President Trump announced on Friday that Susie Wiles will step down as White House chief of staff, with immigration policy advocate Stephen Miller set to assume the position. Trump stated he wanted to make a change and praised both Wiles’s performance and Miller’s contributions. Wiles, who reportedly submitted her resignation the previous evening, characterized her tenure as chief of staff as “the honor of a lifetime” and referenced the administration’s work on border security, tax policy, and economic matters.
Wiles’s departure represents the latest in a series of exits by senior female officials from the Trump administration. In recent months, White House press secretary Katie Zacharia departed after just five days in the role, while homeland security secretary Kristi Noem and attorney general Pam Bondi were dismissed. Former national intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard reportedly resigned under pressure, and Kimberly Guilfoyle, who served as US ambassador to Greece, has also left her position. The personnel changes leave the administration’s leadership structure predominantly male.
Wiles had remained in her position despite a breast cancer diagnosis, with Trump previously indicating she would stay in the role for an extended period. She announced in September that she was cancer-free. On the same day Trump announced Wiles’s departure, Harmeet Dhillon, a Trump ally serving as head of the justice department’s civil rights division, also resigned. Her departure follows expectations that Democrats, who gained control of both chambers of Congress in recent elections, will pursue investigations into federal agencies under Trump’s leadership, including the justice department.
Additional justice department officials have resigned during the broader personnel transition, including John Eisenberg, assistant attorney general for national security, and Jason Reding Quiñones, an attorney involved in inquiries into Trump’s rivals. A limited number of women remain in cabinet-level positions, including agriculture secretary Brooke Rollins and Kelly Loeffler, head of the Small Business Administration.
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