Trump Hands Stephen Miller the White House After Midterm Losses
The architect of Trump's immigration crackdown will replace Susie Wiles, who moves to the president's political operation. The promotion signals continuity as Democrats prepare to take control of both chambers of Congress.
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Donald Trump named Stephen Miller as his next White House chief of staff on November 6, elevating an architect of his immigration crackdown days after Republicans lost Congress.
Miller, now deputy chief of staff, will replace Susie Wiles on November 9. Trump said Wiles would move to his political operation, keeping the woman who led his 2024 campaign within his organisation while changing who runs the White House staff.
Democrats won both the House and Senate in the midterm elections. Trump's response is to promote one of his closest and longest-serving advisers, whose portfolio, CNN reported, has widened to include broad areas of domestic policy. The choice signals continuity in the administration's direction after an electoral defeat.
"I wanted to make a change," Trump told reporters. He said Miller had been with him from the beginning and was a good manager.
The chief of staff controls the machinery around a president: coordinating staff, managing competing demands and helping turn decisions into government action. Miller's promotion puts an adviser closely identified with the administration's hard-line immigration agenda in that central job.
Democratic leaders immediately made clear that they intend to challenge him. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said Trump had "learned nothing from his historic defeat" and pledged that the incoming Democratic majorities would fight Miller's policies.
