Rumours claiming Katie Miller, wife of senior Trump aide Stephen Miller, left him for billionaire Elon Musk have surfaced online after Musk’s White House exit. However, official reports have indicated the claims as pure speculation.
The story spread like wildfire after Elon Musk showed up with a black eye during a press conference announcing he was leaving the Trump administration. Musk said the bruise came from playing with his son, X. But internet users think otherwise. They came up with a wild theory claiming that Trump aide Stephen Miller punched Musk because of a personal issue involving Miller’s wife, Katie.
More people speculated after news broke that Katie Miller was leaving her White House position to work full-time for Musk. She had been the spokesperson for Musk’s federal agency, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). According to reports, she will join his private ventures.
Katie Miller is a prominent figure in Washington, having earlier worked as communications director for Vice President Mike Pence.
WHAT SPARKED THE RUMOURS
The timing of several events seems to have added fuel to the speculation. Musk had criticised President Donald Trump’s $3.8 trillion “Big Beautiful Bill.” It reportedly upset several Trump officials, including Stephen Miller. Musk said the bill went against everything DOGE had worked for and called it a setback.
The very same day, it was announced that Katie Miller would be joining Musk’s team full-time, working on media bookings and other tasks for Tesla and SpaceX.
Meanwhile, none of these developments prove anything about the personal relationship between Musk and Katie Miller. There are no official reports of a fall-out between Katie and Stephen Miller either. In fact, Stephen Miller appeared on Fox with Lara Trump, speaking about his family and his wife.
“When I first met her, she was the communications director at the Department of Homeland Security,” he said. “So it’s on-brand, the relationship, because we were on conference calls every day on border security.”
NO EVIDENCE OF AFFAIR OR CONFLICT
Despite the viral claims on the internet, there’s simply no confirmation that Katie Miller “left” her husband for Elon Musk. Musk himself has denied spending too much time on politics and says he’s now focusing on his private ventures. “It’s not like I left the companies. It was just relative time allocation that probably was a little too high on the government side,” Musk said.
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