Trump replaces chief of staff Wiles... Miller, a close ally of the hardliners, will be appointed as successor (General 2nd Report)

U.S. President Donald Trump announced on the 6th (local time), three days after the Republican Party's crushing defeat in the November 3 midterm elections, that he would replace White House Chief of Staff Suzy Wiles with Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller (41).

With this as a signal, attention is being paid to whether the personnel reorganization of the White House and the overall administration will begin in earnest after the defeat in the midterm elections.

President Trump announced on the social media platform TruthSocial that Deputy Chief of Staff Miller will serve as White House Chief of Staff starting on the 9th.

At the same time, he said of the new Chief of Staff Miller, “He is one of my most trusted staff members.”

Regarding Chief of Staff Wiles, he said, "Susie Wiles, who has done an excellent job, will be moving to the Trump Political Operation," and added, "I am grateful for her dedication as Chief of Staff."

President Trump did not mention what the 'Trump Political Organization' is or what role Wiles will play.

New Chief of Staff Miller said he was honored to be appointed Chief of Staff at X.

Wiles, who stepped down from his position, said through

This appointment was announced three days after the Republican Party lost majority positions in both the Senate and House of Representatives to the Democratic Party in the midterm elections on the 3rd.

As President Trump replaced his chief of staff as his first step in personnel changes, there are speculations that a follow-up cabinet reshuffle may follow.

President Trump met with reporters at the White House and said that Chief of Staff Wiles had done an excellent job so far, but said, "I wanted to make a change," implying that this personnel reshuffle was due to his defeat in the midterm election.

Wiles is the former chairman of the election campaign committee who led President Trump's victory in the 2024 presidential election, and is a key staff member who has overseen the operation of the White House from the launch of the second administration to the present.

As the first female White House Chief of Staff in U.S. history, she was evaluated as a person who managed the White House in a stable manner based on a strong relationship of trust with President Trump.

However, there have recently been reports that a conflict is brewing between President Trump and Wiles.

The New York Times (NYT) reported today, citing sources familiar with the internal circumstances of the White House, that President Trump recently excluded Wiles from major personnel decisions.

In particular, he selected former White House press secretary Caroline Levitt's successor without consulting Wiles, and he was said to have criticized Wiles in front of other staff even for decisions he approved.

President Trump is known to have expressed his dissatisfaction with Wiles and his political staff to some of his aides after the midterm elections. However, people close to Wiles countered that they were trying to place responsibility for the failure of the election strategy that President Trump actually led on Wiles, the NYT reported.

Miller, Wiles' successor, is a representative hard-liner of President Trump's close aide and is a key advisor who has designed and promoted anti-immigration policies since his first term in office.

Miller, born in 1985, has worked with President Trump since his first presidential campaign, which began in 2015, and also led the preparation of President Trump's first inauguration speech. He served as a senior policy advisor at the White House during the first Trump administration.

In the second administration, as Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, he led hardline immigration policies, including large-scale deportation of illegal immigrants.

CNN reported that Miller has expanded his influence beyond immigration issues to overall domestic policy over the past year, and has also actively advocated for the president's exercise of broad executive authority.

Axios analyzed that Miller's selection as chief of staff could bring about a change in the Trump administration's national administration strategy, saying that Miller prefers a hard-line approach not only on immigration issues but also on the Iran war.

The White House released a separate release and said of new Chief of Staff Miller, "He has been the driving force behind the current administration's major achievements, including reducing violent crime to record lows, strengthening border security to unprecedented levels, and eliminating large-scale fraud."

In this material, the White House highlighted widespread support for Miller's selection as chief of staff by introducing welcoming remarks from about 50 senior administration officials, including Vice President J.D. Vance, and Republican senators and representatives.

However, the Democratic Party strongly opposed this appointment, criticizing Miller, who has led a hard-line immigration policy, as a “dangerous xenophobe” (House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries) and “the person who designed the most barbaric and inhumane policy” (Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer).