Weeks after praising her long White House run, Trump replaces Susie Wiles as chief of staff

WASHINGTON, DC: Only a few weeks after praising White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles' long service and denying reports he might replace her, President Donald Trump has done just that.

Wiles’ departure announcement is the first major staff shake-up after a crushing midterm defeat for the GOP.

The move also follows reports suggesting that Trump was unhappy with his top advisers over faltering midterm strategies and was weighing possible changes, including replacing Wiles.

Susie Wiles exits as Stephen Miller steps into top job

President Trump has replaced Susie Wiles with her deputy Stephen Miller in a major bureaucratic development in the federal government.

The announcement to elevate Miller, one of Trump’s “most trusted advisors,” came through a Truth Social post on Friday afternoon, November 6.

Miller is a longtime aide to Trump, and he is reportedly the one who orchestrated his hardline immigration agenda.

Trump said Wiles would move to his political operation, adding that she “has done an outstanding job.”

The president added that the move would take effect Monday, November 9.

“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,” Trump wrote in the social media post.

A CNN report, citing two sources, claimed that Wiles submitted her resignation on Thursday.

When reporters asked the president why he decided to remove Wiles, Trump replied, "Sometimes in life you have to make moves."

Trump denied replacement talk just weeks ago

Several reports and former Trump allies suggested that Trump was already preparing to shake up the staff and was weighing the removal of top advisers for weak midterm strategies and campaign spending.

Former White House Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Matthews said on October 18 that it would be "terrifying" if President Trump replaced Chief of Staff Susie Wiles with Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller.

Matthews told MeidasTouch’s Jack Cocchiarella that Trump “is unhappy with the way things are right now” and blamed Wiles.

“Stephen Miller is b*****t crazy,” she continued. “And the idea that in the last two years of Trump’s administration, when he’s going to be spiraling because he’s a lame-duck president … The idea of someone like a Stephen Miller in charge is a very scary thing,” she had said back then.

When Politico reported on October 15 that Trump was weighing a replacement for Wiles, he dismissed it as "TOTAL FAKE NEWS," saying the outlet didn’t care about "facts, integrity, or honest journalism."

"It's why I kicked them out of the White House!" he added.