Trump appoints Miller chief of staff and returns to the attack: "I will never give up"

Steven Miller new chief of staff

Trump chose Miller, the main architect of restrictive immigration policies, thus accepting the pressure formulated by the most intransigent wing of the MAGA movement. A move that marks a hardening of the internal political line in response to the electoral backlash. "Stephen Miller has been with me since the beginning, he is a great manager. Sometimes you have to change", declared the tycoon.

Trump's words

The president also reiterated: "I will never give up" and accused the Democrats of being mainly responsible for "Black Thursday" on Wall Street and of having caused one of the worst days in the history of the American stock market due to their intentions to regulate Big Tech. A "blue tsunami" which, according to the White House, would have burned thousands of billions of dollars of capitalization and to which Trump responded by instead confirming his support for Super Intelligence, defining the closure of data centers as short-sighted despite the negative response that emerged from the polls across the country.

The options on Iran and diplomatic pressure

On the international front, the American president then returned to using harsh tones towards Tehran, oscillating between the firm and diplomatic lines. “Either they make the deal or I destroy them,” Trump thundered, bringing national security advisers together for the first time since the midterm elections. "We want to go further and limit ourselves to certifying the agreement, which would mean that something like this will never happen again - added the US president -. Or we can destroy the rest of the country, but I would prefer not to do it, if possible. But perhaps I will be forced, you will know soon". "It's going well with Iran, we're talking," he added. As reported by Axios, the White House is considering three paths: new targeted attacks, maintaining the economic squeeze or an agreement that includes concessions in favor of the Iranian regime. All while the machinery of diplomacy continues to move, with intense talks between the Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and the mediators of Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Egypt, and against the backdrop of the pressure exerted by Vice President Jd Vance for a negotiated solution.

The battle for leadership in the Republican Party

The electoral collapse triggered a showdown within the Grand Old Party, inaugurating the race for the 2028 presidential primaries. Vice President Jd Vance ended up in the crosshairs of criticism, accused of having underestimated crucial issues such as tariffs and the cost of living, focusing excessively on the crisis in the Middle East. Other prominent figures - including Florida governor Ron DeSantis and Texas senator Ted Cruz - are distancing themselves from the presidential axis to build autonomous positions, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio tries to distance himself from the difficulties of the vote. For his part, strengthened by the positive data on employment in October and the control of Super Pacs such as MAGA Inc., Trump aims to firmly maintain the reins of the party to influence future scenarios and stem the attempts to break up by dissident Republicans. The position of Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth, however, appears increasingly shaky, as he is loomed by the threat of an impeachment motion in Congress announced by Republican MP Thomas Massie.