Madar (International) - US President Donald Trump announced on Friday, November 6, 2026, that his adviser Stephen Miller will become White House chief of staff, replacing Susie Wiles, CBS News reported.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump said Miller, the current deputy chief of staff and "one of my most trusted advisors", would take up the post starting Monday, November 9, 2026, according to CNBC. He said Wiles "has done an outstanding job" and "will be moving over to the Trump Political Operation".
"I wanted to make a change," Trump told reporters, describing Miller as "very good politically" and a "great manager". Miller, one of Trump's closest and most loyal aides for years, is the architect of the administration's immigration enforcement and deportation programme, according to CBS News.
CBS News, citing a US official and a senior White House adviser, reported that Wiles submitted her resignation on Thursday night, a move three sources linked to the Republicans' midterm losses. She had planned to stay through the lame-duck session of Congress before Trump accelerated her exit. Wiles ran Trump's 2024 campaign and had been chief of staff since his first day back in the White House. On X, she said Friday was her last day and called serving the president "the honor of a lifetime".
The appointment comes days after midterm elections in which Democrats netted seven Senate seats, with Alaska and Mississippi still counting, and won 253 of the 435 House seats with 27 races uncounted, according to Al Jazeera English.
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said on X that Trump had "learned nothing from his historic defeat". Democratic Representative Robert Garcia, in line to chair the House Oversight Committee, said Democrats would investigate Miller once they take control of Congress in January.
