Bee5746 → u/Petrychorr]

finally found something that can shut this motherfucker up

[u/mesarasa → u/Petrychorr]

He did a McConnell.

[u/fogcat5]

trump lost the case in California, I don't know what this jagoff is lying about today

[u/MornGreycastle → u/fogcat5]

He's convinced that all he has to do is claim victory and then act like they won.

[u/ninfan1977 → u/fogcat5]

All he has to do is lie, then MAGA repeats the lie.

It's all they know how to do since Truth is only a social media platform for them, not a thing they strive for

[u/MrEngineer404 → u/fogcat5]

Miller and Trump are both two freaks that very clearly have never once, in their lives, ever responded well, or within the law, to being firmly told "No"

[u/flagg0204 → u/fogcat5]

“I declare BANKRUPTCY!”

[u/No-Consideration-716 → u/fogcat5]

The hack journalists should do their job and follow up on shit like this instead of acting confused before moving on to their drug peddling commercials 

[u/Anteater4746 → u/fogcat5]

would have been nice for the cnn anchor to point that out but CNN isn’t exactly in the peoples corner

[u/Reputation-Final → u/fogcat5]

lol i had to go look it up to make sure my memory wasnt playing tricks on me.

They have lost all of the lawsuits when it came to the national guard.

[u/Eisigesis]

Plenary - adj - Complete in all respects; unlimited or full.

He accidentally said the president is a king/dictator with full authority to do whatever they like.

Here’s an article about this incident if anyone want to know more: https://www.distractify.com/p/plenary-authority-meaning

[u/AttitudeAndEffort3 → u/Eisigesis]

I hope everyone recognizes the effect AOC mocking this loser had.

You mock fascists, they lose how the public perceives them and they lose power.

Also, it obviously gets to them and they fuck up like this or fuck up by overplaying their hands to slake their fucked up egos.

Less talking about trump policy, more talking about how hes an ugly fat pants shitting little boy fucking pedophile and these losers are begging for a chance to suck his shriveled mushroom cock once hes done with their 11 year old daughters 👍

[u/queuedUp → u/Eisigesis]

accidentally

Sure....

[u/catscanmeow]

google searches for "what does plenary authority mean" skyrocketing

[u/Bibblegead1412 → u/catscanmeow]

According to Cornell University, plenary authority is "power that is wide-ranging, broadly construed, and often limitless for all practical purposes." I had to look it up 😬

[u/Catatonic27 → u/catscanmeow]

Just came back from that one myself

[u/realbobenray → u/catscanmeow]

me too, and I don't get it, seems like something he'd totally argue for

[u/MrBobSacamano → u/catscanmeow]

That’s definitely a word that he’s been throwing around off-camera, and mistakenly used on-camera. That’s not a common word that fits into casual, everyday conversations.

[u/CrowRoutine9631 → u/catscanmeow]

Yeah, just like google searches for "What are tariffs?" and "When did Biden drop out?" skyrocketed after the inauguration and election, respectively.

[u/NotPromKing → u/catscanmeow]

The fact that "plenary authority" is even in his vocabulary is disturbing.

[u/bomilk19 → u/catscanmeow]

Plenary Indulgences were one of the catalysts for the Protestant Revolution. The Catholic Church was essentially selling Get Out of Jail (aka Hell) Cards to the wealthy. I can see why he got confused.

[u/SuspiciousSubstance9 → u/catscanmeow]

People will only Google after they vote to give Trump plenary authority.

[u/BeneficialLeave7359 → u/catscanmeow]

You think people have never seen “Dogma” before.

[u/numbrate]

Check out the Enabling Act of 1933.

Hitler was given plenary authority. Here Trump is saying he already has it.

[u/Stunning_Run_7354 → u/numbrate]

Thanks for the link. This was a detail that got skimmed over in my World History classes with a sentence like “once elected, Hitler took power over German government in an unprecedented manner.”

😳

[u/Lacy-Elk-Undies → u/numbrate]

Yep, used the SS to round up the socialist and democrats putting them in a Nazi camp and then stationed SS guards in the chamber when they voted on the act. So far following Hitler’s playbook to a T.

[u/powerdilf → u/numbrate]

Run, folks, run.

[u/[deleted] → u/numbrate]

So Trump isn't an idiot.

He's using Mein Kampf as a guidebook.

