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White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles pushed back on a story published in Vanity Fair on Tuesday, which released a trove of quotes and supposed insight into the White House, taken from several interviews with Ms. Wiles throughout the first year of the Trump administration’s second term.
“The article published early this morning is a disingenuously framed hit piece on me and the finest President, White House staff, and Cabinet in history,” she said on X.
She continued, “Significant context was disregarded and much of what I, and others, said about the team and the President was left out of the story. I assume, after reading it, that this was done to paint an overwhelmingly chaotic and negative narrative about the President and our team.”
The article, written by Chris Whipple, is the first of a two-part piece, titled “Susie Wiles, JD Vance, and the ‘Junkyard Dogs’: The White House Chief of Staff on Trump’s Second Term.”
The story paints an “unflinching” and, often, unflattering picture of the goings-on at the White House, with Wiles describing President Trump, a famed teetotaler, as having an “alcoholic’s personality,” due to his strongly-driven “view that there’s nothing he can’t do. Nothing, zero, nothing.”
In the article, Ms. Wiles also offered sparse commentary on other high-profile individuals in the White House, such as former DOGE advisor Elon Musk, whom she allegedly described as being “an avowed ketamine” user, and Vice President JD Vance, whom she called a longtime “conspiracy theorist.”
On Tuesday, Ms. Wiles stated on X that Vanity Fair’s quotes, collected over 11 interviews over an entire year, have been taken entirely out of context. She also told The New York Times on Monday, ahead of Vanity Fair’s publication of this interview, that she hadn’t made the remarks about Mr. Musk involving ketamine.
“That’s ridiculous,” she told the outlet. “I wouldn’t have said it and I wouldn’t know.”
Despite the perceived discrepancies between big media outlets running wild with Ms. Wile’s interview, she has maintained that she is focused on her work in the White House.
“The truth is the Trump White House has already accomplished more in eleven months than any other President has accomplished in eight years and that is due to the unmatched leadership and vision of President Trump, for whom I have been honored to work for the better part of a decade,” she argued on X.
A cadre of Trump allies is backing the Chief of Staff on this, too.
“Chief of Staff Susie Wiles has helped President Trump achieve the most successful first 11 months in office of any President in American history,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt noted. “President Trump has no greater or more loyal advisor than Susie. The entire Administration is grateful for her steady leadership and united fully behind her.”
Former Trump Senior Advisor Jason Miller added, “Exactly. This is just the Fakes’ latest attempt to get in the way of the President’s agenda. The media will come up with another nonsensical distraction tomorrow.”
“Susie Wiles is by far the most effective and trustworthy Chief of Staff that my father has ever had,” remarked Donald Trump Jr. on social media.
Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy chimed in, “The radical left is at it again, trying to create discord on President Trump’s team. It won’t work because we know & love @SusieWiles. As someone who actually works closely with Susie, I can attest that she is brilliant, tough as nails, and is 100% dedicated to President Trump & America.”