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Trump axes chief of staff Susie Wiles for Stephen Miller after resounding midterms defeat

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Feinberg, A. (2026, November 6). Trump axes chief of staff Susie Wiles for Stephen Miller after resounding midterms defeat. The Independent. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-stephen-miller-susie-wiles-midterms-b3080757.html

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The Independent · collected 2026-11-06 · by Andrew Feinberg

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Donald Trump announced that Stephen Miller would replace Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff following Republican losses in the midterm elections. Trump made this change on Truth Social, stating it was effective November 9th. Wiles stated she was stepping down to join Trump's political operation after her last day on Friday. The appointment signals Trump’s intent to escalate conflicts with the incoming Democratic Congress.
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“The articles describe different aspects of changes in Trump's administration; Article A focuses on Miller replacing Wiles after midterms while Article B discusses Melania Trump's influence on Trump turning against Miller over deportation policies.”
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Andrew Feinberg
37 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
🔮 Stephen Miller, the architect of Donald Trump’s hardline anti-immigrant policies, will replace Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff in the wake of midterm elections that saw Republicans lose control of the House and Senate as well as dozens of governorships and state legislatures.
🔮 Standing in the cavernous space where once the East Wing of the White House stood — before he unilaterally and, according to a court ruling, illegally had it torn down — he told reporters to "envision chandeliers" and "envision marble flooring" that will one day be there. "This will be the most beautiful building," Trump promised.
🔮 Marco Rubio is on resignation watch from both sides of the Atlantic in the expectation he will quit to launch a bid to be the next US president, The Independent can reveal.
🔮 He talked about the “glass tube” that will connect the White House’s East Room to the ballroom itself when the entire structure is finished.
🔮 Since returning to the White House last year, Donald Trump has never passed up a chance to brag about how he’s done things no other president has done or ever could do.
🔮 Watch as The Independent’s White House correspondent Andrew Feinberg explains why Donald Trump has only himself to blame for a brutal midterm election night Democrats are projected to take back control of both the House and the Senate after a series of major wins dubbed a “Blue Tsunami”.
🔮 His appearance at the Lincoln Memorial capped a month of campaigning that saw him deliver his signature MAGA rallies to smaller, less enthusiastic crowds in reliably Republican states where his party’s candidates are nonetheless in danger of losing to Democratic opponents — an outcome that would have been unthinkable a month ago.
🔮 Trump has baselessly suggested that Alaska voters are so ignorant that they would not know the meaning of the word “incumbent” and the presence of the second Sullivan on the ballot led Trump to push for legal action over concerns that votes intended for the incumbent would be siphoned away.
🔮 With days to go until what polls indicate will be a brutal midterm election for President Donald Trump and his Republican Party, the man who has implored MAGA voters to “pretend I’m on the ballot” is starting to panic.
🔮 Who could have guessed that Trump would get so spun up over a law that’s been on the books since Abraham Lincoln was president?
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Trump PERSON · 6× Miller PERSON · 5× Congress ORG · 3× White House ORG · 3× Wiles PERSON · 3× Democrats NORP · 2× Republicans NORP · 2× the United States GPE · 2× Donald Trump’s PERSON · 1× Stephen Miller PERSON · 1×

Narrative

Miller, 41, is a longtime aide to the president who has spent much of the last two years implementing the administration's mass deportation campaign and pushing for harsh policies meant to make it more difficult for anyone from non-white-majority countries to immigrant to the United States.
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🔮 Stephen Miller, the architect of Donald Trump’s hardline anti-immigrant policies, will replace Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff in the wake of midterm elections that saw Republicans lose control of the House and Senate as well as dozens of governorships and state legislatures.

Claims (13 extracted, 1 hedged)

Stephen Miller, the architect of Donald Trump’s hardline anti-immigrant policies, will replace Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff in the wake of midterm elections that saw Republicans lose control of the House and Senate as well as dozens of governorships and state legislatures. asserted
Republicans → replace → governorships
Trump announced the personnel shakeup on Truth Social on Friday, writing that he was “pleased to announce” that Miller would take over Wiles’ role on November 9 and calling him “one of [his] trusted advisers.” Wiles, he said, is “moving over” to his “political operation” going forward. asserted
he → announce → operation
In a post on X, Wiles said Friday was her last day on the job and called her White House tenure “the honor of a lifetime.” asserted
Friday → say → lifetime
“I’m so proud to have been a part of what we’ve accomplished together from securing our border and cutting taxes to strengthening our economy and putting America First,” she added. asserted
she → ’m → America
Miller, 41, is a longtime aide to the president who has spent much of the last two years implementing the administration's mass deportation campaign and pushing for harsh policies meant to make it more difficult for anyone from non-white-majority countries to immigrant to the United States. asserted
anyone → spend → States
He has also advocated for initiatives meant to use the entire weight of the federal government to punish jurisdictions where voters have elected Democrats, including by cutting off or denying them federal funds. asserted
voters → advocate → funds
The California native has been singularly obsessed with stopping and reversing non-white immigration to the United States since his high school days when he was a regular caller into conservative radio shows. asserted
he → obsess → shows
Since Trump returned to office in 2025, he has also pushed for a maximalist view of presidential power that makes little to no allowances for the role of Congress — especially a Congress that will be controlled by Democrats starting January 3. asserted
that → return → January
He has also advanced some of Trump’s more controversial foreign policy moves, including the president’s ill-fated push to acquire Greenland. asserted
He → advance → Greenland
In January, he claimed the U.S. could seize the island, which is part of Denmark, by force and suggested that no country would oppose such a move because “we live in a world ... that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power.” Miller’s influence has drawn criticism from even some Republicans such as outgoing North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis, who has called him “a big problem” who “should go.” uncertain
who → claim → him
Tillis has also slammed Miller as the "architect of most of the dumbest proposals from the Trump White House" who has an "irrational way about going about things" and is “out of his depth.” asserted
who → slam → depth
Trump’s decision to elevate Miller to the chief of staff position indicates a desire on the part of the president to escalate conflicts with an incoming Democratic Congress which is gearing up to resume oversight and investigations into the Trump administration’s conduct. asserted
which → elevate → conduct
More follows... asserted
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