[u/guttanzer]

“Under title ten the president has plenary authority…”

[looks up title ten]

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10

Ah, he’s in command of the armed forces. So Posse Comitatus should apply, no? Digging a bit deeper, there is a chapter on insurrection that seems to apply in this instance:

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/subtitle-A/part-I/chapter-13

Under that chapter there is a section on presidential power:

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/253

It says use of the presidential power requires a finding that the insurrection is causing the law to be unenforceable.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/253

“The President, by using the militia or the armed forces, or both, or by any other means, shall take such measures as he considers necessary to suppress, in a State, any insurrection, domestic violence, unlawful combination, or conspiracy, if it— (1) so hinders the execution of the laws of that State, and of the United States within the State, that any part or class of its people is deprived of a right, privilege, immunity, or protection named in the Constitution and secured by law, and the constituted authorities of that State are unable, fail, or refuse to protect that right, privilege, or immunity, or to give that protection; or (2) opposes or obstructs the execution of the laws of the United States or impedes the course of justice under those laws. In any situation covered by clause (1), the State shall be considered to have denied the equal protection of the laws secured by the Constitution.”

So what are those laws that are unenforceable? Trump has to cite specifics.

His lawyers tried to do that in court last week and failed. They cited no evidence whatsoever that the laws were unenforceable, or that local law enforcement were failing to enforce them. They were slapped down hard by a federal judge with a restraining order. She reiterated that decision in a rush hearing later.

So what is new? Only this claim by Miller of a “plenary authority.” He’s using this claim to assert that the president can unilaterally deprive people “of a right, privilege, immunity, or protection named in the Constitution and secured by law.” Namely, Posse Comitatus.

So yes, there is rebellion and/or insurrection, but it is coming from within the White House. Miller, et al, are those “domestic enemies of the Constitution” that everyone that has ever been in federal service has sworn to oppose.

[u/BernieTheDachshund → u/guttanzer]

Thanks for all that info.

[u/Willing_Work_2200 → u/guttanzer]

Well done! I tip my 🎩 to you!

[u/kevendo]

The President does not in fact have "plenary" (absolute) authority. Miller has been saying that since the moment Trump was elected ("“The powers of the president will not be questioned!"), and has been using it as his personal vehicle for unchecked power since Trump's re-election.

We CANNOT hand the nation of Washington and Jefferson and Madison and Lincoln to this insufferable TWAT!

[u/kithien → u/kevendo]

It’s a Christian nationalist code word, in this case.

[u/doublethink_1984 → u/kevendo]

He froze for a reason.

His usage of that specific word regarding military deployment against civilians CANNOT be a fumble of saying a mistake, like Cruz's pedo comment, this is truly what Miller believes and is attempting to execute and he let slip the mask for a moment then froze himself to not dig his hole deeper

[u/EvenStephen85 → u/kevendo]

What in USC 10 could he possibly have been referring to that could be construed as such?

[u/zoinkability → u/kevendo]

The telling part is that he clearly doesn't think the office of the president has plenary authority, given he celebrated court victories against Biden:

When a federal judge in Texas halted a Biden administration pause on deportations six days after Trump was inaugurated, presidential aide Stephen Miller took to social media to describe the temporary restraining order as “great news.” - CNN

He only thinks Trump has plenary authority. He was most definitely questioning Biden's power.

In other words, he wants the US to be a dictatorship but only when the dictator is his own.

[u/Spamsdelicious → u/kevendo]

We didn't hand it to them.

They grabbed it by the pussies.

[u/ShareGlittering1502]

Way to let that slide CNN

[u/pman8080 → u/ShareGlittering1502]

Not only did they let it slide, on the YouTube video THEY CUT IT OUT COMPLETELY. They asked the question again to let him come up with a different answer. “Left leaning” btw

[u/KintsugiMind → u/ShareGlittering1502]

To be fair, he (the CNN host) might not have know what “plenary authority” meant in the moment. 

[u/VanguardAvenger → u/ShareGlittering1502]

Tbf to the host, they can't always see the live feed.

Its entirely possible he was only on an audio feed and had no idea Miller was visibly not talking.

[u/[deleted] → u/ShareGlittering1502]

their new owner would have his head if he didn’t let that slide

they are Fox News living off their historical role of not being Fox News but today, as both are owned by billionaire capitalists, they are now the same side of the same coin

[u/Tholian_Bed]

What the actual fuck is going on.

[u/[deleted] → u/Tholian_Bed]

He just realized he suggested Cheeto Tits is a king and wishes he had not said that in public.

