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no_hypocrisy

(54,517 posts)
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 04:37 PM Friday

How to get rid of Stephen Miller.

Susie Wiles. She's the Chief of Staff.

Stephen Miller is a mere "advisor".

Susie Wiles is the gatekeeper. She can shut him out of meetings. She can exclude him from meeting with Trump.

Understand this much: For almost all of his adult life, Trump has depended on women like Wiles to regulate his working hours. Rhona Graff was/is a long-standing executive assistant to Donald Trump and senior vice-president of the Trump Organization. Nobody got 30 seconds of Trump's time without the permission of Graff. Same thing with the Oval Office.

And Wiles hates Miller, which isn't a bad thing. She can freeze him out and convince Trump it was his idea.

And Miller quits in a fit of pique.

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How to get rid of Stephen Miller. (Original Post) no_hypocrisy Friday OP
Miller won't be gotten rid of that easily. Ocelot II Friday #1
True, but I'm not discounting classic Palace Intrigue. no_hypocrisy Friday #2
Miller is not just an "advisor", he's the Deputy Chief of Staff Fiendish Thingy Friday #3
Correct Greg_In_SF Friday #4
hmm...thought you were gonna suggest roach tablets or rat traps. allegorical oracle Friday #5
I expected the answer to be pour salt on him. House of Roberts Friday #6
Garlic? 2naSalit Friday #7

Ocelot II

(129,659 posts)
1. Miller won't be gotten rid of that easily.
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 04:41 PM
Friday

He has Trump's ear and he satisfies Trump's blood lust and desire for revenge. I very much doubt that Wiles will be able to shut him out.

Fiendish Thingy

(22,385 posts)
3. Miller is not just an "advisor", he's the Deputy Chief of Staff
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 04:49 PM
Friday

And Trump has delegated authority over immigration policy directly and specifically to him.

Think about how many COS Trump went through in his first term, yet Miller remained, and at that point, he was just an advisor.

Miller will be part of the administration as long as Trump is president.

Greg_In_SF

(972 posts)
4. Correct
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 05:00 PM
Friday

While DCoS is not a cabinet position, it is a senior role within the Executive Office of the President.

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