Expect the 4Chan Pizzagaters to find something Yelpishly wrong in the basement of that sushi restaurant. But it does demonstrate Miller’s disrespect for artisanal culinary skills.
One night, after Miller ordered $80 of takeout sushi from a restaurant near his apartment, a bartender followed him into the street and shouted, “Stephen!” When Miller turned around, the bartender raised both middle fingers and cursed at him, according to an account Miller has shared with White House colleagues.
Outraged, Miller threw the sushi away, he later told his colleagues.
This account — which, again, comes from Miller himself — shows a high-level presidential adviser responding to a completely nonviolent and nonthreatening gesture by throwing away his own food.
The story does not explain why throwing away his own sushi in any way advanced his cause.
Was it an anti-Japanese gesture that Miller followed up by buying some authentically American cuisine?
Some kind of mini-hunger strike?
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No self-respecting sushi chef would sneak bad fugu into a pseudo-fascist’s order; wouldn’t it violate some agreement among the axis powers and the co-prosperity sphere.
Considering Mar-a-Lago’s pressing need for 61 foreign workers at $12/hour, perhaps Miller should consider Kamikaze food-tasters, because unlike a border wall, nuking Japan or its bait-like cuisine could save lives.
Miller later told members of his inner circle that when he got back to his apartment, he just threw the food away. Clearly, the White House staffer was pretty shook by the heckler.
In recent weeks, Miller’s face has also graced a series of “wanted” posters that protestors put up around his neighborhood, and a few months ago, while walking along the street, a stranger turned to Miller and said, “Better be better!” The animosity toward Miller likely stems from the fact that he is one of the architects of the Trump administration’s zero-tolerance immigration policy, which has drawn intense criticism from people of all political affiliations this summer.
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Perhaps, for the time being, it might be best for Trump’s colleagues to place Seamless/GrubHub orders to their homes, or enjoy more meals in the White House cafeteria — in moderation, of course.
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No Crustini, No Peace!
The Washington Post’s editorial board in June called for a return to civility and letting Sanders, Nielsen, and Miller “eat dinner in peace.” The board wrote, “Those who are insisting that we are in a special moment justifying incivility should think for a moment how many Americans might find their own special moment,” warning of a road ahead “in which only the most zealous sign up for public service.”
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