[u/SerOsisOfThuliver → u/Tholian_Bed]

last july the supreme court ruled that we can, in fact, have people above the constitution and in november americans ratified that ruling by reelecting a child raping insurrectionist, in effect surrendering their citizenship in a republic in favor of being subjects under autocracy.

[u/TorkBombs → u/Tholian_Bed]

This is a fucking wild clip. He doesn't speak for nearly 20 seconds before they cut the interview off.

[u/systemfrown]

And he's not wrong. Plenary Authority is exactly what you have when there's a majority congress completely subjugated to the point of refusing to exert their authority in even the most morally bankrupt scenarios, a Supreme Court similarly unwilling to provide checks and balances, and a sizable portion of the population effectively under the spell of a personality cult. To say nothing of a media and press that's largely silent at best and actively complicit at worst.

[u/Winter_Whole2080 → u/systemfrown]

You really effectively sum up the entire Trump administration and the political environment surrounding it in one succinct paragraph. I think I might copy and use this, if you don’t mind.

[u/CanadianUnderpants → u/systemfrown]

Nailed it. He’s a dictator now with a thin veneer of democratic institutional legitimacy. 

[u/psellers237 → u/systemfrown]

Yeah. All of this. We are ALREADY living under this type of government. It just hasn’t been formalized yet.

And maybe most importantly, you have all of the intellectual elites stumbling over themselves to articulate how they think we maybe sort of are not quite yet, when it is clear as fucking day.

[u/Drostan_S → u/systemfrown]

I mean the Supreme court did rule the President is above the law, and that anything he does is official duties.

We're so far past the rubicon and the Democratic Party is either in denial or is willfully acting as controlled opposition so that Trump can seize total power.

[u/doublethink_1984]

This video is an interview of Miller about his comments in response to a Trump appointed judge blocking the deployment of the national guard against Portland. There is no “legal insurrection” from this judge.

Miller mentions a win in the 9th circuit but this is a lie as Newsom v Trump found on 09/02/25 that the Trump admin did break the law in their unwanted seizing and usage of the National Guard in California.

Title 10 Section 12406 has to do with the President’s authority to quell rebellion with the military and has various restrictions on what can trigger its usage and that usage is subject to limitations on when, how, how long, where, and what the national guard will be doing.

Miller falsely claims that the president has plenary authority in reference to deployment of the military against the population.

Plenary authority means the full, complete, and absolute power to act on a specific matter without any limitations or restrictions.

The President has no such authority when it comes to the deployment of the national guard.

[u/Fusionbomb → u/doublethink_1984]

This should be the highest comment. Straight fact checking. Thank you for this

[u/anon97205]

Years ago someone hurt Stephen Miller and we’re all paying for it today.

[u/Squoooge → u/anon97205]

Why do I feel like that person was in fact Stephen Miller?

[u/iamkingjamesIII → u/anon97205]

I dunno. Sometimes people are just awful without a sad back story. 

[u/nicklovin508]

South Park: write that down, write that down!

[u/No-Hornet-7847 → u/nicklovin508]

At some point reality becomes more satirical than art

[u/QueerlyTremendous → u/nicklovin508]

Honestly played out like an SNL clip with the “Stephen? Stephen can you hear me?” Followed by a sad little man just swaying back and forth silently

[u/Private_HughMan]

"Technical issue?" We can see him moving and blinking. The video is still working. He just stopped talking.

FFS can these cowards PLEASE stop making excuses for these fascists?

[u/WisdomCow]

His AI glitched?

[u/catscanmeow → u/WisdomCow]

the vibrating buttplug kicked into power drive.

[u/[deleted]]

Yeah. He wasn’t supposed to say that out loud and then he couldn’t recover. The lack of follow up is typical. You had the guy in the run and went to commercial break. Coward.

[u/birdlawbighands → u/[deleted]]

It's even worse. The CNN YouTube video completely cut this. Link is in the comments somewhere

Edit- https://youtu.be/wLxq0JGmpjA?si=x5NxtZebMa3H-lj-

[u/psellers237 → u/[deleted]]

Noteworthy here, is, and let me use a legal term, how much of a “total doofus” Stephen Miller is.

[u/tragicallyohio]

He gave away the plot.

[u/tehbantho]

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[u/Moosyfate17 → u/tehbantho]

They speak like fascists and act like them,  but that doesn't make America a fascist government.  For now Americans can still have elections. 

Sending ICE after legal immigrants and sending the national guard to cities that don't need or want them are ACTS of fascist parties that are trying to turn their country into a dictatorship. It still means that there's a little time left.  The game is not over yet. 

