White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller roasted CNN to their face in an appearance on the network.

He spoke to CNN anchor Brianna Keilar where he said that CNN’s panicking over spending cuts by the federal government was simply not in line with what average Americans think.

“I realize that even a brief interruption in federal employment is a great crisis for you and for CNN,” he said to the anchor. “What the American people see is a government that is finally delivering on the promise of accountability under President Trump.”

Keilar sniped back, saying that the administration made a “mistake” when it temporarily fired 300 probationary National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)  employees.

“I wouldn’t use the term mistake. I would say that it’s pretty standard when you’re downsizing [the] government, you make cuts, you assess those cuts, you see who needs to be rehired and who needs to be kept, who needs to be reevaluated,” Miller responded.

“These are all normal things. I understand that even a temporary interruption in federal employment is a great crisis and catastrophe for you and for CNN. What the American people see is a government that is finally delivering a promise of accountability under President Trump,” he said.

But Keilar was not done being rude.

“Does your administration understand who is in the federal workforce?” she said as Miller laughed at her.

“Of course we understand who’s in the federal workforce and I’m happy to indulge all of these very histrionic questions about anyone who may or may not be fired,” said Miller.

“But I think … the U.S. government has $36 trillion in debt, the interest payments on the debt exceed the national defense budget. The American people are exhausted and tired of watching their tax dollars be corruptly spent, abused, wasted and every cent robbed and stolen from them. This president, for the first time in history, is committed to restoring accountability at every level of the federal government. You may assert there’s no waste in the Pentagon. You may assert there’s no waste in treasury, you may assert there’s no waste in HHS.”

The anchor said she was making no such assertion, to which Miller responded quickly.

“Then why are you not celebrating these cuts?” Miller fired back. “If you agree there’s waste, if you agree there is abuse, if you agree there is corruption, why are you not celebrating the cuts, the reforms that are being instituted? … You may not care about this issue. Your colleagues may not care about this issue. But we care about this issue, the American people care about this issue and the American public overwhelmingly supports what President Trump is doing,” he said.