Katie Miller announces she’s stepping down from her podcast after husband’s promotion to Trump’s right hand man
Katie Miller, the wife of longtime Trump aide Stephen Miller, announced she would be leaving her podcast after her husband’s promotion to the president’s right hand man.
Miller, 35, announced on Sunday that she would stop recording episodes for her podcast Katie Miller Pod after her husband took on his new role as President Donald Trump’s new Chief of Staff.
In a post on X, Miller said that ‘every decision’ she makes is ‘based on what’s best for my children and our family.’
‘With [Stephen Miller] taking on his new role for President Trump, I’ve decided to stop recording new podcast episodes,’ she wrote.
‘Nothing is more important than raising our four kids. While I’ve loved the podcast, the time commitment is too great and now is the time to step away.
‘I’ll be cheering President Trump and his team on from outside the administration.’
Miller added that she would be airing two previously taped episodes before officially signing-off from the show.
Her announcement comes after a recent posting on social media saw a suggestion that Miller had secretly lobbied for her husband’s promotion.
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After Susie Wiles was replaced by her former deputy in a move that rattled the White House, Miller reacted to an article alleging that she spent weeks instructing people to call Trump and suggest her husband for the job.
‘Wife supports husband,’ she wrote on X, seemingly confirming the rumors that she was involved in lobbying. ‘If your wife doesn’t do this, find a new one.’
Her comment came after Politico reported that she strategized a scheme to lift her husband to new levels of power after Wiles, long considered an untouchable Trump whisperer, was announced to no longer be the president’s chief of staff.
Her husband’s new role in the administration comes after the GOP faced an embarrassing midterms, after Democrats snatched up victories across the country.
Wiles stepped down from the role as the president’s chief of staff just days after the early November election, with Trump praising her and announcing Miller as her replacement.
On Friday afternoon, Trump told reporters: ‘I wanted to make a change. I think Susie’s done a very good job, great job, but…we gotta make moves. Sometimes in life, you have to make moves.’
His account cuts against that of a senior White House official, who told the Daily Mail that Wiles ‘gave her resignation last night.’
In announcing Miller’s new role, Trump wrote on TruthSocial: ‘I am pleased to announce that Mr Stephen Miller, the current Deputy Chief of Staff of the Trump Administration, and one of my most trusted advisors, will become the Chief of Staff starting Monday, November 9, 2026.’
‘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 – she has done a great job,’ he added.
Miller, Trump said, has ‘been with me from the beginning,’ adding that he is ‘very good politically’ and ‘he’ll do a great job.’
‘It has been the privilege of my lifetime to have served on his team from Day One, and I am honored beyond words to serve as his White House Chief of Staff,’ Miller said in a statement on X.
‘I want to thank the incomparable Susie Wiles for her years of devoted service to the President and the Country, and for her friendship.
‘The mission now is more clear than ever: Fight with all of our soul to support our President and defend this magnificent Republic.’
Wiles posted her farewell on X shortly after the president’s initial announcement.
‘Today is my last day as White House Chief of Staff,’ Wiles wrote Friday on X. ‘Serving President Trump in the White House has been the honor of a lifetime.’
‘I’m so proud to have been a part of what we’ve accomplished together from securing our border and cutting taxes to strengthening our economy and putting America First. More than anything, I’m grateful for the extraordinary people I’ve had the privilege of working alongside.’
Her resignation comes afterthe Daily Mail first reported in June that the chief of staff was planning to step down after the midterm elections.
While Wiles denied the report at the time, she ultimately left just days after the election results came in.
Wiles is the longest-serving White House chief of staff to ever serve the Republican and has been in Trump’s orbit since his 2016 campaign.
The 69-year-old Wiles is the only one to hold the chief of staff role during Trump’s second term. During his first, he rotated through four chiefs.
As Miller took on his role, he began with a fiery speech that promised Trump his ‘unwavering commitment and total devotion’ to the president’s success as the MAGAverse praised the new Chief of Staff.
He spoke for the first time since being promoted at a gathering at Mar-a-Lago in Florida on Friday, noting what Trump has done for America and what he will do for Trump.
‘It was the privilege of a lifetime to join President Trump all the way back in 2015 when he came down that golden escalator and let me tell you, if it was not for President Trump, the United States of America would not exist right now,’ he said to applause.
‘This man saved America. He saved our military from collapse, he saved our economy from destruction, he saved our border from annihilation and he saved our country from threats at home and abroad which would’ve been the end of the American dream forever.’
Miller then referenced the assassination attempts and Democrat lawfare pushed against Trump during his time in politics.
‘This man took a bullet for us, he faced down life in prison for us, he saved the Republican party from the ash heap of history and has made it stronger, more popular and more resilient than ever before,’ he said.
He then called for Republicans to double down on Trump despite the midterm ‘blue tsunami’ that knocked the GOP out of power.
‘We need to stand with the man who has stood with us with every fiber of his being. It is the honor of my life time to be President Trump’s chief of staff and I promise to you Mr President, my absolute loyalty, my unwavering commitment and total devotion to your success and the success of this country,’ he said.
Miller finished by thanking President Trump and offering the Commander in Chief a handshake.
Many in Trump’s cabinet celebrated the promotion for Miller, with Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr bringing back an infamous conservative catchphrase in a statement on social media.
‘Next to me, Stephen Miller is the strongest MAHA supporter in the administration. It’s time to unleash the Kraken,’ he said.
‘Unleash the Kraken’ became an infamous phrase in 2021 when it was called out by far right streamer Anthime ‘Baked Alaska’ Gionet as he encouraged Trump supporters to enter the Capitol on January 6.
Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth also celebrated the news and promised his department’s full support.
‘Huge CONGRATS to @StephenM – a true patriot and America First fighter. He never backs down – and the @DeptofWar is right there with him.’
JD Vance called Miller ‘an amazing patriot’ who will do ‘great things’ and called his promotion ‘well deserved.’