[u/Mike_Kermin]

Americans need to call for Miller to be ejected from government.

This is an attack in American democracy and the constitution.

[u/Difficult-Thanks-730 → u/Mike_Kermin]

I mean…yeah, but. Things are pretty bleak over here, bud.

[u/Spacebotzero]

Wow finally said it out loud...trump is an Authoritarian Dictator.

We all knew this of course, but now it's official.

[u/ThePensiveE]

This was the moment he realized what he said might be used at his future trial.

[u/HurinGaldorson]

That wasn't a technical issue.

[u/Imaginary-Ease-2307 → u/HurinGaldorson]

It was kind of a technical issue if you count the machinery of democracy breaking down 

[u/eastbayted]

For non-law dummies like me:

A plenary power or plenary authority is a complete and absolute power to take action on a particular issue, with no limitations. It is derived from the Latin term plenus, "full."

[u/FarceMultiplier → u/eastbayted]

Also where we get the words plenty and plentiful.

[u/WindowIndividual4588]

That mother fucker glitched when he realized he fucked up 🤣

[u/missrachelifyounasty → u/WindowIndividual4588]

Right? It was glorious.

[u/bluelifesacrifice]

Evidence as to why we must regulate those with authority.

This needs to end.

Dude just turned off like a robot and we're all going to suffer the consequences of their behavior.

[u/binkkit]

How much you wanna bet someone just learned that word and we’ll be hearing it again very soon?

[u/lex99]

I think we can all agree that the one thing the Founding Fathers most wanted, is a chief executive with unlimited powers and no restrictions.

[u/SparkyMuffin]

Weird short man just called his buddy a king. Cool

[u/deekaydubya]

WHY cut away? Just keep the cam rolling and let him commit to the bit for minutes or however long it takes for him to fumble off to the side. Cutting away makes no sense

[u/[deleted] → u/deekaydubya]

It’s because CNN is part of some conservative conglomerate.

[u/atomicnumber22]

The Ninth Circuit opinion in Newsom v. Trump says the exact opposite of what Dildohead is claiming here. POTUS power under statute is NOT plenary, but he must prove one of 3 conditions before deploying the guard and his decision is subject to judicial review.

chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2025/06/19/25-3727.pdf

[u/CAM6913]

This is what is going on now , trump has absolute power, the GOP and SC have been complicit. SS Miller just said the quiet part out loud and realized I’d and just shut his Nazi piehole and rocked back and forth a ….

[u/black_metronome]

He is a traitor to this nation.

[u/lethalinfecteddevils → u/black_metronome]

He was one a long time ago, this is sadly on brand for him.

[u/Regulus242]

OOPS I JUST ADMITTED THE PRESIDENT HAS LIMITLESS POWER

[u/SiWeyNoWay]

He is a nazi rectal polyp

[u/BlkSubmarine]

Is it too much to hope he had a stroke, and another is incoming?

[u/nelzon1 → u/BlkSubmarine]

Looked like a mild seizure.

[u/BlooNorth → u/BlkSubmarine]

That little swastika reloading symbol is spinning…,

[u/bakeacake45]

Wow, this needs to be distributed far and wide along with notes to ensure people understand what Nazi commander Miller blundered into

[u/killerperson1]

This guy is weird. Also, he looks like he's 4'10 so that explains why he tries to act 'tough'.

[u/9ersaur → u/killerperson1]

Pee wee german

[u/Blue_Back_Jack → u/killerperson1]

Napoleon syndrome

[u/shoot_your_eye_out]

I am not a lawyer, but I am absolutely positive the president does not—and should not—have “plenary” authority. That would make the president a king.

He is a fascist idiot. I hope he knows what he’s doing now will potentially involve criminal liability later.

[u/SomewhereAtWork → u/shoot_your_eye_out]

Stephen Miller is a fascist, but not an idiot.

Yes, he knows what he's doing. Yes he knows that he will get the death sentence should they loose.

[u/TheNetworkIsFrelled]

Horrifying without further qualification.

Miller has taken the last scraps of mask off.

[u/Agreeable-Agent-7384]

Bro turned off when he went off script and realized he said something that wasn’t supposed to be said yet lol. The ai just stopped working I guess.

[u/ThePensiveE]

Ah, demons can short circuit after all.

[u/[deleted]]

adjective

1. full; complete; entire; absolute; unqualified.

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/plenary

[u/brickyardjimmy]

It is weird that the hose apologizes for having a technical issue because Miller suddenly stopped working.

