The North Carolina senator, 65, delivered a fiery speech on Wednesday, lashing out at Miller, 40, after the White House deputy chief of staff went on an impassioned sermon on CNN asserting that the U.S. should own the semi-autonomous territory of Denmark.

GOP Sen. Thom Tillis had strong criticism for Stephen Miller Wednesday, going as far as to suggest the senior White House adviser’s job should be at risk for his recent comments on US control of Greenland.

You don’t speak on the behalf of this U.S. senator or this Congress!” Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) fumed at one of President Trump's top White House advisers.

Senior White House aide Stephen Miller said in an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper that the US is “in charge” of Venezuela because of the threat posed by the military forces that remain stationed just off the nation’s coast.

A YouTube video from January 2026 authentically shows TV presenter Rachel Maddow reporting that Walmart will pull out of the U.S. market due to tariffs. The video was generated using artificial intelligence tools, and there is no evidence supporting the underlying claim that Walmart will pull out of the U.S. market.

According to key aide Stephen Miller, using brute force is not only on the table but also the Trump administration’s preferred way to conduct itself on the world stage.

He has now called out senior White House aide Stephen Miller for his musings about Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark that sits in the North American continent. Trump’s top aide appeared on Monday’s episode of The Lead with Jake Tapper and reiterated the administration’s desire to take the island from the European nation, a NATO ally.