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Trump's 2024 campaign manager and White House chief of staff as of July 1, 2026.
Relationship to Trumpchief of staff in Trump's second administrationpolitical / 2 sourcesStatus
Exact relationships
- Donald J. Trump
Relationship to Trumpchief of staff in Trump's second administration
Open evidence · 2 sourcesdocumented - Donald J. Trump
2024 campaign manager and White House chief of staff
Open evidence · 1 sourcedocumented - Donald J. Trump
Trump White House chief of staff
Open evidence · 1 sourcedocumented - Donald J. Trump
Trump White House chief of staff
Open evidence · 1 sourcedocumented - Donald J. Trump
Trump White House chief of staff
Open evidence · 1 sourcedocumented - Donald J. Trump
Trump White House chief of staff
Open evidence · 1 sourcedocumented - Donald J. Trump
Trump White House chief of staff
Open evidence · 1 sourcedocumented - Donald J. Trump
Trump White House chief of staff
Open evidence · 1 sourcedocumented - Donald J. Trump
Trump White House chief of staff
Open evidence · 1 sourcedocumented - Donald J. Trump
Trump White House chief of staff
Open evidence · 1 sourcedocumented - Donald J. Trump
Trump White House chief of staff
Open evidence · 1 sourcedocumented - Donald J. Trump
Trump White House chief of staff
Open evidence · 1 sourcedocumented
Record timeline
- Trump names his 2024 campaign manager White House chief of staffAppointment announced2024 campaign manager and White House chief of staff · documented · 1 source
- Wiles serves as White House chief of staff in Trump's second administrationWhite House chief of staff as of July 1, 2026chief of staff in Trump's second administration · documented · 2 sources
- The White House denied Musk legally led DOGE while Trump publicly credited him with doing soMusk was described as a senior presidential adviser, not the DOGE administratorTrump White House chief of staff · documented · 1 source
- The White House named Amy Gleason DOGE administrator after more than a month of secrecyGleason held the formal administrator title; Musk's separate team drove major cutsTrump White House chief of staff · documented · 1 source
- Twenty-one U.S. Digital Service technologists resigned rather than implement DOGETwenty-one civil-service technologists resigned togetherTrump White House chief of staff · documented · 1 source
21 peopleDigital Service technologists resigning together
- A district court ordered expedited processing of a DOGE records requestPreliminary injunction required expedited processing and preservation while DOGE's FOIA status remained in litigationTrump White House chief of staff · documented · 1 source
1,000 pages per monthCourt-ordered DOGE FOIA processing rate
- Justice's Public Integrity Section lost most of its trial attorneysThe section operated with a sharply reduced trial-attorney rosterTrump White House chief of staff · documented · 1 source
- The Supreme Court required narrower discovery into DOGE's FOIA statusSupreme Court vacated the appellate order and remanded for narrower discovery; DOGE's FOIA status remained unresolvedTrump White House chief of staff · documented · 1 source
- Senate minority staff estimated $21.67 billion in DOGE-created costs$21.67 billion minority-staff estimate through July 2025Trump White House chief of staff · documented · 1 source
public cost$21.67 billion in DOGE-created costs$21.67 billion - Estimated public spending source
- Federal agencies
- Estimated funds recipient
- Administrative and personnel costs
- Loss or cost borne by
- Federal taxpayers, program users, and affected workers
- Senate minority staff estimated $69.6 million for USAGM administrative leave$69.63 million minority-staff estimate through July 2025Trump White House chief of staff · documented · 1 source
payment$69.6 million for USAGM administrative leave$69.63 million - Estimated source
- U.S. Agency for Global Media
- Estimated recipient
- Employees on administrative leave
- Financially affected
- Public-media audiences, agency operations, and taxpayers
- OPM said centralized DOGE no longer existed months before its charter endedOPM described DOGE as no longer centralized; embedded personnel continued agency workTrump White House chief of staff · documented · 1 source
- House staff traced about $81 million approved for DOGE through January 2026Democratic committee staff estimated $81 million in fiscal 2025–2026 apportionments and reimbursementsTrump White House chief of staff · documented · 1 source
public costDOGE appropriations and reimbursements approvedapproximately $81 million - Estimated public spending source
- Federal appropriations and executive agencies
- Estimated funds recipient
- U.S. DOGE Service
- Loss or cost borne by
- Federal taxpayers and transferring agencies