Trump's chief of staff Wiles leaves the White House

White House Trump's Chief of Staff Wiles resigns As of: November 6th, 2026 • 9:20 p.m

Since the Republicans' devastating election defeat in the midterms, there has been speculation about whether and how US President Trump will restructure his circle of power. Now a personality has been decided: the string puller Wiles is leaving.

A few days after the Republicans' poor performance in the midterm elections, US President Donald Trump is restructuring his inner circle of power in the White House. Chief of Staff Susie Wiles is resigning from her position, Trump announced on the Truth Social platform. The current deputy chief of staff, Stephen Miller, will follow her from Monday. He is considered an important strategist behind the president's aggressive migration policy.

In the congressional elections last Tuesday, the Republicans lost their majorities in the Senate and House of Representatives to the Democrats. It is a devastating result for Trump, who had declared the election a vote on his policies. Since then, positional battles have been going on in the Republican Party over its future direction. There was also numerous speculation about whether and how Trump would reorganize his cabinet and his circle of power in the Oval Office.

Wiles is now the first person in this context. However, it should remain in Trump's political environment. Wiles had already submitted her resignation on Thursday evening, US broadcaster CBS News reported, citing an insider.

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It was announced in the spring that Wiles had breast cancer. “As one of my closest and most important advisors, Susie is a strong individual and deeply committed to serving the American people,” Trump wrote at the time. In September, Wiles announced that he had won his battle against the disease.

As chief of staff, Wiles was responsible for organizing the president's day-to-day administration. The 69-year-old political strategist is considered extremely loyal and discreet. Wiles was the first woman to hold the post and had previously worked, among other things, as Trump's campaign manager.

Wiles came into the public eye last December because of an article in Vanity Fair. In it, Wiles judged her boss surprisingly bluntly and harshly. Trump has the “personality of an alcoholic,” she said, for example. The magazine did not quote the entire sentence from the conversation at this point. Wiles later accused the magazine of taking statements out of context.

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