Stephen Miller and Steve Bannon were the authors of Donald Trump's 2017 inauguration speech.
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Badlands MediaOct 21, 2026
The Wall Street Journal report, relayed by The Hill, says a White House official told it that Steve Bannon and Stephen Miller penned Trump's 2017 inaugural address, and Politico, the NYT live coverage and Jacobin agree.
What was said
… I, as a citizen, not just as an African but as a citizen, am endlessly grateful to this president for having the courage to do what no American president has ever done before. All right, um, I'm all for it. I'm so much Stephen miller stephen MILLER, yeah, Steve Miller. Steven Miller and Steve Bannon are the two authors credited on trump President Trump's 2017 inauguration speech, which I think is the speech that, you know, elementary school children in the future will memorize in similar ways as the Gettysburg Address was memorized by, you know, our age of school children. …
Badlands Media · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. The Hill, reporting the Wall Street Journal, says a White House official told the paper that chief strategist Steve Bannon and senior adviser Stephen Miller penned the inaugural address.[2]
Supports. Politico states that Bannon and Miller together wrote Trump's inaugural address, and Jacobin and Salon likewise say it was largely composed by Miller and Bannon.[3][4][5]
Supports. NYT live coverage on Inauguration Day, citing reporting that Trump bristled at claims Miller wrote the speech, says the speech channels Bannon and Miller and that the ideas were Miller's.[6]
Context. Trump's staff claimed he wrote the speech himself, and a QMUL piece says Miller advised him while Trump wrote the final text; this unrated dissent is weaker than the tier1 reporting.[1][7][8]
Context. The post says the two were 'credited' as authors; the claim drops that qualifier, which is a faithful paraphrase of the post's point.
Sources
8 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 tier 1, 4 tier 2, 2 not rated
- 1Fact-checking President Donald Trump's inaugural addresspolitifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2Miller and Bannon wrote Trump inaugural address: reportthehill.com · tier 1 · cited for: supports
- 3The man behind Trump? Still Steve Bannonpolitico.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 4American Carnage - Jacobinjacobin.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 5Trump's Muslim ban is no surprise: Our new president's agenda is ...salon.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 6Inauguration Day: Live Coveragenytimes.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 7reading between the lines of Trump's inauguration speechqmul.ac.uk · not rated · cited for: context
- 8Trump pledges to make ‘America first’ againmcclatchydc.com · not rated · cited for: context
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