Trump Swaps White House Chief for Immigration Hardliner as Democrats Take Congress
The president announced the change on Truth Social, replacing the first female chief of staff with Stephen Miller, while voters pushed back against the status quo.
President Donald Trump announced on Friday via a Truth Social post that White House chief of staff Susie Wiles will leave her post and that Stephen Miller will replace her; Wiles, the first woman to serve in the role, thanked the president for the "honor of a lifetime".
Stephen Miller is described by CBS News as an immigration enforcement advocate, by The Guardian as an immigration hardliner, and as a longtime aide to Trump; BBC News reports that promoting Miller sets up likely clashes with Congress.
Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress in Tuesday's midterm elections; Politico reports many Republicans are resigned to the idea there won't be a party‑wide reckoning despite the midterm bloodbath; The Guardian reports a steady exodus of senior female officials from Trump's administration, leaving an overwhelmingly male leadership team.
The Washington Examiner reports Trump's promotion of Miller indicates he is preparing to stand firm on his Make America Great Again agenda in the last two years of his second administration; Marjorie Taylor Greene said the White House personnel shuffle will sink the Republican Party's next presidential campaign; NBC News notes that voters once again rejected the status quo.
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Original reporting
NPR
Stephen Miller replaces Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff
White House chief of staff Susie Wiles is being replaced by Stephen Miller, President Trump said Friday. The change comes after Republicans were swept out of power in the midterm elections.
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Susie Wiles exits White House as Trump ousts another woman from key role
Wiles thanks president for ‘honor of a lifetime’ as departure leaves behind overwhelmingly male leadership team US politics live – latest updates Donald Trump on Friday said Susie Wiles, the first woman to serve as White House chief of staff, will leave her post, a major shake-up of his inner circle that comes amid a steady exodus of senior female officials from his administration. The president announced her ouster – and her replacement, by the immigration hardliner Stephen Miller – in a post on Truth Social, days after a sweeping blue wave gave Democrats control of both chambers of Congress…
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Stephen Miller’s rise to chief of staff indicates Trump isn’t ready to move on
Many Republicans are resigned to the idea there won’t be a party-wide reckoning despite the midterm bloodbath.
Read the original →CBS News
Facts this version was allowed to use
- President Donald Trump announced that White House chief of staff Susie Wiles will leave her post and that Stephen Miller will replace her.
- Trump announced the chief of staff change on Friday.
- Susie Wiles was the first woman to serve as White House chief of staff.
- Stephen Miller is described by CBS News as an immigration enforcement advocate.
- The Guardian describes Stephen Miller as an immigration hardliner.
- Stephen Miller is described as a longtime aide to Trump.
- Trump announced the change in a post on Truth Social, according to The Guardian.
- Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress in Tuesday's midterm elections.
- Susie Wiles thanked the president for the "honor of a lifetime", according to The Guardian.
- Marjorie Taylor Greene said Trump's White House personnel shuffle will sink the Republican Party's next presidential campaign.
- Politico reports many Republicans are resigned to the idea there won't be a party-wide reckoning despite the midterm bloodbath.
- The Guardian reports a steady exodus of senior female officials from Trump's administration and says the departure leaves behind an overwhelmingly male leadership team.
- BBC News reports that promoting Miller sets up likely clashes with Congress.
- The Washington Examiner reports Trump's promotion of Miller indicates he is preparing to stand firm on his Make America Great Again agenda in the last two years of his second administration.
- CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang reported on the change.
- Kristen Welker examined how voters once again rejected the status quo, according to NBC News.
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