President Donald Trump announced Friday, November 6, that Stephen Miller will replace Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff, with Miller set to take up the role on Monday, November 9. Trump said Wiles would move to his political operation. The announcement was also reported by CBS News.
Trump described Miller as one of his most trusted advisers and called him a “great manager.” He praised Wiles’ work, telling reporters, “I wanted to make a change,” and said she had done a very good job.
Wiles wrote on X that Friday was her last day as chief of staff. She called serving in the White House “the honor of a lifetime” and said her role was changing, but her commitment to Trump and his mission would continue.
According to CBS, Wiles submitted her resignation Thursday night. Three sources familiar with the matter linked her departure to Republican losses in the midterm elections. Trump did not publicly give that as his reason for the change. The Associated Press also reported that Miller would begin on November 9 and Wiles would move to Trump’s political operation.
Miller has held a broad role in the White House and helped shape the administration’s immigration enforcement and deportation program. His promotion puts one of Trump’s longtime aides in charge of managing the president’s staff as Democrats prepare to take control of Congress in January.
Senior Democrats criticized the appointment. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said Trump had learned nothing from the election defeat and vowed that Democrats would oppose Miller’s policies. House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries called Miller an extremist, while Representative Robert Garcia said Democrats would continue investigating him and challenge his policies in Congress and the courts.
Nicole French 
Reid Bentley