Trump Chief Wiles Reveals Insights on Administration in Interviews

Susie Wiles, President Donald Trump's chief of staff, offered unusually candid insights into the administration's inner workings and the president's personal traits during a series of 11 interviews conducted over his first year back in office, according to a Vanity Fair article published on Tuesday. The first woman to hold the position, Wiles detailed disagreements with top officials, her efforts to manage Trump's impulses and her views on key policies, prompting swift defenses from the president and his team while drawing criticism from Wiles herself over the article's framing.

The interviews, led by author Chris Whipple, captured Wiles reflecting on Trump's leadership style shortly after his January inauguration following the 2024 election victory, which she helped orchestrate as campaign manager. She described the teetotaler president as possessing an "alcoholic's personality," a trait she linked to her father, the late sports broadcaster Pat Summerall. "High-functioning alcoholics or alcoholics in general, their personalities are exaggerated when they drink," Wiles said. "And so I'm a little bit of an expert in big personalities." Trump, in a subsequent interview with The...