Trump names Stephen Miller chief of staff, replacing Susie Wiles
President Trump on Friday announced his appointment of Stephen Miller as his chief of staff, to replace Susie Wiles.
Miller, the current deputy chief of staff, has helped design Trump’s immigration policies and spearhead his mass deportation campaign.
His appointment as chief of staff, a powerful position for driving the president’s policy agenda, managing his staff and twisting the arms of allies and opponents alike to bend to the executive’s will, ends speculation that Trump might ease back from his less popular policies or moderate following devastating losses for his party in the midterms. The losses were driven in part to losing Latino voters and many congressional seats along the southern border.
Miller is widely seen as among Trump’s more extreme advisors. But Trump on Friday called Miller one of his “most trusted advisors,” and said he would take over as chief of staff Monday.
Trump said Wiles “has done an outstanding job,” and will be moving to his political operation.
This is a developing story and will be updated.