Trump Tells 60 Minutes Firings Are Coming, Then Wiles Is Out Hours Later

Trump didn't dangle names. Asked by 60 Minutes correspondent Ross Douthat whether anyone in his administration was getting the boot, the president answered flatly: yes. He said changes were coming but refused to say who, per Deadline, leaving the White House and everyone in it to sweat.

One name he didn't sweat over was Pete Hegseth. Douthat spotted the defense secretary in the White House halls, and Trump signaled he was safe. Instead, hours after the interview news landed, chief of staff Susie Wiles was the one heading for the exit. Stephen Miller takes her place.

The sitdown was taped Friday morning, with CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss and 60 Minutes executive producer Nick Bilton also in the room, CNN reported. That gap between tape and airtime is baked into the Trump era — news has a habit of lapping the broadcast. CBS dropped a clip on CBS Evening News, with Douthat debriefing anchor Tony Dokoupil.

The interview marks Trump's first since Republicans got drubbed in the midterms, a loss that put the question of firings squarely on the table. He told Douthat he'd be making a few changes, and gave no hint that Wiles was on the list. Then he made his first move.

The full conversation airs Sunday at 7 p.m. ET/PT on CBS. By then, the interview may already read like a warning shot — Trump said firings were coming, and one has landed before the cameras even rolled on the broadcast.