On social media and podcasts, pundits took note of the fact that the president appeared to accept the outcome without a fight. Could this mean he would be open to bipartisanship with the new and sizable Democratic majorities in Congress' Or perhaps that he would recede from governing altogether, allowing aides to run the show while he all but retired to the White House residence' Or might it even be possible he would resign the presidency, allowing Vice President JD Vance to take over and the country as a whole to move on from the anxiety and dramas of the past decade' Such musings were nice while they lasted'but they didn't last long. The fantasies came to an abrupt end on Friday, when the president announced on Truth Social that White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles would be stepping down to be replaced by Stephen Miller. Miller served as a senior advisor to the president in the first Trump administration, with special focus on immigration policy. Since the start of the second...
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