After a stinging rebuke last week at the polls, President Trump announced that he would elevate Stephen Miller — a driving force behind some of the most polarizing policies of Mr. Trump’s second term — to chief of staff.Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, White House reporters for The New York Times, explain what Mr. Miller’s appointment reveals about the president’s priorities for his final two years in office.Guests:&nbsp;<ul><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/maggie-haberman" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Maggie Haberman</a>, a White House correspondent for The New York Times.</li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/jonathan-swan" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jonathan Swan</a>, a White House reporter for The New York Times.</li></ul>Background reading: After midterm election losses, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/08/us/politics/republican-blame-trump-midterms.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">the Republican Party has entered its most uncertain moment in years.</a>The new chief of staff is poised to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/07/us/politics/stephen-miller-midterm-elections.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">push the limits of the president’s power.</a>Photo: Haiyun Jiang/The New York TimesFor more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily" rel="noopener noreferrer">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.&nbsp;
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