唐纳德·特朗普总统的高级顾问斯蒂芬·米勒(Stephen Miller)周日辩称，总统此前对前总统巴拉克·奥巴马政府的批评是“出于对美国的热爱”，同时也声称进步民主党国会女议员对当前白宫的批评是“反美的”
米勒出现在面试在福克斯周日新闻主持人克里斯·华莱士(Chris Wallace)指出，特朗普一直在攻击纽约的亚历山大·奥卡西奥-科尔特斯代表、明尼苏达州的伊尔汉·奥马尔代表、密歇根州的拉希达·特拉伊布代表和马萨诸塞州的阿扬纳·普雷斯利代表，因为他们批评他的政府及其政策，而特朗普在奥巴马执政的几年里一直在做同样的事情。
特朗普的顾问试图辩称，总统之前的批评意见与来自四名国会女议员的完全不同。
米勒说:“总统哲学的核心要素是‘美国第一’。他坚持说:“说美国需要改善，以更接近‘美国第一’的理想，正如总统作为候选人所做的那样，批评奥巴马，批评我们的贸易协定，我们的外交政策协定，我们的移民政策是出于对美国的热爱。”。"正如奥卡西奥-科尔特斯议员所说的那样，非法移民实际上比美国人更美国化，这从根本上说是一种反美言论。"
早在2016年，特朗普臭名昭著的宣称“美国梦已死”他还说美国是“残废的”和“笑柄”即使在就职演说中，这位当时的新总统也谈到了他声称从离他只有几英尺远的卸任总司令那里继承的“美国大屠杀”。
现在，特朗普和他的政府认为，批评美国或他的政策从根本上说是不爱国的。
20世纪初福克斯周日新闻采访中，米勒认为“美国第一”和一种贬低美国的意识形态有很大的不同……”华莱士接着插话说，他问特朗普是否真的没有用他的竞选攻击打倒美国，并指出特朗普的支持者在2016年竞选中使用“把她锁起来”的口号来贬低前国务卿希拉里·克林顿，以及现任总统不断推动被广泛揭穿的种族主义“出生地”阴谋论，即奥巴马实际上不是美国公民。
对此，米勒只是坚持特朗普一直关心国家的利益。然而，他声称，对总统的批评和那些不同意特朗普政府的人都是反美的。
白宫战略传播总监梅赛德斯·施拉普回答了美国广播公司新闻的类似问题本周主持人乔治·斯蒂芬诺普洛斯在星期天米勒也认为特朗普过去的批评不同于四位国会女议员。
施拉普说:“这是，当他们推行基本上反犹太主义的政策时，他们从根本上批评美国，他们攻击我们的执法部门，他们要去哪里——他们是反美的。”。
上周日，特朗普发起种族主义攻击奥卡西奥-科尔特斯、奥马尔、特拉伊布和普雷斯利在推特上写道，这四个人应该“回到”他们“来自”的国家他补充道:“你走得不够快。”这四个人都是有色人种，除了奥马尔，他们都是作为美国公民在美国出生的。奥马尔年轻时移民到美国，并在近20年间成为美国公民。
7月15日，在华盛顿特区美国国会大厦举行的新闻发布会上，来自纽约的民主党代表亚历山大·奥卡西奥-科尔特斯、马萨诸塞州的阿扬纳·普雷斯利、明尼苏达州的伊尔汉·奥马尔和密歇根州的拉希达·特拉伊卜亚历克斯·乌鲁布莱夫斯基/盖蒂
民主党人和一些共和党人谴责这些言论是公开的种族主义和仇外心理。许多人指出，尽管他们的家人可能已经在美国生活了好几代，但人们告诉非白人美国人，他们应该回到自己的国家，这是一段漫长的种族主义历史。
尽管特朗普官员和总统都说过，但所有的国会女议员都一再表达了她们对美国的骄傲和热爱。她们对特朗普的许多政策持高度批评态度，并呼吁弹劾总统，许多其他国会议员也是如此。与此同时，他们推动了他们和许多美国人认为将极大地惠及大多数人口的政策，如全民医疗保健、大幅提高最低工资、免费高等教育和绿色新政，旨在解决气候变化问题，同时创造高薪就业机会，改善国家摇摇欲坠的基础设施。
共和党人和一些民主党人批评了进步政策的想法。但是根据民意测验结果，他们中的许多人在美国普通民众中享有很大的支持。
TRUMP ADVISER STEPHEN MILLER CLAIMS PRESIDENT CRITICIZED OBAMA 'OUT OF LOVE' FOR U.S., BUT SQUAD IS 'ANTI-AMERICAN' FOR CRITICIZING TRUMP
President Donald Trump's senior adviser Stephen Miller argued Sunday that the president's previous criticisms of former President Barack Obama's administration were done "out of love" for the United States, while also claiming that criticism for the current White House coming from progressive Democratic congresswomen is "anti-American."
