The New Republic argues that Donald Trump may have handed Democrats the 2028 White House by promoting Stephen Miller, his deputy chief of staff, to chief of staff in a shakeup after the 2026 midterms, in which Texas went blue after 40 years of GOP control. It recounts the deadly Minneapolis immigration siege Miller championed—including the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti—and predicts he will keep pushing Trump and the rest of the GOP down a self-destructive path.