Trump is defeated in the polls, but is still powerful (and unpredictable) in foreign policy
The US President has begun to give clues about his next steps with the appointment of radical Stephen Miller as new chief of staff
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The US President has begun to give clues about his next steps with the appointment of radical Stephen Miller as new chief of staff
The appointment of Miller, a fervent loyal party, as the new chief of staff of the US President, will probably lead to clashes with Congress.
Stephen Miller, US President Donald Trump’s incoming chief of staff praises him.
Following historic Republican losses in the midterm elections, Donald Trump has replaced his chief of staff, Susie Wiles, with her deputy Stephen Miller, the architect of his administration’s immigration crackdown. Wiles had been seen by some as a stabilising force in the White House, but with Democrats now controlling both chambers of Congress, Trump is reportedly seeking a more aggressive approach to pushing his agenda. Caroline Baum reports.
Sonia Dridi, our Washington correspondent, deciphers the situation.
Without being able to reappear and with a hostile Congress, the Republican threatens to plant battle and turn the end of his presidency into a political war with the appointment of Stephen Miller
Miller's new position, a fervent admirer and advisor to the president, is taking up an even more radical stage in migration in the United States.
U.S. President Donald Trump appointed Stephen Miller as the new Chief of Staff of the White House to replace Susie Wiles. Considered one of the advisers closest to the president and one of the main architects of his hard-line migration policy.
Miller has been a close confidant of Trump since 2016 and an architect of the president's hardline immigration policies.
The ultraconservative ideologist and one of Trump's most loyal advisors gain power in the White House after the Republican defeat in the half-term elections
Donald Trump announced on Friday that he appointed Stephen Miller, figure of the identity right, to the very strategic position of Chief of Staff of the White House. This faithful adviser to the US President is in particular the architect of the current government's very offensive migration policy.
US President Donald Trump on Friday said advisor Stephen Miller would become his new chief of staff. Miller has been instrumental in driving the Trump administration's mass deportation programme and faced particular criticism after the deadly shootings of two Minneapolis protesters by ICE agents in January.
President Donald Trump has promoted long-time aide Stephen Miller to Chief of Staff, replacing Susie Wiles.
The appointment of the so far internal policy adviser points to a tougher turn of the Administration following the defeat of the Republicans in the mid-term elections
In a publication in Truth Social, Trump pointed out that Susie Wiles, who Miller will succeed, did an "outstanding" job and will become part of the "Trump Political Operation."
Replace Susie Wiles in charge. It is the first fact sheet that moves in the government after the electoral debacle in the 'midterms'
Trump said he would be replacing Susie Wiles for the top advisory role. Miller is controversial figure, known as a key architect of the administration’s hardline immigration policies.
Trump revealed the shake-up three days after Democrats' landslide victory in the midterm elections, winning majority control of the House and Senate.