Donald Trump this week announced a post-midterm-election shakeup, with Susie Wiles, his chief of staff throughout his second term, out, and Stephen Miller, his notorious deputy chief of staff and top speechwriter, stepping into the chief of staff role.
According to The Daily Mail, things got ugly in the Oval Office ahead of Wiles’ exit, making it clear that Wiles has been made the scapegoat for the midterm election losses.
“Wiles walked out of the Oval Office on Thursday afternoon with the president still shouting at her,” the Daily Mail reported, adding that she resigned that night.
NEW: Trump screamed at Susie Wiles in the Oval Office on Thursday afternoon in front of staff, sources familiar told the @Daily_MailUS. That night she went to him and resigned.
Inside the 72 hours that brought her down: https://t.co/8gNCql9Ct0
— Elina Shirazi (@elinashirazi) November 7, 2026
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“Trump had turned on his chief of staff in a meeting with other aides and berated her over the brutal outcome for Republicans in the midterm elections, four sources familiar with the argument told the Daily Mail.”
The same newspaper had reported this summer that Wiles was eying a post-midterms exit anyway. She had asked, this week, to stay until February. But Trump “exploded at” Wiles in the Oval Office.
A White House official denied that Trump had raised his voice, telling the Daily Mail that the president “‘would never yell at Susie.”
“Wiles had been warned she was about to be fired, a fourth source said,” the Daily Mail reported. “She went to see Trump on Thursday night and quit before he could do it.” Trump, however, did not accept Wiles’ resignation on the spot.
BREAKING: Susie Wiles is out as White House chief of staff and will be replaced by Stephen Miller. https://t.co/E96FcRwPYa
— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 6, 2026
“She’s tired,” the White House official told the Daily Mail. “She didn’t want to keep fighting.” Wiles had battled breast cancer earlier this year.
Wiles, the report said, had planned to make the case that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth should be scapegoat for the midterm losses.
“‘Susie was trying to push out Pete,” a Pentagon official told the Daily Mail.
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