Miller appeared for an interview on Fox News Sunday with host Chris Wallace, who pointed out that Trump has been attacking Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts for being critical of his administration and its policies while Trump did the exact same thing for several years under Obama.
The Trump adviser attempted to argue that the president's previous critical remarks were entirely different than that coming from the four congresswomen.
"The core element of the president's philosophy is 'America First'," Miller said. "Saying that America needs to improve to get closer to an 'America First' ideal, as the president did as a candidate, criticizing Obama, criticizing our trade deals, our foreign policy deals, our immigration policies is out of love for America," he insisted. "Saying as Representative Ocasio-Cortez did that illegal immigrants are in effect more American than Americans is fundamentally an anti-American statement."
Back in 2016, Trump infamously claimed that "the American dream was dead." He also said that the U.S. was "crippled" and a "laughingstock." Even during his inaugural address, the then-new president talked about the "American carnage" he claimed to have inherited from the outgoing commander-in-chief seated only a few feet away from him.
Now, Trump and his administration are arguing that criticizing the U.S. or his policies are fundamentally unpatriotic.
Earlier in the Fox News Sunday interview, Miller argued that "there's a huge difference between 'America First' and an ideology that runs down America...." Wallace then interjected, asking if Trump really did not run down America with his campaign attacks, pointing to the "lock her up" chant used by Trump's supporters during the 2016 campaign to disparage former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the fact that the current president constantly had pushed the widely debunked and racist "birther" conspiracy theory that Obama was not actually born an American citizen.
In response, Miller simply insisted that Trump has always cared about the good of the country. Critics of the president and those who disagree with the Trump administration however, are anti-American, he claimed.
White House Director of Strategic Communications Mercedes Schlapp answered a similar question from ABC News' This Week host George Stephanopoulos on Sunday, arguing as did Miller that Trump's past criticism is different than that of the four congresswomen.
"This is, they're fundamentally criticizing the United States when they're pushing forward policies that are basically anti-Semitic, that they're attacking our law enforcement, that they're going– where they are being anti-American," Schlapp said.
Last Sunday, Trump launched a racist attack on Ocasio-Cortez, Omar, Tlaib and Pressley, writing on Twitter that the four should "go back" to the countries "from which they came." He added: "you can't leave fast enough." All four are women of color, and with the exception of Omar, all were born in the U.S. as American citizens. Omar immigrated to the U.S. as a young girl and became a naturalized citizen nearly two decades.
Democratic Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan at a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on July 15 in Washington, D.C.ALEX WROBLEWSKI/GETTY
Democrats and some Republicans have condemned the remarks as overtly racist and xenophobic. Many pointed to the long racist history of people telling non-white Americans that they should go back to their countries, even though their families may have lived in the U.S. for many generations.
Despite what the Trump officials and the president have said, all the congresswomen have repeatedly voiced their pride and love for the U.S. They have been highly critical of many Trump policies and have called for the president's impeachment, as have many other members of Congress. At the same time, they have pushed for policies which they and many Americans believe would greatly benefit the majority of the population, such as universal healthcare, a significant increase in minimum wage, free higher education and a Green New Deal that aims to address climate change while creating well-paying jobs and improve the nation's crumbling infrastructure.
Republicans and some Democrats have criticized the progressive policies idea. But many of them enjoy significant support among the general U.S. population, according to polling.
