Susie Wiles
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White House Chief of Staff · United States
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“He has an alcoholic’s personality”
Wiles speaking on the record about President Trump to a Vanity Fair writer. She linked the remark to her experience of her late father's alcoholism; Trump has said he does not drink. The president told the New York Post that he does not drink alcohol and called Wiles "fantastic."
Interview with Chris Whipple, one of eleven conducted between 11 January and 5 November 2025, Vanity Fair, "Susie Wiles Talks About The First Year of Trump's Second Term" (Part 1 of 2), published 16 December 2025; wording as reported by the Associated Press (carried by Global News) Source
“Some clinical psychologist that knows one million times more than I do will dispute what I’m going to say. But high-functioning alcoholics or alcoholics in general, their personalities are exaggerated when they drink. And so I’m a little bit of an expert in big personalities”
Her explanation of what she meant by saying the president has "an alcoholic’s personality." She also said he operates with a view "that there’s nothing he can’t do. Nothing, zero, nothing."
Interview with Chris Whipple, Vanity Fair, "Susie Wiles Talks About The First Year of Trump's Second Term" (Part 1 of 2), published 16 December 2025; wording as reported by MS NOW Source
“I think she completely whiffed on appreciating that that was the very targeted group that cared about this. First she gave them binders full of nothingness. And then she said that the witness list, or the client list, was on her desk. There is no client list, and it sure as hell wasn’t on her desk.”
Wiles on Attorney General Pam Bondi's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, in comments to the same Vanity Fair writer. Bondi responded on X that the team remained united.
Interview with Chris Whipple, Vanity Fair, published 16 December 2025, "Trump's Inner Circle, On the Record" (Part 2 of 2); wording as reported by The Nation (Jeet Heer, 17 December 2025) Source
“He wants to keep on blowing boats up until Maduro cries uncle. And people way smarter than me on that say that he will”
Wiles speaking about the administration's strikes on boats off Venezuela, which the administration had described as counter-narcotics operations. The Nation's report brackets "Trump" and "Venezuelan President Nicolás" in the quotation.
Interview with Chris Whipple, Vanity Fair, "Susie Wiles Talks About The First Year of Trump's Second Term" (Part 1 of 2), published 16 December 2025; wording as reported by MS NOW, date as reported by The Nation Source
“disingenuously framed hit piece on me and the finest President, White House staff, and Cabinet in history”
Her public reply to the Vanity Fair profile, in her first post on the platform in more than a year according to CBS. The post also said "Significant context was disregarded and much of what I, and others, said about the team and the President was left out."
Post on X by Susie Wiles, 16 December 2025, as quoted by CBS News ("Trump and allies defend Susie Wiles over blunt quotes about top officials in Vanity Fair story") Source