14 Dec 2016 4:32 pm
President-elect Donald Trump's newest pick to be a senior adviser in the White House has long ties to a prominent white nationalist, who sees him as an ally of the movement.
Stephen Miller, a top aide to Trump's presidential campaign, will serve as a senior White House adviser for policy, Trump's transition team announced Tuesday.
Miller is a former staffer for the nativist Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), now Trump's nominee for attorney general.
The announcement of Miller's new role drew praise from white nationalist leader Richard Spencer. "Stephen is a highly competent and tough individual," Spencer, who famously coined the term "alt-right" to describe the insurgent right-wing movement that has attracted white nationalists and supremacists, told Mother Jones on Wednesday.
"So I have no doubt that he will do a great job."
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