In brief

• Donald Trump has named deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller to replace Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff, effective Monday, November 9.
• The change follows Republican losses in the midterm elections that cost the party control of both chambers of Congress.
• Trump signaled further Cabinet changes, while critics describe Miller as a hardline immigration figure.

Leadership change at the top of the White House

Trump announced on Friday that Wiles is leaving the post and that Miller will take over on Monday, November 9 (Трамп прызначыў новым кіраўніком апарата Белага дома змагара з іміграцыяй Стывэна Мілера – Nasza Niwa) (Трамп сменил главу аппарата Белого дома – Charter 97). Trump said Wiles had done an excellent job and would move into his political operation (Трамп звільнив главу апарату Білого дому: хто її замінить – UNIAN) (Трамп сменил главу своего аппарата – Reform.news). A senior White House official, speaking anonymously, said Wiles submitted her resignation on Thursday evening («Удвоение ставок на провальную стратегию». Зачем Трампу Миллер на посту главы аппарата Белого дома — Reuters – NV).

Wiles was the first woman to hold the role and is credited with organizing Trump's 2016, 2020 and 2024 campaigns. She is set to work with Maga Inc., a political committee linked to Trump (Прихильник масових депортацій і жорсткого тиску на Україну: що відомо про Стівена Міллера, який очолив апарат Білого дому – Espreso).

Midterm defeat and further changes

The reshuffle follows Republican losses in the midterm elections, which cost the party control of both chambers of Congress. The Financial Times linked Wiles's departure to those losses. Asked on CBS News' "60 Minutes" whether he expected to fire anyone, Trump said he did and that he would make "maybe a few changes" to his Cabinet.

Reuters sources said the appointment signals an intention to intensify confrontation during the final two years of Trump's presidency and to resist external political and economic pressure.

Who Stephen Miller is

Miller, 41, has worked close to Trump since the 2016 campaign. He is widely seen as one of the main architects of the administration's restrictive immigration policy, including mass deportation efforts (Трамп назначил главой аппарата Белого дома Стивена Миллера. Он один из самых радикальных представителей его администрации – Meduza). He has also played a role in the administration's domestic National Guard deployments and military operations against alleged drug boats off Venezuela. Before the appointment he was deputy chief of staff and adviser on homeland security, a role that has earned him the nickname of the administration's "prime minister".

Democrats have criticized Miller as a hardline immigration figure, and Le Monde described him as a representative of the identitarian right (Donald Trump nomme Stephen Miller, représentant de la droite identitaire, au poste stratégique de directeur de cabinet – Le Monde).