Trump loses both chambers, promotes the aide his party calls a megalomaniac, who pledges him loyalty within hours.

Clive Loyalty within hours. I've had three stanzas rejected this month and this man gets a desk for one sentence.

Gary It's not a career, it's a job description. You've had the same stanza since March; at least his got him a desk.

On the nineteenth of October, before any of this was official, Sarah Matthews, a former White House deputy press secretary, called the prospect of Miller replacing Wiles "terrifying."

Rob Terrifying's a lot of weight for one appointment to carry. Anyone here actually frightened, or is it just the word going round?

Keith I'm not frightened, I'm interested. A White House this rattled licenses anything, and there's money in moving first.

On the thirtieth, Public Citizen found what it called "glaring inconsistencies" in Miller's financial disclosures, touching his reported stock sales and his children's, the kind of paperwork error the administration has otherwise used to target immigrants and political opponents.

Republicans lost both chambers on the third. On Friday the seventh, hours after Trump told 60 Minutes to expect a shake-up, he announced on Truth Social that Miller would replace Wiles, confirming she had been ousted.

Clive Ousted. I've been ousted from two flats this year and neither landlord so much as texted the group chat.

Gary You've been ousted from the shower rota, Clive, and you announced that one yourself, twice, at volume.

In his first speech as chief of staff, Miller pledged "absolute loyalty" and "unwavering commitment" to "President Trump and the country."

You take a chief of staff the way you take a chicken, by both ends, turned over to see what's underneath. Underneath this one is the deputy France 24 names as the architect of the administration's immigration crackdown, the one Le Monde calls a "reactionary ideologue and white supremacist," and the one House Republicans are calling, Fox News reports, a "megalomaniac."

Keith Megalomaniac sells. I'd have it on a mug before the recess ends.

Le Monde has him as a "reactionary ideologue and white supremacist"; the Guardian has Democratic lawmakers calling him a "hatemonger," a "xenophobe," "vile."

You will be looking for the vote that confirms him. There is no vote; a chief of staff answers to no one but the president, which this week is the whole of the point.

This serves a president who just lost the two chambers that might have stopped him. The bill goes to whichever watchdog is left counting the inconsistencies in the paperwork of the man now closest to him.

Gary Checked by. We've had two emails about the boiler since September and still no parts; at least his paperwork gets read eventually.