What we know
What we know: Trump replaces Susie Wiles with Stephen Miller as chief of staff after GOP's midterm defeat
Compiled Nov 6
What we know
- 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
- Wiles revealed in March 2026 she had been diagnosed with early stage breast cancer and later said she was cancer-free
- Wiles ran Trump's 2016 Florida campaign, his 2020 Florida effort, and oversaw his entire 50-state 2024 campaign
What we don’t know yet
- Wiles did not deny the comments attributed to her in the Vanity Fair interviews, though she called the piece a 'disingenuously framed hit piece'
- The firm Ballard Partners said Wiles had 'almost no role' in managing the relationship with Globovisión owner Raúl Gorrín, though she was registered as his lobbyist
Open questions
- Why did Trump decide to replace Wiles now, specifically tied to the midterm losses?
- What role will Wiles play going forward in Trump's political organization?
- How will Miller's immigration-focused background shape his approach as chief of staff?
- What was the full content of the Vanity Fair interviews that Wiles disputed as a 'hit piece'?
Drawn from the Associated Press report. “What we don’t know” lists only what the reporting itself flags as unresolved.