December 16, 2025

"Over the course of 11 interviews, Ms. Wiles offered pungent assessments of the president and his team: Mr. Trump 'has an alcoholic’s personality.' Vice President JD Vance has 'been a conspiracy theorist...'"

"'... for a decade' and his conversion from Trump critic to ally was based not on principle but was 'sort of political' because he was running for Senate. Elon Musk is 'an avowed ketamine' user and 'an odd, odd duck,' whose actions were not always 'rational' and left her 'aghast.' Russell T. Vought, the budget director, is 'a right-wing absolute zealot.' And Attorney General Pam Bondi 'completely whiffed' in handling the Epstein files."

From "Trump’s Top Aide Acknowledges ‘Score Settling’ Behind Prosecutions/In interviews with Vanity Fair, Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff, said Trump 'has an alcoholic’s personality,' called JD Vance a 'conspiracy theorist' and concluded that Pam Bondi 'completely whiffed' the early handling of the Epstein files" (NYT)(gift link)..

Here's the Vanity Fair article: "Susie Wiles, JD Vance, and the 'Junkyard Dogs': The White House Chief of Staff On Trump’s Second Term (Part 1 of 2)Throughout the first year of Donald Trump’s second administration, Vanity Fair writer Chris Whipple has interviewed Wiles amid each moment of crisis. This insider’s account joins a portfolio of portraits for an unflinching, up-close look at power—and peril."

Here's Wiles's response, on X. It's quite generic: "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. 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 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. None of this will stop our relentless pursuit of Making America Great Again!"

52 comments:

narciso said...

What did you expect susie whipple was one of those enablers if tds and the shambling fraud

narciso said...

Dont squeeze the charmin

Mark said...

Very Trumpy response from her. Instead of leaving the initial critique of the article concise, she had to go and wildly boast about accomplishments.

ChrisC said...

Suzy Wiles is not stupid, so why on earth would she talk to Vanity Fair? I am looking for the 3D chess motive here. Please tell me there is one?

mindnumbrobot said...

It's very very puzzling that Susie Wiles would speak to anybody associated with Vanity Fair. Hell, it's weird she spoke to anybody in the media. This is obviously a miscalculation on her part and out of character. It won't happen again. We have heard to last from Susie Wiles.

RideSpaceMountain said...

Whoa whoa...you mean the media is lying to me again!?! I feel betrayed.

narciso said...

Miss wiles yoi have everything so nailed down you can waste time with mr whipple

Aught Severn said...

Mark said...
Very Trumpy response from her. [...]


Disagree in that it sounds like a very standard political response, not one that is specifically in the Trump style. How many times did we hear Biden allies reject criticism and, in the same breath, glorify the living crap out of him and his administration? I will answer my own question: lots of times every day.

Trump-style would have included mud-slinging and name calling. "Vanity Unfair", etc...

Beasts of England said...

Why in the heck would she talk to Vanity Fair? Ugh.

Ralph L said...

She should have made her own recording of interviews to keep the media moderately honest. Haven't Republicans learned that yet? Foolish woman.

Kakistocracy said...

Her honesty is refreshing.

"well sure, we are a bunch of psychologically broken freaks. I enable horrible behavior from the President because I see my alcoholic father in him"

... Its a perfect encapsulation of the modern Republican Party. I didn't think they were that self-aware

Disparity of Cult said...

Susie, this is a doozie!

mccullough said...

She’s stupid to talk to Vanity Fear.

Kakistocracy said...

The horror of being accurately quoted on the record.

bagoh20 said...

The only reason to read Vanity Fair is because you want to be misinformed, or at the very least don't mind it. Of course it was poor judgment to give them anything to work with.

mccullough said...

It could be that Wiles did all of this tactically. Scaring the shit out of the Left & The Bush/Rommey Republicans, as well as China and The Muslims is good strategy.

Achilles said...

Bondi did more than whiff on the Epstein files. She should have been fired months ago.

Vance is why Larry Fink is going to negotiations in Ukraine

Disparity of Cult said...

Susie, why so schmoozy?

narciso said...

They could make up carp like michael wolf

boatbuilder said...

WTF is this woman doing giving insider interviews to a Vanity Fair reporter?

narciso said...

Eleven interviews why not 12

rehajm said...

It's quite generic

…based on the animosity they sure have accomplished a great deal. That’s not something every administration could claim without being fact checked…

J Scott said...

