Wiles, in a piece published Dec. 16 by Vanity Fair, was questioned by writer Chris Whipple about the strikes on suspected Venezuelan narco-boats. Wiles defended those strikes. I'm saying that this is a war on drugs, Wiles told Whipple. [It's] unlike another one that we've seen. But that's what this is. Obviously it's a war declared only by the president and without any congressional approval, Whipple replied.
Susie Wiles has the gimlet eye of an alcoholic's daughter. She is always on edge, vigilant to the slightest movement, fearful of sudden danger, and has learned to withdraw herself from the chaos in order to survive. She is keenly observant, sees through people around her who are not drinkers to decipher their underlying motives that might flare into unexpected menace, and practiced in passive aggression of which her interview with Vanity Fair is a classic case study.
Speaking about Trump, Wiles described the teetotaling president as having an alcoholic's personality and an eye for vengeance against perceived enemies. He has an alcoholic's personality, Wiles said of Trump, explaining that her upbringing with an alcoholic father prepared her for managing big personalities. Trump does not drink, she noted, but operates with a view that there's nothing he can't do. Nothing, zero, nothing.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Susie Wiles, President Donald Trump 's understated but influential chief of staff, criticized Attorney General Pam Bondi's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case and offered an unvarnished take on her boss and those in his orbit in a series of observations that were published Tuesday in Vanity Fair and immediately sent shock waves through Washington while sending the West Wing into damage control.
I think she completely whiffed on appreciating that that was the very targeted group that cared about this, Wiles told Whipple, adding that they were binders full of nothingness. Wiles also addressed Bondi's insistence during a Fox News interview in February that Epstein's client list was on my desk right now, a claim that was later debunked by an FBI report that stated no such document existed.