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Trump Fires Susie Wiles and Promotes Reviled Aide in White House Purge

Stephen Miller will be the president’s next chief of staff.

Donald Trump’s White House is bracing for a major shake-up after his midterm bloodbath, with chief of staff Susie Wiles leaving the administration and making way for her controversial deputy Stephen Miller.

Trump announced Friday that Miller would take over from Wiles on Monday, November 9, with his chief of staff moving to the president’s political operation.

“I am pleased to announce that Mr. Stephen Miller, the current Deputy Chief of Staff of the Trump Administration, and one of my most trusted advisors, will become the Chief of Staff starting Monday, November 9, 2026,” Trump posted to Truth Social.

“Susie Wiles, who has done an outstanding job, will be moving over to the Trump Political Operation. I want to thank her for her service as Chief of Staff — She has done a great job!”

Wiles is the latest woman to leave the the administration, following in the footsteps of former press secretary Karoline Leavitt, former Attorney General Pam Bondi, former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer and former Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.

But the elevation of Miller is likely to prove deeply controversial, given his central role in engineering Trump’s aggressive mass deportation agenda and some of the administration’s most divisive immigration policies.

In a post on X shortly after the president’s Truth Social announcement, Wiles, 69, said that “serving President Trump in the White House has been the honor of a lifetime.”

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“I’m so proud to have been a part of what we’ve accomplished together from securing our border and cutting taxes to strengthening our economy and putting America First,” she said.

“More than anything, I’m grateful for the extraordinary people I’ve had the privilege of working alongside. While my role may be changing, my commitment to the President and the mission never will.”

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The announcement rocked Washington on Friday afternoon, although it was not entirely surprising. Sources say Trump had reacted angrily to the midterm wipeout, which saw Democrats regain control of both the House and the Senate, and flipp longstanding Republican strongholds such as Texas, Kansas and South Carolina.

In response, it is understood that Wiles, who has been with the president for years, offered her resignation.

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Wiles had already been facing mounting pressure from within MAGA world, with some Trump allies demanding she be fired in the wake of Tuesday’s rout.

Another controversy dogging her was the revelation that two of Trump’s closest political operatives, James Blair and Chris LaCivita, had travelled to Bosnia to undertake lucrative consulting work while Republicans were fighting to save their congressional majorities. Wiles’ daughter also became embroiled in the scrutiny over her own connections to a lobbying firm representing the territory’s government.

Miller, housing official Bill Pulte, and EPA administrator Lee Zelden had reportedly been positioning themselves to replace her.

For many political observers, Miller’s elevation signals the start of what could be a more aggressive approach from the White House as Trump braces for lame duck status when the new Congress officially begins in January.

In addition to Trump’s deportation strategy, Miller was the driving force behind the first Trump administration’s family separation policy, which led to thousands of migrant children being separated from their parents at the southern border, as well as the so-called “Muslim travel ban.”

He was among those who labelled Minneapolis nurse Alex Pretti a “domestic terrorist” after federal agents shot him dead, merely weeks after another U.S. citizen, Renee Goode was also fatally shot by immigration authorities.

This is a developing story that will be updated.

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