US President Donald Trump on Friday said advisor Stephen Miller would become his new chief of staff. Miller has been instrumental in driving the Trump administration's mass deportation programme and faced particular criticism after the deadly shootings of two Minneapolis protesters by ICE agents in January.
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THE WARNINGS
Trump vowed 'zero chance' of firing Wiles three weeks ago, then installed the aide called 'terrifying' instead.

As it ran on the front
Today we are making a reshuffle. At home a government can lose an election badly and still hand out a promotion within weeks; you will need two chambers of Congress, lost in a landslide, an outgoing chief of staff who was the first woman to hold the job, and the aide waiting to take it.
Clive Promotion. I have had none here, and I am drafting the shortage into verse.
Gary You've drafted that verse since the kettle went, still broken. Give me the wardrobe and a hammer instead.
Begin before the vote. On the 15th of October the president called reports of trouble 'TOTAL FAKE'; the next day he put the odds at 'zero chance,' saying she was 'going to be here for a long time.'
On the 19th a former deputy press secretary called replacing her with his policy deputy 'terrifying'; on the 30th a watchdog group found 'glaring inconsistencies' in that deputy's disclosures — Common Dreams' description of a man who, it says, wants immigrants deported over paperwork.
Rob Hammer. That's your answer to most things, and the damp report's wanted one since the inspection, still under the boiler with the rest of this paperwork.
Keith Boiler or not, there's an angle — bottle the damp as British damp and sell it by Thursday. Beats arguing over whose paperwork that is.
Then came the vote: Republicans lost both the House and the Senate. Days later the president announced the change. 'I wanted to make a change,' he said, folding in what CBS News called 'the major staffing shakeup.' Susie Wiles, first woman to hold the job, was out, effective Monday; in her place, Stephen Miller, deputy chief of staff for policy, who has worked with the president since his first campaign in 2016.
In January, ICE agents shot dead two protesters in Minneapolis; Miller faced criticism ahead of the promotion. Hakeem Jeffries called him 'a dangerous xenophobe and reckless extremist' who 'should be eradicated like a malignant tumor'; Robert Garcia's advice was shorter: 'lawyer up.'
Gary Bottled damp by Thursday — is that the plan fixing this roof? I'll believe it when the stair bucket stays empty.
Clive Empty bucket, full sonnet — I'll have 'eradicated like a malignant tumour' in by supper, if the rhyme behaves.
The Guardian, read here as plainly as any paper, calls him 'the architect of his sweeping immigration crackdown.' At home the same appointment is 'the major staffing shakeup,' CBS News's own phrase.
You will be looking for the vote that is supposed to follow a defeat this size. There is none in here: the president simply announced the change himself, and that was that.
A chief of staff with 'glaring inconsistencies' in his own disclosures is not about to go asking anyone else for theirs first.
Miller gets the West Wing; Wiles, after being first, gets the door. The bill, as ever, goes to whoever he decides next needs to produce their paperwork.
Rob Supper's got a queue already — behind Keith's bottled damp, behind whoever's paperwork gets asked for next.
“They just lost the House and the Senate, and his answer was to hand the whole West Wing to the aide his own former staff called 'terrifying' weeks before he got the job. That is not a punishment for losing, that is a reward for building the machine faster. Watch what gets done now that there is no one left in that building willing to say no.”
“Continuity matters here — Miller knows this policy shop inside out, and you want someone who knows where the files are after an election like that. The disclosure thing is just paperwork, happens to — did I say happens to everybody? I mean forms get messy, that's not a scandal, that's a Tuesday in this town.”
The receipts
"I wanted to make a change," President Trump said, explaining the major staffing shakeup.
Rep. Robert Garcia vows to investigate new Trump chief of staff Stephen Miller over deportation policies and tells him to “lawyer up.” Read more.
Republicans' reconciliation package puts $70 billion into ICE's department NBC News, May 2026
Jeffries says Stephen Miller ‘should be eradicated like a malignant tumor’ after White House promotionHouse Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) swiftly condemned President Donald Trump’s decision to elevate Stephen Miller to White House chief of staff, calling the longtime immigration adviser a “dangerous xenophobe” and demanding his removal from the administration. “Stephen Miller is a dangerous xenophobe and reckless extremist who…
Republicans' reconciliation package puts $70 billion into ICE's department NBC News, May 2026
Stephen Miller, architect of Trump’s immigration crackdown, to become White House chief of staffUS president confirms Susie Wiles, current chief of staff and first woman to serve in the role, will step down US politics live – latest updates Stephen Miller, Donald Trump ’s most controversial aide and the architect of his sweeping immigration crackdown, will become his new White House chief of staff days after Republicans lost…
President Donald Trump tapped Stephen Miller to replace outgoing chief of staff Susie Wiles, marking his first major staff shake-up after Democrats flipped control of the House and Senate. Miller currently serves as the White House deputy chief of staff for policy, but he has worked with Trump since his first presidential campaign in…
Headlines followed Susie Wiles all year, hinting that Donald Trump’s chief of staff and “ice maiden” was on borrowed time. She was irritated by some of his big appointments.
In a no-holds-barred interview with Joe Rogan, Calley Means, a former top health adviser, accused Susie Wiles of repeatedly bowing to lobbying pressures and fixating on campaign contributions.
Republicans' reconciliation package puts $70 billion into ICE's department NBC News, May 2026
Trump appoints immigration hardliner Stephen Miller as new chief of staffThe 41 year-old Trump loyalist, one of the driving forces behind the president’s tough immigration agenda, will replace current White House chief of staff Susie Wiles as of Monday. His appointment indicates Trump is ready to double down on his policies after losing control of the House and Senate to Democrats in a landslide.
· Former Trump aide: Prospect of replacing Wiles with Stephen Miller 'terrifying' from the morgue, 19 Oct 2026
· Stephen Miller, Who Wants Immigrants Deported Over Paperwork, Has 'Glaring Inconsistencies' in His Disclosures from the morgue, 30 Oct 2026
· Trump stands by Susie Wiles as knives come out at White House before midterms from the morgue, 16 Oct 2026
· Trump throws cold water on report Wiles is on thin ice from the morgue, 15 Oct 2026
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