Trump replaces Susie Wiles with Stephen Miller as chief of staff after GOP's midterm defeat

Trump replaced Susie Wiles with Stephen Miller as White House chief of staff on Friday, days after the GOP lost control of Congress in the midterms

Wiles was the first woman to ever serve as White House chief of staff

Wiles is the longest-serving White House chief of staff under Trump, who had four chiefs of staff in his first term

Stephen Miller currently serves as White House deputy chief of staff and is most closely aligned with Trump's immigration policy

2016 presidential campaign: Stephen Miller joins Trump's team as a speechwriter; Wiles joins to run Trump's Florida campaign · 2018: Wiles spearheads Ron DeSantis's successful run for Florida governor · 2020: DeSantis urges the Trump campaign to cut ties with Wiles, creating a rift · 2024: Wiles oversees the entire 50-state effort for Trump's campaign, becoming the second woman to lead a winning Trump campaign · December 2025: Vanity Fair publishes interviews with Wiles containing candid remarks about Trump, Bondi and Vance · March 2026: Wiles reveals she was diagnosed with early stage breast cancer and undergoes surgery and treatment

Wiles did not deny the comments attributed to her in the Vanity Fair interviews, though she called the piece a 'disingenuously framed hit piece'