Trump revealed the shake-up three days after Democrats' landslide victory in the midterm elections, winning majority control of the House and Senate.

-President Donald Trump announced White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller will be promoted to chief of staff, replacing Susie Wiles.

-Miller will take over starting Monday, Trump said in a Truth Social post.

-Wiles “will be moving over to the Trump Political Operation,” the president wrote.

President Donald Trump on Friday announced White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller will be promoted to chief of staff, replacing Susie Wiles.

Trump revealed the stunning shake-up just three days after Democrats won a landslide victory in the midterm elections, gaining majority control in the House and Senate and scrambling the trajectory of Trump’s last two years in office.

Elevating Miller, an architect or Trump’s controversial mass-deportation efforts, is bound to raise the hackles of the incoming class of congressional Democrats, who have already vowed to investigate the government’s immigration policies.

Miller will take over starting Monday, Trump said in a Truth Social post, praising his longtime aide as “one of my most trusted advisors.”

Wiles, “who has done an outstanding job, will be moving over to the Trump Political Operation,” the president wrote.

  • Casuls_Die_Thrice@lemmy.zip
    32·
    21 hours ago

    Trump hands the Republicans their greatest electoral loss since Watergate. Does he:

    A. Consider moderating his executive approach for the barest snowball’s-chance-in-hell of leaving behind a not-entirely-shitty legacy?

    Or

    B. Utterly fail to read the room & promote the most hated member of his White House staff to a position of even greater authority?

    • DarkFuture@lemmy.worldEnglish
      121·
      20 hours ago

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    • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
      6·
      19 hours ago

      It sounds like some of the first challenges to Trump from the Republican Party are showing up.

      He’ll hold the White House, but I dunno whether he’ll retain a lot of influence in the party’s broader direction.

      https://www.axios.com/2026/11/06/rnc-kc-crosbie-joe-gruters-chairman

      Scoop: White House furious over surprise challenge to Trump’s RNC chair

      The White House was blindsided by RNC co-chair KC Crosbie’s decision to challenge President Trump’s handpicked party chairman, Joe Gruters — a move that has infuriated administration officials days after the GOP’s midterm drubbing, Axios has learned.

      Why it matters: Sitting Republican presidents traditionally choose the RNC chair, making leadership elections little more than a formality. Crosbie is challenging that arrangement — despite owing her own position to Trump.

      Trump moved quickly to back Gruters, issuing a lengthy Truth Social endorsement Friday calling on Republicans to support the incumbent chairman.

      Driving the news: Crosbie announced her candidacy Thursday in a letter to the RNC’s 168 members obtained by Axios. It called for changes to the party following Tuesday’s elections, which cost Republicans control of both chambers of Congress.

      “Tuesday’s results were a serious setback,” Crosbie wrote. “We owe ourselves an honest account of why.”

      She questioned whether the party had adequately addressed voters’ concerns, supported its candidates and nominated Republicans capable of winning competitive races.

      “I believe the RNC has fallen short of that responsibility, and I hope to see that change,” she wrote.

      The big picture: Crosbie’s call for a change in direction is the first significant challenge to Trump’s authority within the Republican Party after the midterms.

    • Ooops@feddit.org
      11·
      15 hours ago

      Funny that you actually think that Trump is doing anything but being a senile sock puppet.

      Miller isn’t promoted, he has to move closer because the deteriorating orange constantly becomes harder to handle.