Trump Replaces Susie Wiles with Stephen Miller as Chief of Staff

President Donald Trump announced on Friday, November 6, 2026, that Stephen Miller would replace Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff, mere days after Republicans lost control of Congress in the midterm elections on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. According to News18 World, Miller, who currently serves as Deputy Chief of Staff, is set to take charge from Monday.

Mr. Trump praised Ms. Wiles on his social media site, stating she would continue working for his political organization. Ms. Wiles, the first woman to serve in the post and longest-serving White House chief of staff for Mr. Trump, also released a social media statement on Friday, November 6, 2026. She described her time "Serving President Trump in the White House" as "the honour of a lifetime" and expressed pride in accomplishments such as "securing our border and cutting taxes to strengthening our economy and putting America First." She confirmed her commitment to "the President and the mission" would not change. Her departure came months after she publicly shared her breast cancer diagnosis in March 2026 and indicated she no longer showed evidence of the disease after treatment.

Stephen Miller, a long-time key member of Mr. Trump’s inner circle, is a key architect of the administration’s hard-line immigration policies. He is one of Mr. Trump’s closest and longest-serving advisers, having joined his 2016 presidential campaign as a speechwriter. Mr. Miller is currently the White House deputy chief of staff and is most closely aligned with Mr. Trump’s immigration policy and rhetoric, having previously served as an aide to former Senator Jeff Sessions.

This change follows a series of resignations within the Justice Department, including U.S. Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon and U.S. Attorney Jason Reding Quiñones, whose office oversaw Trump's election conspiracy probe. These departures mark the second and third senior Justice Department officials to leave since the Republicans' midterm losses. Separately, the Trump administration scrapped a meeting of a panel that included Meta's Zuckerberg and Nvidia's Huang, coinciding with a dramatic sell-off in technology shares on November 5 due to concerns that a new Congress might slow AI development and fears over the capital expense of building AI.

What to watch: The impact of Miller's appointment on future administration policies.

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