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Report: Stephen Miller Loosens Reins and Gives Cabinet Secretaries More Control Over Messaging
Red State ^ | 11/12/2026 | Jennifer Oliver O'Connell

Posted on 11/12/2026 8:42:50 AM PST by DFG

According to a Monday memo obtained by Fox News, new White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller plans to employ a more collaborative relationship with President Donald Trump's cabinet, even making a change in the name of the position that interfaces between the cabinet and the Chief of Staff.

"The White House position of Cabinet Secretary will be changed to the role of Director of Cabinet Relations, focused on providing support and reinforcement of President Trump's tremendous Cabinet Secretaries," details the memo, which Fox News Digital viewed.

"Each cabinet leader serves as the best leader and communicator for their individual Departments, and this new position will ensure our Cabinet is resourced and bolstered by the White House to deliver swift, critical, and lasting wins for the American people," the memo continues.

According to the report, Susie Wiles, former Chief of Staff, had a top-down approach to administration messaging, where everything had to be filtered through her office for approval before it was allowed to be disseminated.

Another source who is familiar with day-to-day administration operations believes the memo signals a shift in communications policy, giving different agencies the ability to control their own messaging now that Miller has become chief of staff.

The source said that previously, they believe Wiles had a chokehold on nearly all the administration's communications, and that there were "a lot of prescriptive directives" from Wiles' camp.

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"This will streamline the Cabinet, making it a more effective instrument for the President, whereas previously it was too constrained," a source familiar with the message told Fox News Digital.

The memo also highlighted staffing changes which will facilitate this less micromanaged approach. The Office of Presidential Scheduling and its director will report directly to Deputy Director of Outer Oval Operations Chamberlain Harris.

It was also announced that Caleb Orr, a former Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs, will now fill the role of Chief of Staff for Policy.

"The White House will run a clear and regular policy process through the Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and the National Security Advisor, with clearly defined responsibilities and assignments and no overlapping policy portfolios," the memo says.

Miller working to streamline roles and unleashing cabinet members to take full control of their own department/agency messaging can only mean one thing: this Chief of Staff plans to be more laser-focused on what Trump wishes to see accomplished in the final two years of his administration.


TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: cabinet; stephenmiller; susanwiles; whitehouse

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1 posted on 11/12/2026 8:42:50 AM PST by DFG
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To: DFG

Always thought she was a bad choice. Too restraining.


2 posted on 11/12/2026 8:48:16 AM PST by bray (Thank God for Israel)
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To: bray

She was apparently acting on behalf of past lobbying clients and the lobbying clients of her daughter, unilaterally blocking MAGA and MAHA initiatives at the expense of the President. Good to see her go, never come back.


3 posted on 11/12/2026 9:44:39 AM PST by laconic
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To: laconic

Day late and a dollar short.


4 posted on 11/12/2026 9:49:44 AM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: DFG
Susie Wiles was a control freak suck up who was responsible for the worst messaging strategy in White House history.

Trump should have sacked her after the Vanity Fair debacle which exposed her horrible political and media messaging judgment and her horribly flawed concept of how a White House Chief of Staff should do their job

5 posted on 11/12/2026 9:50:59 AM PST by rdcbn1 (..when poets buy guns, tourist season is over................Walter R. Mead)
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To: DFG
"According to the report, Susie Wiles, former Chief of Staff, had a top-down approach to administration messaging, where everything had to be filtered through her office for approval before it was allowed to be disseminated."

Susie Wiles was the swamp in the White House.

Trump screamed at Susie Wiles and banished her from the Oval Office. As the door slammed, he was still yelling: The 72 hours that destroyed the president’s beloved chief of staff... and her Camp David plot to deceive him

6 posted on 11/12/2026 10:19:28 AM PST by yesthatjallen
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To: DFG

The S O U R C E said...........


7 posted on 11/12/2026 11:10:14 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: laconic

“at the expense of the President. “

and to our country


8 posted on 11/12/2026 12:56:14 PM PST by b4me (Pray, and let God change you. He knows better than you or anyone else, who He made you to be.)
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To: DFG

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9 posted on 11/12/2026 1:35:17 PM PST by redinIllinois (Pro-life, accountant, gun-totin' Grandma - multi .issue vor in)
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To: rdcbn1

She was better that Priebus - but perhaps the same issue: Being good at campaigning and politicing does not automatically transfer to the Chief of Staff position.

Priebus should have been left exactly where he was...as head of the RNC, which he excelled at and had really turned things around after the disaster with Michael Steele, and Wiles remain in charge of the political operations.


10 posted on 11/12/2026 2:34:33 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
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To: laconic

Exactly—the only “policy” Susie cared about was getting her daughters wealthy.

Since the Cabinet members had no clue this was happening they were always in danger of angering the special interests paying the bribes.


11 posted on 11/12/2026 2:38:28 PM PST by cgbg (Four seconds is all it takes to beat the brainwashing.)
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