"In a 9,500-word Vanity Fair magazine profile based on 11 interviews conducted over Trump's first year back in office, Wiles described the president as having an alcoholic's personality and an eye for vengeance against perceived enemies. The first woman to serve as White House chief of staff also called the vice-president, JD Vance, a conspiracy theorist, branded tech tycoon Elon Musk an odd, odd duck while criticising his dismantling of USAID, and gave juicy opinions on other Trump administration figures."
"I don't think this was part of an exit strategy and I don't think it was some sort of three- or four-dimensional chess. It was Susie Wiles saying out loud what she thinks and what she says in private to her colleagues. I don't think she was taking a shot at JD Vance in order to elevate Marco Rubio or prepare the next step of her career. I just don't think it's that complicated."
Susie Wiles rose to high influence after President Donald Trump publicly identified her and credited her with persuading him to resume campaigning ahead of the 2026 midterms. Multiple interviews captured Wiles describing the president as having an alcoholic's personality and an eye for vengeance, criticizing vice-president JD Vance as a conspiracy theorist and calling Elon Musk an 'odd, odd duck' while faulting the dismantling of USAID. Wiles maintained she had been selectively quoted and received backing from Trump, Vance and others. The revelations prompted questions about her motives, ideological alignment and durability as the administration's central operative.
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