Trump Names Stephen Miller Chief of Staff After 2-Chamber Midterm Loss
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Updated · WIRED · Nov 13
Trump Names Stephen Miller Chief of Staff After 2-Chamber Midterm Loss
3 articles · Updated · WIRED · Nov 13
Summary
Days after Democrats won majorities in both the House and Senate, Trump elevated longtime adviser Stephen Miller from deputy chief of staff for policy and homeland security adviser to chief of staff.
The move signals Trump is leaning on one of his most trusted aides to shape the White House agenda over the next two years after what some Republicans called an "extinction-level" midterm defeat.
White House spokesperson Lauren Bis cast Miller as a central driver of Trump's America First agenda, citing border security, deregulation, energy policy and anti-crime efforts.
In a WIRED interview, biographer Jean Guerrero said Miller has long wielded outsized influence and is likely to double down on hard-line immigration politics rather than moderate after the election setback.
Guerrero argued Miller's rise could broaden the administration's focus from immigrants to their allies, framing him less as a white nationalist than as a class supremacist aligned with oligarchic power.