President Donald Trump has named Stephen Miller, the architect of his administration's hardline immigration agenda, as White House chief of staff, replacing Susie Wiles in the first major personnel shakeup since Republicans lost control of Congress in this week's midterm elections.
Miller, 41, currently serves as deputy chief of staff for policy and homeland security adviser. Trump announced on Friday that Miller will take over as chief of staff on Monday, November 9. Wiles, 69, the first woman to hold the post, submitted her resignation on Thursday evening and will move to the president's political operation.
"It has been the privilege of my lifetime to have served on his team from Day One, and I am honored beyond words to serve as his White House Chief of Staff," Miller wrote on X on Friday.
Trump told reporters that Miller had earned the job through a decade of loyalty. "Stephen's been with me from the beginning. He gets it. Very good politically. And he's a very good man," the president said. "Sometimes in life, you have to make moves."
The change came days after Republicans suffered historic midterm losses, losing majorities in both the House and the Senate. Wiles, who ran all three of Trump's presidential campaigns, was the longest-serving chief of staff of his tenure. She went public in March with a breast cancer diagnosis and later said she showed no evidence of the disease after months of treatment.
Miller has been at Trump's side since 2015 and has long been one of the most powerful voices in his inner circle, driving the administration's aggressive deportation campaign and other policies that tested the bounds of executive power. His elevation signals that Trump intends to double down rather than soften his approach, and it is likely to complicate early hopes of negotiating immigration legislation with the incoming Democratic Congress.
