Richard Walters Resigns as Stephen Miller Takes Top White House Post

Richard Walters resigned as White House deputy chief of staff on Friday, as President Donald Trump announced Stephen Miller would replace Susie Wiles as chief of staff. Walters and Miller said Walters would continue helping the administration from outside the White House, though they did not identify a specific role for him.

The resignation was reported by Axios and described in statements from Walters and Miller. Walters said serving Trump had been the honor of a lifetime and thanked Wiles for the opportunity. Miller called Walters an invaluable member of the White House and said he would continue to help from outside.

Trump announced that Miller, then a deputy chief of staff, would become chief of staff starting November 9, 2026. He said Wiles would move to the Trump Political Operation and thanked her for her service. Wiles confirmed her departure in a post on X, saying that day was her last as chief of staff.

Walters was one of Wiles’s close political allies, according to the reporting. His resignation followed Wiles’s announcement that she was stepping down. The sources do not give a reason for Walters’s decision or specify what work he will do outside the White House.