Stephen Miller

Stephen Miller
Miller in 2025
33rd White House Chief of Staff
Assumed office
November 9, 2026
PresidentDonald Trump
DeputyDan Scavino (principal)
Preceded bySusie Wiles
12th United States Homeland Security Advisor
Assumed office
January 20, 2025
PresidentDonald Trump
DeputyAnthony Salisbury
Preceded byElizabeth Sherwood-Randall
White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy
In office
January 20, 2025 – November 9, 2026
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byBruce Reed
Succeeded byVacant
White House Director of Speechwriting
In office
January 20, 2017 – January 20, 2021
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byCody Keenan
Succeeded byVinay Reddy
Senior Advisor to the President
In office
January 20, 2017 – January 20, 2021
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Personal details
Born (1985-08-23) August 23, 1985 (age 41)
Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)
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(m. 2020)​
Children4
EducationDuke University (BA)
Miller's voice
Miller on media coverage of the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
Recorded May 1, 2025

Stephen N. Miller (born August 23, 1985) is an American far-right activist and politician who has been the 33rd and current White House Chief of Staff since 2026. He has also been the 12th United States Homeland Security Advisor since 2025.

Miller was a senior advisor for policy for President Trump during his first administration. Before, he served as the communications director for then-Senator Jeff Sessions. He was also a press secretary to Republican Representatives Michele Bachmann and John Shadegg.

Early life

Stephen N. Miller was born on August 23, 1985 in Santa Monica, California. Miller is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent.

In high school, Miller said that racism was fake and that racial segregation did not exist because it was not legally forced, owing to the civil rights movement. He also spoke out against bilingualism in high schools.

Miller earned a bachelor of arts degree from Duke University, graduating in 2007. During his college years, he was politically active.

Trump administration

Miller was an important figure in the first Trump administration's immigration policy, including the family separation policy and Executive Order 13769, which restricted travel from several Muslim-majority countries. Miller is a key figure and advocate behind some of the most divisive and controversial policies of Trump's second presidency such as his aggressive immigration policy, targeting of political opponents, strikes on alleged drug traffickers and domestic military deployments.

Miller is on the Southern Poverty Law Center's list of extremists.

As a speechwriter for Trump, Miller helped write Trump's inaugural address.

On October 6, 2020, Miller tested positive for COVID-19.

In November 2024, CNN reported that Miller would serve as Trump's deputy chief of staff for policy and United States Homeland Security Advisor in his second term.

White House Chief of Staff

In October 2026, Politico reported that Trump was thinking about firing Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff, and picking Miller to replace her. On November 6, Wiles announced her resignation. Trump appointed Miller to replace Wiles. Miller is set to become the chief of staff on November 9. According to The New York Times, Miller told Trump that he needed to end the Iran war to get the job.

Personal life

In February 2020, he married Katie Waldman, the press secretary to vice president Mike Pence, at the Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C. Trump went to their wedding. Miller and Waldman have four children together.

After public protests near their home in Arlington, Virginia, the second Trump administration moved them from their home to a nearby military base.

References

  1. ↑ Kranz, Michal (January 22, 2018). "How a 32-year-old far right darling became the man who writes Trump's biggest speeches — and the one person people keep blaming for the shutdown". Business Insider. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
  2. ↑ Thrush, Glenn; Steinhauer, Jennifer (February 11, 2017). "Stephen Miller Is a 'True Believer' Behind Core Trump Policies". The New York Times. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
  3. ↑ May, Charlie (January 21, 2018). "Lindsey Graham slams Stephen Miller, says "White House staff has been pretty unreliable"". Salon.com. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
  4. ↑ Wolff, Michael (2018). Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House. Henry Holt and Co. pp. 64–65. ISBN 978-1250158062.
  5. ↑ "Public Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 278e)" (PDF). United States Office of Government Ethics. June 6, 2025.
  6. ↑ Mascaro, Lisa (January 17, 2017). "How a liberal Santa Monica high school produced a top Trump advisor and speechwriter". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 14, 2025.
  7. ↑ Sargent, Greg, Inside Stephen Miller's Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State: He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he deems alien and unassimilable. How far will Miller's sadistic designs go?, The New Republic, December 15, 2025
  8. ↑ Guerrero 2020, p. 60–61.
  9. ↑ Helderman, Rosalind S. (February 11, 2017). "Stephen Miller: A key engineer for Trump's 'America first' agenda". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 6, 2026.
  10. ↑ Kanno-Youngs, Zolan; Aleaziz, Hamed (2026-11-07). "Unfazed by Midterm Rebuke, Miller Is Poised to Push the Limits of Trump's Power". The New York Times. Retrieved 2026-11-09. In other words, the architect of some of the administration's most divisive policies demonstrated that he would aggressively pursue more of the agenda that many voters rejected on Tuesday.
  11. ↑ "Stephen Miller". Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved January 7, 2026.
  12. ↑ "Leaked Stephen Miller emails show Trump's point man on immigration promoted white nationalism, SPLC reports". The Washington Post. 13 November 2019. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2025-12-29 – via www.washingtonpost.com.
  13. ↑ "Stephen Miller: How much influence does he have on Trump?". BBC. January 23, 2018. Retrieved January 26, 2018.
  14. ↑ Dawsey, Josh; Johnson, Eliana (April 13, 2017). "Trump's got a new favorite Steve". Politico. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
  15. ↑ "Who is Stephen Miller, the Jewish adviser behind Trump's 'American Carnage'?". Haaretz. January 31, 2017. Archived from the original on January 14, 2018. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
  16. ↑ Collins, Kaitlan. "Top White House aide Stephen Miller tests positive for Covid-19". CNN. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
  17. ↑ Treene, Alayna (November 11, 2024). "Trump expected to announce Stephen Miller as White House deputy chief of staff for policy". CNN. Retrieved November 11, 2024.
  18. ↑ Burns, Dasha; Steakin, Will; Wren, Adam (October 15, 2026). "Trump's ice maiden is under fire". Politico. Retrieved November 6, 2026.
  19. ↑ Haberman, Maggie (November 6, 2026). "Wiles posted on the website X that today is her last day as chief of staff". The New York Times. Retrieved November 6, 2026.
  20. ↑ LeVine, Marianne (November 6, 2026). "Trump Names Stephen Miller His New Chief of Staff". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved November 6, 2026.
  21. ↑ Haberman, Maggie (November 6, 2026). "Miller's pitch for the job, according to people who heard it, was that the president needed to wind down the Iran war, which the president's core supporters viewed as a betrayal". The New York Times. Retrieved November 6, 2026.
  22. ↑ "Katie Waldman and Stephen Miller Wed at Trump Hotel". The New York Times. March 2, 2020. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
  23. ↑ Dugyala, Rishika (February 16, 2020). "Trump attends wedding of Stephen Miller". Politico. Retrieved August 15, 2025.
  24. ↑ Raposas, Rachel (June 10, 2026). "Katie Miller Welcomes Fourth Baby with Husband Stephen Miller, an Influential Trump Adviser". People. Retrieved June 15, 2026.
  25. ↑ Scherer, Michael; Ryan, Missy; Parker, Ashley (2025-10-30). "Top Trump Officials Are Moving Onto Military Bases". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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