Trump names Stephen Miller to replace Susie Wiles as chief of staff
Donald Trump announced on 6 November that Stephen Miller will become White House chief of staff on Monday, 9 November, replacing Susie Wiles, according to France 24 and AFP, quoting his Truth Social announcement.
Donald Trump announced on 6 November that Stephen Miller will become White House chief of staff on Monday, 9 November, replacing Susie Wiles, according to France 24 and AFP, quoting his Truth Social announcement.
Miller currently serves as deputy chief of staff for policy and has been a central figure in the administration’s immigration agenda. Trump said Wiles would move to his political operation.
The appointment follows Republican losses in the midterm elections. It changes the leadership of the White House staff, rather than a Cabinet department.
Miller, 41, is also homeland security adviser and has been one of Trump’s closest aides for more than a decade. France 24 said he was criticised after immigration agents shot dead two protesters in Minneapolis in January. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer vowed to oppose the appointment, calling Miller ‘the architect of the most barbaric, inhumane policies of this administration’. Wiles was the first woman to serve as a US president’s chief of staff, and Trump, 80, lost control of the House and Senate to Democrats in the midterms.