‘Manufactured crisis of the natio: Stephen Miller depicting L.A. protests as an existential fight’

Protests against Donald Trump’s harsh immigration policies are spreading across the United States despite a military-backed crackdown in Los Angeles and a threat by the Republican president to use “heavy force.” For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective on Trump’s key advisor Stephen Miller: architect of the US president’s hardline immigration policy, François Picard welcomes Ruth Ben-Ghiat, author, historian and Professor of History and Italian Studies at New York University. Professor Ben-Ghiat describes the White House Deputy Chief of Staff as a “theorist of population engineering”, who envisions ridding the country of immigrants.