No change to policy course! Trump replaces White House Chief of Staff, appoints "hardliner" Stephen Miller.

Title context: No change to policy course! Trump replaces White House Chief of Staff, appoints "hardliner" Stephen Miller. Text: After a crushing defeat in the midterm elections, Trump sent a clear signal to the outside world with a personnel adjustment: he has no intention of changing his policy course. According to Reuters, U.S. President Trump announced on Friday that he has appointed long-time loyalist and current Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller as White House Chief of Staff, succeeding Susie Wiles. The appointment will officially take effect on Monday. A White House official said bluntly, "He will not change direction"even though Tuesday's midterm election results showed that tens of millions of American voters cast votes against Trump's domestic and foreign policy agenda. Miller's promotion comes after Republicans lost control of both chambers of Congress. Democrats are about to take control of the House and Senate and have announced that they will launch large-scale congressional investigations into the Trump administration. According to a Wall Street Journal analysis, this personnel change is the clearest signal yet that Trump intends to hold firm to his core positions during the final two years of his term rather than seek compromise with Democrats. Hardliner Takes Over the Core of Power Miller, 41, is one of the few core aides who has remained from Trump's first term to the present. During Wiles' tenure as Chief of Staff, in his role as Deputy Chief of Staff he had in practice already exerted influence over Trump's domestic agenda beyond what his position would ordinarily carry. His most widely known label is as the driving force behind the Trump administration's aggressive immigration enforcement actionssetting a daily arrest target of 3,000 people and sending masked immigration enforcement agents into communities across the United States, with arrests increasingly extending to people with no criminal record who have lived in the U.S. for decades. However, this policy is not popular among the public. According to an Ipsos poll completed this week, only 36% of respondents expressed support, while 54% were clearly opposed. In other domestic policy areas, Miller is likewise a core force in reshaping the federal bureaucracy, and he was closely associated with the dismissal of tens of thousands of civil servants in 2025. He is also a major driver of the administration's efforts against universities, diversity programs, and other institutions. Hardline Diplomatic Stance, Uncertainty in Congressional Relations On foreign policy, Miller is an open supporter of Trump's lethal military strikes on suspected drug-carrying vessels in the Caribbean and The Pacific, even though the operation has raised legal questions. He has also defended U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran and supports weakening Iran through maritime blockades and sanctions. However, given that the economic shock of the Iran war has already cost Republicans in this election, his current position remains unclear. Marc Short, who served as chief of staff to Vice President Pence during Trump's first term, said Miller is someone "deeply bound to the president" and is willing to confront Congress head-on on issues such as immigration policy and congressional investigations. "That doesn't mean there are high expectations for bipartisan legislation," Short said in an interview. Miller previously served on Capitol Hill for many years, including as a senior adviser to then-Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions. That experience may be helpful after Democrats take control of Congress, but the challenges he faces will be extremely daunting. Wiles Departs, Business Community Loses an Important Channel of Communication Wiles submitted her resignation on Thursday evening and will move to Trump's political operation. The 69-year-old veteran Florida political operative was the first female White House Chief of Staff in U.S. history, known for bringing operational discipline and regarded as a rational voice within the White House. According to a Wall Street Journal report, Wiles was not only Chief of Staff but also the main liaison between the business community and the White House. Several prominent corporate executives said that Wiles and Treasury Secretary Bessent were the two key figures they believed were willing to listen to the business community. With Wiles' departure, the communication channel between the business community and the White House faces a marked narrowing. During his first term (2017-2021), Trump replaced four chiefs of staff, an unusually high number among presidents. With hardliner Miller now taking over, the outside world widely expects that the White House's relations with Congress and with the business community will trend toward a more confrontational pattern. House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries has already called Miller a "reckless extremist" on social media, and Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, said Democrats plan to investigate Miller's immigration policies and warned that he "had better get a good lawyer." This article is republished from the "Wallstreetcn" APP, author: Zhao Ying; GMTEight editor: Song Zhiying.