WASHINGTON, November 7 (Aalimi Nation) – US President Donald Trump has named senior aide Stephen Miller as White House chief of staff, replacing Susie Wiles in a shake-up that follows Republican losses in the recent midterm elections.
Trump announced the change on Friday, November 6, in a post on Truth Social, calling Miller "one of my most trusted advisors." Miller, who has been deputy chief of staff, is due to start in the new role on Monday, November 9.
Wiles steps aside Wiles, who oversaw Trump's return to the presidency in 2024, handed in her resignation on Thursday, and a Republican Party official said Trump accepted it. Friday was her last day. In his post, Trump said she "has done an outstanding job" and will move to the Trump Political Operation.
Wiles said in a social media post that serving in the White House had been the honour of a lifetime. Trump told reporters, "I wanted to make a change," and described Miller as "very good politically" and a "great manager."
Who is Stephen Miller Miller has been one of Trump's closest confidants since joining his 2016 campaign as an adviser. He holds a broad portfolio inside the White House and is regarded as the architect of the administration's immigration enforcement and deportation programme. The appointment is being read in Washington as a sign that Trump intends to press ahead with his most contested policies, including the immigration crackdown, during his final two years in office. That reading is an interpretation of observers, not a statement from the White House.
White House communications director Steven Cheung praised Miller as a "Trump OG" who has been with the president from the start. Miller thanked Wiles and said his mission is to support the president. He had not commented publicly on the midterm results beyond urging Trump's supporters on Election Day to vote.
Democratic reaction Democrats, who are due to take control of Congress in January, reacted sharply. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said Trump "couldn't have made a worse choice" and that Democratic majorities would oppose Miller. House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries called Miller a "dangerous xenophobe and reckless extremist."
Representative Robert Garcia, the likely incoming chairman of the House Oversight Committee, said Miller "should lawyer up" and that Democrats on the committee would investigate him. Garcia has criticised Miller over immigration raids that he describes as unconstitutional. No White House response to those characterisations was found.
