Trump's Inner Circle Braces for a New Year's Shakeup

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Daily Beast

Updated Dec. 28 2025 3:45PM EST
Published Dec. 28 2025 2:29PM EST


President Donald Trump may be plotting a radical purge of top advisers as his administration staggers into the second year of his second stint at the White House. “I think we will see some senior advisers in the West Wing leave,” CBS News’ senior White House reporter Jennifer Jacobs told the network Sunday.

Jacobs clarified that Trump’s “main pack” of inner circle advisers—Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller and Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt—are likely to remain insulated from any cull—but said she believed other departures may be possible.

As of Sunday, Trump has been back in office for exactly 341 days, with his administration engulfed in near-constant controversies and crises from almost the moment he retook the Oval Office. The president has fueled many of the scandals in his second stint in the White House himself. Still, many of his Cabinet members have also found themselves in the eyes of MAGA’s seemingly unending succession of firestorms.

The past eleven months have featured a parade of blunders and controversies, from accidentally adding journalists to government group chats and bungling manhunts for suspected assassins to spearheading politicized prosecutions and overseeing manic redactions to long-awaited investigative documents on one of the most notorious sex trafficking conspiracies in history.

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/president-donald-trumps-maga-cabinet-might-get-a-new-years-shakeup/

[Hugin]

1. Probably mostly the few career civil servants left...

Although I could see Noem going back to the gravel pit. Also, Patel meeting with the floor mounted trap door. Lara Loomer is a big maybe.

My only advice is not to try negotiating while standing on plastic sheeting. Stay within walking distance from home and take the call by phone.

Bondi could also face the bus for the simple reason that it would be another reason for the delay of releasing the Epstein files.

At the center of any removal will be the big three misogyny, racism, and perceived lack of fealty.

[SSJVegeta]

2. Do we really think that Susie Wiles is truly insulated?

...after throwing her boss completely under the bus?

[Mawspam2]

3. Where would he get another General to serve as CoS?

Besides, we know the orange ape has a thing for being pissed on by Russian hookers. Wiles is doing her job as directed.

[SSJVegeta]

4. He doesnt think like that. His ego is too fragile to actually care about self preservation over the sake of coddling it

[underpants]

7. Miller knows she's valuable and he's basically running the show

[rpannier]

8. I read a couple articles about her and her time with him

In 29024 she tried quitting at least twice and he refused
it's the one place where Trump has shown his limited lucidity, and that's with her -- she keeps him as focused as possible.
Only plus I can say about her, she hates Stephen Miller
I think the other think that endears her her to him, she's Pat Summerall's daughter. And Trump loves sports people.

[SSJVegeta]

17. Interesting. Thanks!

[fujiyamasan]

24. Interesting... was this in the recent article / interview with her?

I haven’t read it. Maybe I’ll get around to it. Sometimes It just gets me too disgusted and riled up reading about how truly awful they are.

[Iris]

26. Ah! I didn't know about the Summerall piece - explains a lot

[BaronChocula]

5. Send in more clowns

That's his solution. They vet people based on their loyalty and maga appeal. And magas are all just a simple combination of arrogant and stupid. He could replace Kash Patel with Chachi or Kevin Sorbo. The shit is just unreal.

[Javaman]

6. I heard that satan himself was considered for a cabinet job

but Stephan miller objected that he wasn't tough enough.

[cstanleytech]

15. Miller needs the Little Nicky treatment.

[bucolic_frolic]

9. Swapping the Bling will not change neither the foundation nor the credibility

There is no pivot to the middle. No credible mainstream anything would agree to serve. Titanic deck chairs and all that.

[BComplex]

10. He's going to have trouble finding anyone to replace them that could be any more ignorant

than the ones he already has. And, of course, that's what he's looking for.

[FakeNoose]

11. The real surprise is that he hasn't fired anyone yet ... except Elon Musk

... who basically fired himself.

In Chump's first term it didn't take long for him to fire Mike Flynn, James Comey, Reince Priebus, Steve Bannon, Jeff Sessions (pushed out), Rex Tillerson (pushed out), Preet Bharara, and many more. And that was just his FIRST year in office.

"The beatings will continue until office morale improves."

Why would any sane person want to work for this guy? It's not like they didn't know.

[Karma13612]

18. Is it possible that

Trump has been told in no uncertain terms that he can’t fire the people he has now because they are all he has. The only ones left who are willing to work with him? And that fit the bill in terms of acceptable internal Trump administration metrics.

For example, No one is going to take My Pillow guy on board. There are probably others as well.

[FakeNoose]

19. Good point ... Chump has very few friends left

[Karma13612]

20. Exactly..

Maybe Susie said that if he fires anyone (without real just cause according to their crappy standards), she will walk.

Indeed!!

[FakeNoose]

22. If General John Kelly (former Chief of Staff) had talked to him that way back in 2017

... we'd be living in a different world now.

[fujiyamasan]

25. The problem is he found a small but very loyal group of henchmen like Miller

There’s absolutely no pushback, including from the cabinet because as we know they’re all exceptionally unqualified in their roles. I mean seriously could you have imagined worse cabinet members than Pete Hogshit and puppy killer Noem or a complete moron like Valhalla Patel (lol)?

The major lesson he learned after the first administration was to make sure there were no adults in the room in the first place.

[chouchou]

12. "main pack" of advisers--Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Chief of Staff Stephen Miller and Press Secretary Leavitt"

In other words: The three Stooges.

[Fiendish Thingy]

13. Leave now, or be impeached after the midterms. Nt

[Martin68]

16. I'm looking forward to this! Replacing a gang of morons with a gang of idiots. Pass the popcorn.

If Trump thinks it is the fault of his staff that he is an utter failure, he has a nasty surprise in store.

[duckworth969]

21. Pammy-O, Noem and Patel

Headed for the exits I’ll bet

[BurnDoubt]

23. We'll know who knows where the bodies are buried.

by who survives.
Transactionalists will Transact.