Susie Wiles exits White House as Trump ousts another woman from key role

Wiles thanks president for ‘honor of a lifetime’ as departure leaves behind overwhelmingly male leadership team

Donald Trump on Friday said Susie Wiles, the first woman to serve as White House chief of staff, will leave her post, a major shake-up of his inner circle that comes amid a steady exodus of senior female officials from his administration.


The president announced her ouster - and her replacement, by the immigration hardliner Stephen Miller - in a post on Truth Social, days after a sweeping blue wave gave Democrats control of both chambers of Congress in the midterm elections. Wiles’s departure leaves behind an overwhelmingly male leadership team.

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