Very interesting article. Why would the Vanity Fair author allow the NYTs to scoop her. Most of the "quotes" are single snippets. Nice hit job they pulled here. Just wait for the Vance hit and the Cruz hits next.

Left Bank of the Charles said...

The defamation lawsuit for not quoting Susie Wiles exactly the way she wanted to be quoted will be filed in 3, 2, 1.

Vance said...

Note how Kak automatically assumes that Vanity Fair is 1) accurate and 2) not lying like the BBC did.

Because for Kak and the rest of the left, no lie is wrong as long as it is "for the greater good, i.e. leftist political dictatorship!"

WisRich said...

boatbuilder said...
WTF is this woman doing giving insider interviews to a Vanity Fair reporter?
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I haven't read the article but the WH must of known that VF would publish a hit piece.

Therefore, just maybe this was a intentional warning shot from Trump to people in his administration.

Inga said...

Will she be resigning soon, her last act before the end in order to save her own skin? Rats jumping the ship. Or more distraction before Friday?

Lazarus said...

Shades of Trump and Bob Woodward/Maggie Haberman or Scaramucci and Ryan Lizza. I thought the Trump people learned the lesson from his first term.

Scaramucci should have confided in Olivia Nuzzi. At least he might have gotten something in return.

pacwest said...

LOL!

Oh Yea said...

ChrisC said...
Suzy Wiles is not stupid, so why on earth would she talk to Vanity Fair? I am looking for the 3D chess motive here. Please tell me there is one?

Why? It's the name of the magazine - Vanity...

Maynard said...

Maybe Suzie did the interview because she enjoys knowing that Igna, Mark, Kaki and Howard will be so thrilled that they wet their panties.

Yes. It is an obvious distraction from what the Trump administration is doing to fix the damage caused by 12 years of the Obama administration.

PM said...

Ms. Wiles will need a job in 2029. Adjusting her resume.

boatbuilder said...

Maybe, WisRich. I'm thinking that this woman didn't get the point of the fable about the scorpion and the frog the first 47 times she heard it.

Ampersand said...

Interview journalism is a haven for those who delight in deception and seduction.

boatbuilder said...

Although, frankly, if all they have on Trump is that Suzie Wiles thinks he has "an alcoholic personality", and on JDV is that he has political reasons for aligning with Trump, then so what?

Greg The Class Traitor said...

I want to know who was the moron who agreed she should do an interview with Vanity Fair?

Readering said...

Chris Whipple wrote the acclaimed 2018 The Gatekeepers, about WH chiefs of staff. So unsurprising she would accept his interviews. That she would say what she told him reflects her lack of time at the top when she got the job immediatelely after the election.

Peachy said...

The Mar-a-lago raid was illegal and unnecessary.
All that was required, instead of FBI agents and open drawn guns - was a subpoena. And the Documents requested by name.

Peachy said...

Vanity Fair is a joke(D)

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boatbuilder said...

Read the section about USAID. Try not to laugh.
It tells you all you need to know about the politics at work. (Hint--GWB and "a former GOP White House Chief of Staff" are aghast, as is...Bill Gates. No mention of Democrat-allied NGO's or Politico).

Peachy said...
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Peachy said...

This is not pay back.
The fake felonies against Trump & the people behind the fraud must be held to account. If they are not - we live in Soviet-Democratic America.

boatbuilder said...

The pics are about as tasteful and flattering as you would expect. Snort.

Peachy said...

Again - The Mar-a-Lago raid was illegal and unnecessary.
All that was required, instead of FBI agents with open drawn guns - was a subpoena. A subpoena and a list of the documents requested, by name.
The corrupt left could not make that list happen. Gee - we all wonder why?

CT Ginger said...

Wait! They’re still publishing Vanity Fair? Why?

FullMoon said...

Define alcoholic personality.

Peachy said...

Note the magazine for dem-cultists and Hollywood fakery - stayed away from direst quote marks.

Peachy said...

direct

Readering said...

Peachy: Trump was served with a document subpoena in Spring 2022. He responded with a false written statement that he had no classified materials.

Kakistocracy said...

RELEASE THE SUSIE WILES TAPES. 😂

Dude1394 said...

NOTHING published or said by democrats and their media is honest or true. Complete liars and pricks. I have no use for them or their lies. Promoting their lies is a mistake.

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