Photographer unknown, Joseph Goebbels delivering speech, April 1937 (Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-1985-108-32A / CC-BY-SA 3.0.Daniel Torok (Official White House Photographer), Stephen Miller, The White House, July 18, 2025.
The following is a draft of the heretofore secret address Stephen Miller delivered to selected Republican Party officials and congressional leaders upon his appointment last week as White House Chief of Staff:
“Let me, to establish the truth, ask five questions of you, my fellow Republicans.”
“First: The Democrats claim that Republicans have lost their faith in victory over Iran and the immigrants. I ask you: Do you believe, with President Trump and me, in the final, total victory of the Republican Party? Are you resolved to follow the president through thick and thin in the pursuit of victory, even if this should mean the heaviest of contributions on your part?”
“Second: The Democrats claim the U.S. is tired of the struggle. I ask you: Are you prepared to continue this struggle beside the president with grim determination, undeterred by any circumstance?”
“Third. The Democrats claim that Americans are resisting the government’s measures of total war, and that what Republican Party leaders now want is not total war but surrender. I ask you: Do you want total war? Do you want it, if necessary, to be even more total and radical than we can imagine today?”
“Fourth. The Democrats claim that the nation has lost its confidence in the President. I ask you: Is your confidence in President Trump more passionate, more unshakable than ever? Is your readiness to follow him on all his paths, and to do whatever is necessary to bring the wars to a successful conclusion, absolute and unlimited?”
“Finally, my fifth and last question. Do you approve if necessary, the most radical of measures against the nation of Iran and the immigrants?”
“By your enthusiastic applause you have given me your answers. Your response thus shows the loyal attitude of the Republican Party and the American people.”
Note: Except for major abridgement and changing “Germany” to “America,” the “Fuher” to “Trump,” and the “war against Bolsheviks and Jews” to “war against Iran and immigrants,” the speech is the one given by German Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels on “Total War,” at the Sportpalast, Berlin, Germany, Feb. 18, 1943.
