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Katie Miller fervently lobbied for her husband, Stephen Miller, to become White House chief of staff, according to a new report.
After Republicans suffered crushing losses in Tuesday’s midterm elections, she called administration officials and allies, urging them to support her husband to replace Susie Wiles if they considered him better suited for the job than other potential candidates. Policy reported.
On Friday, Stephen Miller won the top job. President Donald Trump announced that Wiles – his longest-serving chief of staff – would resign and be replaced by Miller, his deputy and the architect of Trump’s hardline immigration policies.
Trump’s frustration with Wiles reportedly had been building for months, and his fate was sealed when Democrats swept to victory in the midterms, winning back both the House and Senate.
“He started telling people he was over Susie,” a source said. Policy. “That’s what happens when you get creamed.”
Katie Miller – podcast host and former adviser to Elon Musk – did not push for Wiles’ ouster, sources told the outlet. She only began to advocate for her husband after it became clear that Wiles was on his way out.
Miller made about six calls to people close to the president, including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and people with ties to Vice President JD Vance. She argued that her husband should succeed Wiles if she left. “I would appreciate it if you shared this message,” Miller said, according to a source.
Miller declined to comment. Policy but she responded on X after the story was published.
“BREAKING: Wife supports husband,” she wrote. “If your wife doesn’t do this, find a new one.”
Mother of four Katie Miller recently admitted she didn’t vote on Election Day. “You see moms are too busy raising their kids and taking care of them to go to the polls,” she told CBS News on Wednesday. Vanity Fair reported last month that she was known for throwing lavish parties for administration officials at her home on a military base.
When approached by PolicyThe White House has called Stephen Miller a central figure in the Trump administration.
“Stephen Miller has played a key role in implementing President Trump’s America First agenda since day one,” said spokeswoman Lauren Bis. “He has spearheaded the Administration’s crackdown on crime, including in Washington DC and Memphis, record deregulation, unlocking American energy, dismantling drug cartels, and securing our border. In his new role, he will continue to deliver historic successes for the American people.”
Stephen Miller is widely considered a more polarizing figure than Wiles, having helped shape some of the administration’s most controversial initiatives, including crackdowns on deportations and efforts to end birthright citizenship.
A source close to the White House said Policy that the personnel change signaled to the president’s MAGA base that “the White House hears you.”
Meanwhile, Democrats on Capitol Hill have widely condemned his promotion.
“Stephen Miller is a dangerous xenophobe and reckless extremist with American blood on his hands,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries wrote on X. “His presence in government should be eradicated like a malignant tumor. Fire him today.”
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