Katie Miller faces an impossible choice amidst Trump admin role

Daily Mail​

20 hours ago

The pressure is on Katie Miller (pictured right) to choose: stay working for Elon Musk or quit her cushy consultant gig in order to support President Donald Trump and, by extension, her husband Stephen Miller. Katie Miller, a prominent figure in Trump's first administration, was spokesperson for Musk's Department of Government Efficiency and she left that job to follow Musk into the private sector.
But after a war of words - played out live on social media - erupted between the most powerful man in the world and the richest man in the world, she'll have to choose either her employer or her president. 'It's unsustainable for her to remain on his payroll and remain a Trump ally,' an administration official told Daily Mail. Adding fuel to the fire, Miller's husband Stephen is Trump's deputy chief of staff and ardent defender of all things Donald. Stephen Miller took to social media in recent days to praise Trump's 'big, beautiful bill,' which Musk has repeatedly trashed. Their back-and-forth attracted much attention until Musk turned his 220.4 million followers to a new target: the president himself.
The Trump-Musk bromance became one big, beautiful breakup. It was both painful and fascinating to watch. Musk dropped the bombshell after bombshell tweet: that the Jeffrey Epstein files haven't been released because Trump was in them; he endorsed Trump's impeachment; and he declared the president's tariffs will bring about a recession. Trump, in retaliation, threatened to cancel Musk's billions in federal contracts. Top Trump ally Steve Bannon told the New York Times that Musk, who is a naturalized citizen, should be deported.
Musk has been cutting many of his Trump ties as he blows up the internet. He even unfollowed Stephen Miller, a social media tracker claimed. That could also reveal the unraveling of a relationship: Stephen Miller was said to be a Musk ally in the White House, supporting the Tesla founder's efforts to slash the size and scope of the federal government. There were reports Katie Miller's main job at DOGE was to babysit the volatile and unpredictable Musk.
Whatever the case may be, the internet has become fascinated with the Miller, Musk, Miller relationship. But Katie Miller's allies down played the situation. Miller, 30, and her husband have three small children - all under the age of 10. They met and married in Trump's first term. After Trump lost the 2020 contest, Katie became a consultant. And her friends say she was just continuing that role when she opted to go with Musk instead of work for the second Trump administration.
'She's a mom of three,' one of them pointed out, noting her consultant job gave her a flexible work schedule. Others have different theories. 'Clearly a financial decision. She can make more in a month there than she can in a year here,' one official said of Miller's new employer. Both Stephen and Katie Miller are MAGA loyalists. In the first term, he worked for the president and she became Vice President Mike Pence's spokesperson.
By some accounts, she still gets along with the former vice president, maintaining friendly relations even as Trump was infuriated with Pence. But it's doubtful Katie Miller can maintain a peaceful balance between Trump and Musk. Stephen Miller has remained quiet on the matter. He was scheduled to go on Larry Kudlow's Fox show this afternoon but canceled. Kudlow said 'we lost Mr. Miller to a meeting in the Oval Office.' Daily Mail reached out to Katie Miller. The White House declined to comment.
The Millers have been married for over five years. Their 2020 wedding at what was then Trump's Washington D.C. hotel was the MAGA social event of the year. President Trump attended. An Elvis impersonator serenaded them for their first dance. They have a daughter and two sons, whom they brought to the White House Easter Egg Roll in April. Katie eschewed full time work until Trump won his second term. For her work at DOGE, she was designated a 'Special Government Employee,' which allows private sector figures to work for the federal government, but restricts them to 130 days per year.