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Trump-Musk Feud Deepens as Millers Struggle to Navigate Loyalties

Elon Musk’s impeachment endorsement alongside Trump’s threats to revoke federal contracts is testing Stephen and Katie Miller’s divided loyalties.

White House Senior Advisor Stephen Miller (L) and Katie Waldman arrive in the Booksellers area of the White House to attend an Official Visit with a State Dinner honoring Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, in Washington, DC, on September 20, 2019.
Elon Musk and his son X Æ accompanied by Katie Miller at the U.S. Capitol Building on May 21, 2025.
UNITED STATES - APRIL 21: Stephen Miller, White House deputy chief of staff, and his wife, Katie Miller, an aide for DOGE, attend the White House Easter Egg Roll on Monday, April 21, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Elon Musk, center, and Stephen Miller, right, during a meeting in the Oval Office on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025.

Overview

  • Katie Miller left the Trump administration in June to become a senior adviser in Elon Musk’s newly formed Department of Government Efficiency, leveraging her special government employee status.
  • Stephen Miller continues as White House deputy chief of staff, with top aides asserting that his position remains secure despite his wife’s shift to Musk’s team.
  • The public fallout escalated when Musk backed the potential impeachment of Trump in favor of Vice President JD Vance and Trump warned he might pull federal contracts from Musk’s companies.
  • Musk unfollowed Stephen Miller on X last Thursday, underscoring the personal dimensions of the high-profile dispute.
  • Senior White House officials are split over the dispute’s impact, with some cautioning that the Millers’ divided allegiances could complicate Stephen Miller’s political trajectory.