President Trump appoints Stephen Miller as White House chief of staff
President Trump said deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller will become White House chief of staff starting Monday, Nov. 9, after Susie Wiles’s exit. Trump announced the change on Truth Social. The appointment trended on Bluesky.
Bias breakdown and outlet coverageon the RUSH story page →The announcement
Daily Mail and Newsweek quoted Trump’s Truth Social post saying Stephen Miller, the current deputy chief of staff, “will become the Chief of Staff starting Monday, November 9, 2026.” Newsweek reported that Wiles confirmed the change in a post on X on Friday, writing: “Today is my last day as White House Chief of Staff.” She added, “Serving President Trump in the White House has been the honor of a lifetime.”
SBS News reported that Trump called Miller “one of my most trusted advisors” and said Wiles had done “an outstanding job,” with the change taking effect Monday. SBS News said Miller, 41, is one of Trump’s longest-serving aides. Breitbart described Miller as an immigration hardliner. Chicago Tribune reported that Trump replaced Wiles with Miller as chief of staff after Democrats won both chambers of Congress.
Newsweek reported that Trump later told reporters he had “wanted to make a change.” Several outlets, including Newsweek and Daily Mail, said Wiles is moving to what Trump called the Trump Political Operation. Some coverage framed the move as a resignation; others described it as a firing or ouster. Those are competing characterizations of the same personnel change.
Why this matters
The appointment puts a longtime Trump aide in the White House’s top staff job days after the midterms. It does not, by itself, announce a broader staff purge, though Trump has said he may make additional changes.