The Goodfellas star made the comment in response to co-host Jonathan Capehart asking him about his claim, a moment earlier on the show, that Trump will not leave the White House in 2028. Capehart said he was on the same “wavelength” as De Niro and agreed with him, before the actor compared Miller to Joseph Goebbels, the high-ranking Nazi leader and chief propagandist for Adolf Hitler.
“No way! We see it we see it we see it all the time — he will not want to leave. He set it up with, I guess he’s the Goebbels of the cabinet, Stephen Miller. He’s a Nazi,” De Niro said. “Yes, he is, and he should be ashamed of himself!”
Putin and Bannon fit that description.
That’s perfectly hilarious.
I’ve thought of Bannon as the MAGA Goebbels, but he isn’t a very good fit. Goebbels actually controlled the propaganda machine, and while there is the remarkable and highly effective Conservative Propaganda Machine, it is fairly decentralized, with no single person in charge. Certainly it isn’t directly operated by the Trump administration.
The closest might actually be Rupert Murdoch, but he doesn’t work for the administration, and his propaganda isn’t specifically American.
I don’t think we have a Goebbels yet, but they may emerge when MAGA takes full control of the American media, and issues guidelines for productions.