The White House chief of staff, Susie Wiles, delivered a series of unusually candid and at times unflattering assessments of Donald Trump, his second-term agenda and some of his closest allies in a series of wide-ranging interviews with Vanity Fair published Tuesday.
Across more than 10 interviews, Wiles spoke frankly about working for Trump, saying the president “has an alcoholic’s personality,” despite being known as a teetotaler.
She acknowledged the president’s appetite for revenge, conceding many of his second-term actions were driven by a desire for retribution.
Wiles suggested Trump was pursuing regime change in Venezuela through his boat-bombing campaign, contradicting official justifications for the strikes. And she described several controversial areas where the president ignored her advice, including on deportations and pardons.
This isn’t just a one time interview. This is a series of interviews (I think I read 11) spanning the last 12 months. She legit thinks everything happening is perfectly reasonable.
But she’s smart enough to get DeSantis elected and she’s kind of implying that when DeSantis kicked her ass on the way of booting her is the reason he’s not doing better. She’s saying she’s awesome and she will support and cover for anything the president decides. So, she’s lying or she really does have that power. She’s the Chief of Staff, I think she’s not lying.
She definitely seems to be the reason there is more internal cohesion than his first term. Still chaotic but outside of the Musk infighting it feels much different from the outside looking in.