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News Topical, Digital Desk : Susie Wiles, US President Donald Trump's chief of staff, known for her behind-the-scenes work, has suddenly found herself in the media spotlight. Her interview with Vanity Fair magazine has sparked controversy.
In the interview, Susie Wiles was quoted as describing Trump as having a "drunken personality," Elon Musk as a "weird, very strange person," and Vice President J.D. Vance as a "conspiracy believer." Wiles also strongly criticized Vanity Fair's two-part article published on Tuesday, calling it a “hit piece.”
What's the matter?
Vanity Fair published a two-part report on the second Trump administration, which began in January. The report is based on interviews conducted with Wills over the past year by American documentary filmmaker and journalist Chris Whipple
Whipple, who interviewed Wills, wrote that Wills described the first year of Trump's second term as "a time of crisis." The first of these interviews took place on January 11, a week before Trump's inauguration.
Who is Susie Wills?
Wills, 68, is the White House Chief of Staff, the first woman in history to hold that position. Wills was invited to meet with Trump at Trump Tower in 2015, when Trump was running for president.
In the Vanity Fair article, Whipple described Wills as "the most powerful person in the White House besides the president." Whipple quoted an unnamed former Republican Party leader as saying, "A lot of the major decisions are being made at the president's whim. And as far as I know, the only force controlling or directing that whim is Susie."
Wiles, who was an intern on Capitol Hill in the 1970s, rose to become a top Republican strategist. At the age of 23, she landed a job as a scheduler in the White House when Republican Ronald Reagan was president.
Wills had a difficult childhood. His father, Pat Summerall, was a well-known American football announcer and an alcoholic. According to a Vanity Fair article, he was raised in Stamford, Connecticut, and Saddle River, New Jersey.
What did Wills say about Trump in the interview?
According to a Vanity Fair report, Wills said she never doubted Trump would win the presidential election in November 2024. She further said she was going to present a "new Trump" to the public and, before Trump's inauguration, she even told Hakeem Jeffries, the leader of the Democrats in the House of Representatives, that he would see a different side of Trump in his second term.
He said Trump would be more calm and without anger. Whipple quoted Wills in his article as saying, "I didn't see him throw anything, I didn't see him yell. I didn't see the really bad behavior that people talk about and that I experienced years ago."
Although Trump doesn't drink alcohol, Wills was quoted as saying that Trump has "the personality of an alcoholic" and that he "operates with the idea that there's nothing he can't do. Nothing, zero, nothing." In an interview published in the New York Post on Tuesday, Trump defended Wills.
About J.D. Vance?
Wills said the vice president went from opposing Trump to fully supporting him for political reasons. He also noted that Vance has believed in conspiracy theories for about 10 years.
What about Elon Musk?
Wiles described Musk as a "loner," and Whipple said in the article that "the challenge with Elon is keeping pace with him."
The Vanity Fair article quoted Wills as saying, "He's an open ketamine user. And he sleeps in a sleeping bag in the EOB (Executive Office Building) during the day. And he's a very strange person, as I think geniuses are. You know, it's not helpful, but he's a master of his own will."
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