Top Trump adviser Stephen Miller told Fox News anchor John Roberts that the network needs to fire its pollster in an extremely uncomfortable moment that played out on live television.

It all started on the North Lawn of the White House Tuesday, when Roberts questioned Miller about President Donald Trump’s low poll numbers on the economy, tariffs and inflation.

“I don’t want to make things awkward for you, John, but it is our opinion that Fox News needs to fire its pollster,” Miller shot back. “I won’t surprise you with that. I don’t think you are surprised I’m saying that, but the Fox News pollster has always been wrong about President Trump.”

He added: “They were the ones that said all summer long that Kamala Harris is gonna be the 47th president of the United States, so we don’t acknowledge any of that polling.”

Fox News declined to comment.

Read the exchange here:

JOHN ROBERTS: Let’s talk a little bit about successes and near-successes and things you still have to work on in terms of the first 100 days. New Fox News poll shows that the border is has been one of your big successes that cross-border illegal traffic produced by 96% illegal aliens reduced into this country reduced by 99.99% on this Fox News poll, President Trump gets big marks on that, 55% approval. He is about even on immigration in total, but everything else, he is sort of underwater and particularly on the economy, tariffs and inflation, he’s well underwater. You still has some work to do on that front. A lot of people think he’s spending too much time on tariffs and not enough time on the economy and lowering prices. What do you say?

STEPHEN MILLER: I don’t want to make things awkward for you, John, but it is our opinion that Fox News needs to fire its pollster. I won’t surprise you with that. I don’t think you are surprised that I’m saying that, but the Fox News pollster has always been wrong about President Trump. They were the ones that said all summer long that Kamala Harris is gonna be the 47th president of the United States, so we don’t acknowledge any of that polling. But I want to touch on the border issue for a quick second because this is so significant. The last four years was defined by this unceasing flow of illegal aliens across the border. How much did you cover it on Fox? How much was this an essential topic of the entire debate?

ROBERTS: You lived there basically for four years.

MILLER: And here we are, 100 days and in, and we have the lowest border crossings in American history. As you mention, only three people got in the last month but those three were all for legitimate, and valid, and documented medical reasons, in other words there was a decision to provide them care and treatment at a local hospital and medical facility. I think even you if we;re being honest, were surprised how quickly we went from an open border to a sealed border. That surely ranks not only one of the greatest achievements of this president but any president.

ROBERTS: Let me, I don’t mean to make you uncomfortable-

MILLER: You can try, you won’t succeed.

Calling out journalists on live TV is not unusual territory for Miller. Earlier this month, he snapped at Fox News host Bill Hemmer over a Supreme Court ruling on the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, arguing that “we won!”

Last month, Miller argued that MSNBC legal expert Andrew Weissmann should not be on TV, calling him a “fool” and a “degenerate.”

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