Trump Adviser Tells CNN Host Point-Blank Network’s Freakout Over Gov’t Cuts Is Out Of Touch With Americans

White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller told CNN host Brianna Keilar point-blank Tuesday that the network’s panicking over large government cuts is widely out of touch with the American people.

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) reported Monday that it has saved the federal government an estimated $55 billion by cutting the sizes of federal agencies with the intent of eliminating the government’s wasteful spending of taxpayer dollars. During a CNN interview, Keilar attempted to frame the temporary firing of 300 probationary employees at the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) as a “mistake,” leading to pushback from Miller.

“I wouldn’t use the term mistake. I would say that it’s pretty standard when you’re downsizing government, you make cuts, you assess those cuts, you see who needs to be rehired and who needs to be kept, who needs to be reevaluated. These are all normal things. I understand that even a temporary interruption in federal employment is a great crisis and catastrophe for you and for CNN. What the American people see is a government that is finally delivering a promise of accountability under President Trump,” Miller said.

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A spokesperson at the Department of Energy, which oversees the employment of those at the NNSA, said fewer than 50 people with administrative or clerical roles had been fired. Some staffers who were reportedly laid off were told to come back to their jobs on Friday night.

Keilar then asked Miller if President Donald Trump’s administration understands who they are firing from federal agencies, accusing them of eliminating deployed military members and veterans from the workforce. The White House adviser said the mass layoffs and government budget cuts are benefitting the American people who have watched their hard-earned tax dollars “be corruptly spent, abused wasted.”