Trump appoints 'immigration hawk' as White House Chief of Staff
Press coverage 2 newspapers covered this event: Al-Rai · Al-Nahar →Stephen Miller appointed as successor to Susie Wiles following the Republican defeat, while a suspect threatening Trump is detained.
Translated by Qiyas from النهار — Original source
Washington – Agencies: U.S. President Donald Trump has appointed Stephen Miller, considered the architect of the administration’s hardline immigration policy, as White House Chief of Staff, replacing Susie Wiles. This marks the first prominent reshuffle within the U.S. executive branch following the Republican Party’s landslide defeat in the midterm elections, widely viewed as a broad rejection of policies implemented during the first two years of Trump’s second term.
Trump announced on his Truth Social platform that Miller, 41, would succeed current White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, 69, starting Monday, thanking her for her “exceptional work.” He added that she would move on to assume other roles within his inner circle, but outside the government. In a post on X, Wiles, the first woman to hold the position, said, “My role may change, but my commitment to the President and his mission will never change.”
Wiles, who worked on Trump’s re-election campaign, recently underwent treatment for breast cancer and announced her recovery last September. The role of White House Chief of Staff is one of the most strategic positions in the U.S. executive branch. Its duties include vetting information and individuals granted access to the President, while also facilitating the day-to-day functioning of the government.
In a separate development, U.S. authorities detained an armed individual near the White House in Washington, D.C., on charges of threatening to kill President Donald Trump. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security stated in a press release that agents from the U.S. Secret Service arrested a Venezuelan national residing illegally in the United States, who was found with several firearms in his vehicle near the White House and had threatened to kill President Trump.
The statement explained that on the evening of Thursday, November 5, Secret Service agents approached the suspect, Ronnie Yordrick Guanine Chirinos, after observing suspicious behavior inside his parked car on Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C. When confronted, the suspect claimed he was hearing voices in his head ordering him to come to Washington and kill President Trump. Agents also discovered that the vehicle was stolen, and the suspect admitted to having weapons inside.
Chirinos had entered the United States illegally through Texas in March 2024, where he was apprehended by a U.S. Border Patrol unit and subsequently released into the country.
