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Reason for Stephen Miller’s Cringe College Nickname Revealed
April 7, 2026
The Daily Beast
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Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty ImagesStephen Miller earned himself an awkward college nickname with a bizarre introduction at his freshman orientation for Duke University. The White House deputy chief of staff, who is the architect of some of President Donald Trump’s most hardline policies, attended Duke from 2003 to 2007, earning a bachelor’s degree in political science.

While there, he struck his classmates as odd and combative, focused more on building his personal brand than socializing—even with other conservatives.Read more at The Daily Beast.
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