President Donald Trump announced on Friday that Stephen Miller, his deputy chief of staff and longtime aide, will take over as White House chief of staff starting Monday, replacing Susie Wiles. Trump made the announcement in a Truth Social post, calling Miller one of his most trusted advisors and saying Wiles, who he said has done an outstanding job, will be moving over to the Trump political operation.
Wiles said in a post on Friday afternoon that today is her last day as White House chief of staff, calling the job the honour of a lifetime and saying her commitment to the president and the mission will not change. A senior White House source told MS NOW that Wiles resigned on Thursday night, telling a president said to be angry with her after the Republican Party’s heavy election losses that she would make it easy on him by resigning.
The shake-up lands three days after Democrats won a landslide victory in the midterm elections, gaining majority control of the House and the Senate. Miller is an architect of the administration’s mass deportation efforts, and his move into the top staff job sets up an early confrontation with the incoming Democratic majority, whose members have already vowed to investigate the government’s immigration policies. The move also follows multiple resignations of senior Justice Department staff since Election Day, including officials in the civil rights and national security divisions.