“Stephen Miller Is the Key to Understanding Chad’s Rise”: At DHS, Chad Wolf Is Playing a Political Game Within a Game

Wolf’s rise to the top of the Department of Homeland Security happened largely by chance. Now that he’s there, colleagues say he’s learned to play the Trumpworld game—and formed heavyweight alliances. “Stephen really tried to be the shadow secretary of Homeland Security,” says a former DHS official, “and his vessel for doing that was Chad.”