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Archive photo · 18 July 2025Trump Appoints Stephen Miller White House Chief of Staff, Replacing Susie Wiles
“Trump said that his persecution of immigrants might have been too ‘tough,’”
“but in elevating Miller, he is ‘choosing to double down,’”
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Stephen Miller named White House chief of staff, replacing Susie Wiles. Miller is architect of mass deportation policies.
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Miller replaces Wiles
President Donald Trump appointed Stephen Miller as White House chief of staff, replacing Susie Wiles, and Trump said, "Stephen has been with me from the beginning." Trump also told 60 Minutes that his immigration policies may be "too tough" and that he wanted "to make a change" after "sweeping Republican losses in last week’s historic midterm elections." Jean Guerrero said the appointment shows Trump is "choosing to double down," and she argued that "Stephen Miller enables [Trump] in this instinct to choose cruelty over everything else."
Miller is the "architect of Trump’s zero-tolerance immigration crackdown" and Miller starts his new job as chief of staff on Monday, replacing Wiles. Miller officially begins Monday in the role and Miller is described as "the architect of President Trump’s mass deportation campaign."
Critics warn of cruelty
Rep. Robert Garcia said Miller is "the architect of this horrific, unjust policy" and argued that Miller is "at the center of the major policy decisions that are happening in the administration."
Garcia also said, "Stephen Miller should lawyer up," and the Democracy Now! transcript added that Todd Blanche, the attorney general, said he is his lawyer.
Bernie Sanders said he is "not worried" about Miller becoming chief of staff and told Kristen Welker that Trump is "mentally unbalanced, erratic, but he’s not stupid and he’s a good politician."
Sanders said he believes Trump might be "unsympathetic to raising the minimum wage to a living wage" and said he would "love" to take credit for guaranteeing healthcare to all people.
Katy Miller defended her husband on social platforms, saying, "What Steven has contributed to serving America at the age of forty-one far exceeds what Abdul Rahman Al-Sayyed will contribute throughout his life."
Next steps and investigations
Democrats are expected to make Miller a top focus as they take power next year, and people close to Miller believed he had "little interest in compromising with Democrats".
Miller was prepared for a fight over congressional subpoenas and investigations, and Miller plans to focus on trying to rebuild the fractured MAGA coalition.
Sanders urged Democrats to not "spend all of our time investigating Trump" and said Democrats should "stand up for working class families" instead.
Rep. Robert Garcia said Miller is the architect of "the unconstitutional ICE raids that have terrorized our communities" and Garcia added, "Stephen Miller should lawyer up."
Trump praised Miller Friday and Trump said, "He gets it, very good politically, and he’s a very good man."
