Stephen Miller Replaces Susie Wiles as Chief of Staff, Inherits the Marble Briefs

WASHINGTON — Stephen Miller will become White House chief of staff on Monday, President Trump announced Friday afternoon on Truth Social. Susie Wiles, who has held the job since the start of the term, is leaving it.

“Stephen Miller, the current Deputy Chief of Staff of the Trump Administration, will become the Chief of Staff starting Monday, November 9, 2026,” the president wrote. He called Miller “one of my most trusted advisors.”

Wiles, he wrote, “has done an outstanding job” and “will be moving over to the Trump Political Operation.” Trump also offered a rationale, CNBC reported: “Sometimes in life you have to make moves.”

The departure

Wiles confirmed the news on X. “Today is my last day as White House Chief of Staff,” she wrote. “Serving President Trump in the White House has been the honor of a lifetime.”

Miller called the promotion “the privilege of my lifetime” and pledged to “defend this magnificent Republic,” CNBC reported.

The change comes three days after midterm elections in which Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress, CNBC reported. Miller, an architect of the administration’s mass-deportation program, will face that Congress from the corner office. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has already promised to “fight him every step of the way.”

The marble

On the same day, MS NOW published a report by Jake Traylor, Vaughn Hillyard, Laura Barrón-López and Paula Reid describing the mood inside the building Miller will now run.

Current and former officials told the outlet they were frustrated that, as Republicans absorbed their losses, the president was focused on his Reflecting Pool and ballroom projects. MS NOW reported the projects cost more than $600 million.

“How many people are preparing briefs on what marble to pick for X project?” one former official asked.

As of Monday, that question has a supervisor.

The exits

The staff mood was not limited to stone selection. “There is no holding back on the desire to leave now,” one former official told MS NOW. “Some are making calls to try and jump ship.”

Some staffers were being advised to “seek legal counsel as a precaution,” the outlet reported. A person close to the president’s operation predicted recruiting for the final two years would be difficult. “It’s going to be hell,” the person said.

The White House did not respond to MS NOW’s request for comment.

Wiles moves to the political operation, which, after Tuesday, has more openings than the White House. The ballroom remains under construction. The marble has not been chosen.