Trump Is Said to Consider Brooke Rollins for White House Chief of Staff

Ms. Rollins, a conservative lawyer who ran domestic policy in the Trump administration, is said to be under consideration for the role should Donald J. Trump win the election.

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Brooke Rollins speaking at an America First Policy Institute event in 2022. Ms. Rollins been running the think tank since the end of the Trump presidency.

Former President Donald J. Trump has been privately asking confidants what they would think of his appointing his former White House domestic policy adviser, Brooke Rollins, as his chief of staff if he wins the election, according to three people with knowledge of his conversations.

In multiple private conversations in recent weeks, Mr. Trump has said that he thinks Ms. Rollins would make “a great chief of staff” and that “she’s tall” and “she’s got the look,” among other attributes.

Ms. Rollins, a conservative lawyer who ran domestic policy in the final year of the Trump administration, is a close ally of Mr. Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner. The House speaker, Mike Johnson, has also agreed with Mr. Trump’s assessment that Ms. Rollins would make a great chief of staff, according to a person briefed on their conversations.

Ms. Rollins said in a statement that she has “had zero conversations with President Trump or his team about this,” and added that she is focused on “building the America First movement” and helping to make sure Mr. Trump wins the election.

Ms. Rollins is playing a significant role in the transition team preparing for Mr. Trump’s potential return to power.

Since the end of the Trump presidency, she has been running the America First Policy Institute, a think tank stocked with former senior Trump administration officials, including Mr. Trump’s former economic adviser, Larry Kudlow; his former principal deputy press secretary, Hogan Gidley, and his former acting secretary of homeland security, Chad Wolf.

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