New White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller plans to give President Donald Trump’s Cabinet greater control over its messaging, according to a Monday memo obtained by Fox News. The move signals a more collaborative relationship between the chief of staff and Cabinet leaders.

The plan includes changing the White House position responsible for managing relations between the Cabinet and the chief of staff. The Cabinet Secretary position will become the Director of Cabinet Relations, with an emphasis on supporting Cabinet members rather than controlling their communications.

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“The White House position of Cabinet Secretary will be changed to the role of Director of Cabinet Relations, focused on providing support and reinforcement of President Trump's tremendous Cabinet Secretaries,” the memo states, according to Fox News Digital.

The memo casts Cabinet leaders as the administration’s strongest voices for explaining the work of their respective departments. Under Miller’s approach, the White House operation would reinforce those officials as they pursue the president’s agenda.

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“Each cabinet leader serves as the best leader and communicator for their individual Departments, and this new position will ensure our Cabinet is resourced and bolstered by the White House to deliver swift, critical, and lasting wins for the American people,” the memo continues.

The reported changes contrast with the approach taken under former Chief of Staff Susie Wiles. Administration messaging previously followed a top down process in which communications had to pass through her office for approval before being released.

A source familiar with daily administration operations believes the memo points to a broader change in communications policy. Different agencies would gain the ability to manage their own messaging now that Miller has become chief of staff.

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That source believed Wiles previously maintained a chokehold on nearly all administration communications. The source also described “a lot of prescriptive directives” coming from Wiles’ camp as officials navigated the approval process.

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Miller’s new structure appears designed to loosen those restrictions and allow Cabinet leaders to speak more directly about their agencies. Rather than routing every message through one central office, the departments would have additional room to communicate their own work.

“This will streamline the Cabinet, making it a more effective instrument for the President, whereas previously it was too constrained,” a source familiar with the message told Fox News Digital.

The memo also outlined staffing adjustments intended to support the less micromanaged approach. Those changes affect presidential scheduling, Outer Oval operations, and the White House policy process.

The Office of Presidential Scheduling and its director will report directly to Deputy Director of Outer Oval Operations Chamberlain Harris. The reporting change places that office under Harris as Miller reorganizes responsibilities inside the White House.

Caleb Orr, a former Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs, will take the position of Chief of Staff for Policy. His appointment is part of the wider effort to define roles and eliminate overlapping policy responsibilities.

“The White House will run a clear and regular policy process through the Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and the National Security Advisor, with clearly defined responsibilities and assignments and no overlapping policy portfolios,” the memo says.

Taken together, the changes establish a clearer division between Cabinet communications, scheduling, and policy operations. Cabinet members would receive support from the White House while retaining greater authority over how their departments present administration initiatives.

The shift also places Miller in a position to focus more closely on the goals Trump wants accomplished during the final two years of his administration. Cabinet officials, meanwhile, would be freed from the previous communications constraints described by sources in the report.

Miller’s plan does not sideline the Cabinet in favor of another layer of White House gatekeeping. Instead, the memo describes a structure meant to bolster Cabinet leaders, clarify assignments, and move administration messaging without the same level of central control.

The result, if implemented as described, would be a Cabinet with more room to communicate and a chief of staff concentrating on Trump’s policy priorities. For an administration seeking swift and lasting wins, fewer messaging bottlenecks may be precisely the point.

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