White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles isn’t standing by after an article in Vanity Fair showcased what the outlet said were her quotes critiquing a number of people in the Donald Trump administration.
“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,” Wiles said following the article’s release.
“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 by Chris Whipple describes Wiles leaving a meeting with the Cabinet, telling Trump it was an “emergency” that didn’t “involve” him, before quoting her saying the President has an “alcoholic personality.”
The outlet also attributed other eye-catching comments from Wiles, such as remarks that Vice President JD Vance has been a “conspiracy theorist for a decade,” that Office of Management and Budget head Russell Vought is a “right-wing absolute zealot,” and that former Department of Government Efficiency impresario Elon Musk has a ketamine habit.
Whipple said the article came after “many on-the-record conversations.”
