Trump Names Stephen Miller Chief of Staff After Republican Midterm Losses
President Donald Trump announced on November 6, 2026, that Stephen Miller, the architect of his hardline immigration and deportation policies, will replace Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff effective Monday, November 9. The reshuffle came three days after Republicans lost both the House and Senate in midterm elections. Wiles, the first woman to hold the post, resigned Thursday night and will move to the Trump political operation. Democrats criticized Miller's promotion, while analysts saw it as a signal Trump will remain combative.
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Trump Names Hard-Right Stephen Miller as White House Chief of Staff
US President Donald Trump announced on Friday, November 6, that he is appointing Stephen Miller, a leading figure of the identitarian right and architect of Trump's aggressive anti-immigration policy, as White House chief of staff. Miller, 41, will replace Susie Wiles on Monday; Wiles, the first woman to hold the post, will take on other roles outside the government. The move is the first major reshuffle of the US executive branch following the Republican Party's monumental defeat in the midterm elections, widely interpreted as a wholesale rejection of the first two years of Trump's second term. Trump praised Wiles for doing an excellent job, and Wiles said her role may change but her commitment to the president and his mission will not. The chief of staff position, roughly equivalent to France's secretary-general of the Elysée, controls access to the president and coordinates daily government operations.
Read sourceTrump Replaces Chief of Staff Susie Wiles With Stephen Miller After Midterm Losses
President Trump announced Friday that he is replacing White House chief of staff Susie Wiles with Stephen Miller, currently deputy chief of staff, effective Monday. The change follows sweeping Republican losses in this week's midterm elections. Wiles, who worked on Trump's 2020 campaign in Florida and served as chief of staff from the start of the administration, was diagnosed with breast cancer earlier this year and was announced cancer-free this fall. Miller has been a fixture in Trump's circles since 2016 and is considered an architect of core policies including immigration. Trump announced the move on social media.
Trump Fires Chief of Staff Susie Wiles After Devastating Midterm Defeat
US President Donald Trump has named Stephen Miller as his new White House chief of staff, replacing Susie Wiles days after Republicans lost both the Senate and House of Representatives in the midterm elections. Trump announced the change on Truth Social, praising Wiles for her "outstanding work" and saying Miller, currently deputy chief of staff, will take over on Monday, November 9, 2026. Miller is known as the architect of the administration's hardline immigration policy, including mass deportations and restrictions on legal immigration pathways. Wiles, a 69-year-old political strategist and the first woman to hold the chief of staff role, reportedly submitted her resignation Thursday evening and is expected to remain in Trump's political orbit. She had been diagnosed with breast cancer in the spring and announced in September that she had won her battle against the disease. The midterm losses have triggered internal positioning battles within the Republican Party over its future direction.
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Trump Promotes Stephen Miller to White House Chief of Staff After Midterm Losses
President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that Stephen Miller, previously deputy chief of staff for policy and homeland security adviser, will become White House chief of staff starting Monday. Susie Wiles, the outgoing chief of staff, resigned Thursday night after Trump partly blamed her for the GOP's devastating midterm election losses, according to Wired journalist Hugo Lowell. Wiles said in a statement that serving Trump was 'the honor of a lifetime' and that her commitment to the president and the mission will not change. The article, published by The New Republic, characterizes Miller as holding hardline, xenophobic, and racist views on immigration and links him to violent mass deportation policies. It notes that ICE agents have shot at least 25 people in Trump's second term and that dozens of immigration detainees have died in ICE custody. Democratic Representative Robert Garcia responded to Miller's appointment by saying, 'Stephen Miller should lawyer up.'
Read sourceTrump Promotes Stephen Miller to White House Chief of Staff, Replacing Susie Wiles
President Donald Trump announced Friday that White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller will be promoted to chief of staff, replacing Susie Wiles, effective Monday. Trump said he "wanted to make a change" and praised Miller as "one of my most trusted advisors." Wiles, who oversaw Trump's 2024 campaign, said she will move to the Trump Political Operation and called serving in the White House "the honor of a lifetime." The shake-up comes three days after Democrats won a landslide midterm victory, gaining control of the House and Senate. Miller, an architect of Trump's mass-deportation efforts, drew immediate criticism from Democrats, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, who called him "a dangerous xenophobe and reckless extremist." Some analysts, including David Axelrod, viewed the appointment as a sign Trump will remain combative rather than pivot to working with the incoming Congress.
Read sourceTrump Names Stephen Miller Chief of Staff After Midterm Losses
President Donald Trump announced Friday that Stephen Miller, the architect of his hard-line immigration and deportation program, will become White House chief of staff, with his first day on Monday. Susie Wiles, who oversaw Trump's 2024 campaign and recently battled breast cancer, will leave the post to join the Trump political organization. The change came three days after Republicans suffered major midterm losses, with House Democrats on pace for their largest majority in over a decade and at least a 54-seat Senate majority in January. Trump said he could work with Democrats but retains veto power, and a 'VETO' cap sat on his desk during a Thursday executive order signing. Elevating Miller, who has called Democrats 'unworthy of power,' is likely to draw ire from the incoming Democratic majority seeking investigations.
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