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.

  • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    20 hours ago

    My understanding is that Chief of Staff is actually quite a powerful position, as it is responsible for determining who gets access to the President, which can have quite a lot of indirect control over the direction of presidential policy.

    searches

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_Chief_of_Staff

    The chief of staff is the most senior political appointee in the White House. The position is widely recognized as one of great power and influence, owing to daily contact with the president of the United States and control of the Executive Office of the President of the United States.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Miller

    Miller’s politics have been described as far-right,[1] and anti-immigration.[2][3] Author Jean Guerrero characterized his agenda as white nationalist.[207]

    I’m not sure that that’s a great move for Trump politically, but…shrugs I guess we’ll find out.

    • njm1314@lemmy.world
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      11 hours ago

      White House Chief of Staff is often referred to as the co-President. It is an extremely powerful position. This is actually pretty chilling news.