美国总统唐纳德·特朗普在Truth Social上宣布，斯蒂芬·米勒将接替苏茜·威尔斯出任白宫幕僚长——这一领导层变动正值华盛顿为新一届民主党控制国会做准备之际，该国会将于1月初召开。

"I am pleased to announce that Mr. Stephen Miller, the current Deputy Chief of Staff of the Trump Administration, and one of my most trusted advisors, will become the Chief of Staff starting Monday, November 9, 2026. Susie Wiles, who has done an outstanding job, will be moving over to the Trump Political Operation. I want to thank her for her service as Chief of Staff — She has done a great job!" 特朗普在帖文中写道，并在末尾签上了自己的名字。

米勒最为人熟知的身份，或许是特朗普最具影响力的顾问之一，也是该政府限制性移民议程的核心设计者。他目前在特朗普第二任期内担任白宫政策副幕僚长兼国土安全顾问。这两个职位均无需参议院确认，但都使他对联邦政策制定和执法优先事项拥有相当大的影响力。他即将接任的幕僚长职位同样无需确认：这是白宫西翼的最高任命职位，负责管理白宫运营、管理总统幕僚，并协调政府与国会之间的事务。

相关报道将米勒描述为加强移民逮捕和驱逐行动背后的推动力量，他敦促执法人员交出更强硬的成果。他的强硬风格以及与特朗普的密切关系，帮助他在负责执行政府议程的各个机构中保持影响力。

对于那些将中期选举结果视为与白宫开启两党合作契机的民主党人而言，米勒的晋升可能会使合作变得相当困难。幕僚长历来是总统与国会领导层的主要联络人。

这一宣布在社交媒体上立即引发反应。

"There are few officials in the administration more closely associated with the Trump policies/demeanor that led to Tuesday's midterms rebuke. So this is a very instructive move," Politico法律事务记者Kyle Cheney评论道。

"Donald Trump just announced Stephen Miller as his new White House chief of staff. Let that sink in. Days after Republicans suffered massive election losses, Trump's response is to put the architect of his mass deportation agenda in charge of the entire White House operation. The lesson Trump took from Election Day was that Stephen Miller needed MORE power. Absolutely f—— insane," 民主党策略师Adam Parkhomenko写道。

"I did a big profile of Stephen Miller earlier this year," Sam Friedman在BlueSky上写道。"Called it 'The Most Dangerous Man in America.' This is going to go badly."

"MAGA is in full implosion," 进步派YouTube博主Keith Edwards表示。

"Putting Stephen Miller in as chief of staff after the entire election repudiated his attack on Hispanics... and lost the entire state of Texas in the process is peak self-destruction," The Contrarian的Jen Rubin发帖称。