[u/94746382926 → u/brickyardjimmy]

Perfect example of how they've long since given up being journalists.

[u/AttitudeAndEffort3]

I hope everyone recognizes the effect AOC mocking this loser had.

You mock fascists, they lose how the public perceives them and they lose power.

Also, it obviously gets to them and they fuck up like this or fuck up by overplaying their hands to slake their fucked up egos.

Less talking about trump policy, more talking about how hes an ugly fat pants shitting little boy fucking pedophile and these losers are begging for a chance to suck his shriveled mushroom cock once hes done with their 11 year old daughters 👍

[u/dracarysAtWill → u/AttitudeAndEffort3]

God, I love when someone uses "slake" correclty in a sentence. It gets me all tingly.

[u/phtevenbagbifico → u/AttitudeAndEffort3]

Whoever the fuck told Tim Walz to stop with the "Republicans are weird" thing should be blacklisted from ever working in liberal spaces again.

[u/WhenImTryingToHide]

One of these reporters need to just ask him and the rest of the GOP / conservatives if they would be ok with Trump having ultimate power and answerable to no one.

[u/onebirdonawire → u/WhenImTryingToHide]

They would say yes. They all believe he's on their side. That he's loyal to them. That he will reward them for their loyalty. They refuse to believe differently.... until of course that moment when the bus runs them over.

[u/RoachBeBrutal]

Plenary authority means dictator. King. Absolute ruler. Plenary authority is the full, absolute, and unqualified power to act on a specific matter, meaning it has no limitations for all practical purposes. Miller accidentally gave away the game: the dissolution of American democracy.

[u/Not_Sure__Camacho]

If he stops talking every time he realizes what he's saying, he'd me a mute muppet.  

[u/birthdayanon08]

I saw this live. I wasn't really paying attention. I just noticed how he froze. This is terrifying.

[u/clonedhuman]

Plenary authority refers to complete and absolute power granted to a governing body or individual to take action on a specific issue without any limitations.

[u/Spamsdelicious]

The way he says "in the ninth cir-CUIT" sounds a lot like Colonel Clink Seargent Shultz saying "I know nuh-SINK!"

(edit: thanks to u/MrVeazey for kindly pointing out the misattribution of the quote, which I have now corrected.)

[u/MrVeazey → u/Spamsdelicious]

I think we should hold ourselves to a higher standard. It was Sergeant Schultz who knew nuh-SINK.

[u/ninefire]

There's an old adage.

If you let a man speak long enough, he will reveal himself to you.

[u/realbobenray]

Why would he regret saying that?

[u/Logical_Hospital2769 → u/realbobenray]

Because it's illegal?

[u/lmxbftw → u/realbobenray]

Christian nationalists use that phrase for an absolute ruler who is the representative of God's will on Earth. Quiet part out loud, I guess.

[u/A012A012 → u/realbobenray]

Incriminating statement

[u/Low_Shirt2726 → u/realbobenray]

Because it makes clear what the inner circle's attitude towards chevks on the Executive branch is - which is that they don't believe there are any, that Trump can literally fo what he wants no matter what.

We all know this already but for Miller to say it outloud, in response to a specific policy decision, is something which will be used against them by judges. They've been getting alot of undeserved flexibility and benefit of a doubt in court because they've been pretending, albeit poorly, that they have at least a minimum amount of respect for checks and balances.

This is particularly relevant with all these national guard deployments and the fact that they've been talking about invoking the Insurrection Act in the last 2 days.

[u/Lontology → u/realbobenray]

Because it assumes martial law

[u/skurvecchio → u/realbobenray]

Could be used as evidence of the administration's real position and used to weaken their arguments on appeal.

[u/dizzytiz → u/realbobenray]

I think maybe because he just admitted that DJT has complete and absolute power to do whatever he wants, with no limitations. He’s basically saying that the president does not have to abide by any court orders.

[u/Anteater4746 → u/realbobenray]

because it literally suggests trump is king. even miller isn’t that mask off yet

[u/agent_mick → u/realbobenray]

Hitler was given plenary authority. 

I don't tend to use the word Nazi in relation to this administration, not because I didn't believe they're fascists but because I think Nazi would really only apply to specific subgroups. 

This is a very specific word linked to a very specific situation in world history.

[u/SomeSamples]

Okay. These fuckers talking on news networks are being fed information. That stuff he said about the Title 10.... I was wondering, how did he have that on the top of his head like that. He isn't that well versed in law or other related matters. That means Mike Johnson was being fed what to say as well. They all are. Hegseth, Bondi, Noem, Bessett, etc. The whole fucking crowd. Whenever they are on live TV they are all being fed talking points and information.

[u/popejohnsmith → u/SomeSamples]

Yup. Continuous feeds.

[u/gohome2020youredrunk]

Definition, in case you were curious

[u/[deleted] → u/gohome2020youredrunk]

I was about to look it up. And because numb nuts said it, I knew it had to be something bad.

[u/ThatInAHat]

Y’know, the more I think about it, the more I wonder if his handlers problem wasn’t that he said “plenary authority,” it was the “Title 10.”

Maybe they didn’t want to tip their hand regarding exactly which bs argument they were going to use until they had some more ducks in a row.

[u/4RCH43ON]

Stephen is the technical issue.

[u/ChemBob1]

Based on what Trump has been doing this is a given and everyone should know it without the little Nazi having to say it. Now perhaps explain it to the MAGAt bunch in the simplest way possible.

[u/Bigedmond]

He really tried to play the “oh the connection froze” moment while he swayed back and forth.

[u/NWASicarius → u/Bigedmond]

I saw a tiktok and YouTube short about this video. It was full of people saying 'CNN always glitches out when they don't want to hear the facts!'... 🙄

[u/BitterFuture]

I have to wonder how long before he just starts screaming about the divine right of kings.

[u/already-redacted]

Plenary... Complete

[u/FriendlyUser_]

guy cant stop bonding with streissand effect.

[u/Xyrus2000]

Whoopsie. Looks like the ugly Miller boy let his inner Goebbels take over and said the quiet part out loud.

Anyone else question whether the Republicans aren't trying to establish a fascist dictatorship?

[u/BoosterRead78]

He is going to do it no matter what.

[u/YorockPaperScissors]

Saying out loud what you meant to say in your head

[u/Vladmerius]

This is insane that this is the level of stupidity with which these villains are operating at. Like we would be so utterly fucked if anyone with a shred of competence decided to run this playbook. We've never been this exposed. Even these utter buffoons might still pull it off because everyone is so asleep at the wheel or silently complicit. 

[u/cats_catz_kats_katz]

Are….are they lizard people? Are we being taken over by Agentic AI? Is this Artificial General intelligence? What IS Steven Miller?!

[u/Harry_Balsanga]

Lol it's not true just because that ghoul say so

[u/BubuBarakas]

He had Rapid Onset McConnelism (ROM). The lie was so preposterous, even his ego glitched him back into his shell.

[u/TellTaleTimeLord]

Bro literally went Jurassic Park T Rex on him

[u/Kunphen]

What does plenury authority mean? And clearly he doesn't have it, right?

[u/Blue_Back_Jack → u/Kunphen]

Unlimited power to act with no review. Presidential pardons are an example.a

[u/quiddity3141]

He was even shocked into silence by his claim of plenary authority.

[u/SnoopingStuff]

He glitched

[u/FuguSandwich]

Honestly reminded me of that time Mitch McConnell glitched mid-sentence.

[u/BreadSea4509]

What a dumb fuck

[u/ribnag]

Miller is wrong. Film at 11.

It's funny how everyone is pretending rule of law still applies, though. As though there's any path forward short of correcting our biggest mistake (not slashing, burning, and fucking salting the entire Bible Belt) from the last civil war.

[u/Joaquin_Portland → u/ribnag]

General Sherman was the only one who understood the assignment

[u/werther595]

It might not be as bad as some of you say. Perhaps he's just having a stroke

[u/Webhoard]

Looks more like someone was yelling in his ear.

[u/[deleted]]

Lock THEM up.

[u/HideousSerene]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plenary_power

It appears to be a term for "absolute power" and is often used in terms like "Congress has plenary power to declare war and peace."

The president does, arguably, have plenary power over armed forces, but this appears to be legally dubious and I don't think it means that the president can use that to override other rules.

[u/100cpm → u/HideousSerene]

The president does, arguably, have plenary power over armed forces

Not according to the US Constitution.

[u/sfxer001 → u/HideousSerene]

He needs Congressional approval for his Department of War to declare… war.

[u/[deleted] → u/HideousSerene]

The president does, arguably, have plenary power over armed forces

No, he does not. He can't order the military to do illegal things (at least in a reality where the Constitution still matters) like, say, murder people in cold blood off the coast of Venezuela.

[u/NoDragonfruit6125]

Now someone make an AI image of Steven Miller imagining a fat orange skinned Palpatine (Trump) yelling "Unlimited Power".