Susie Wiles
| Susie Wiles | |
|---|---|
| 32nd White House Chief of Staff From: January 20, 2025 | |
| Predecessor | Jeff Zients |
| Successor | Incumbent (no successor) |
| Information | |
| Party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | divorced |
| Religion | Episcopalian |
Susie Wiles was campaign manager for Donald Trump during the 2024 presidential campaign and was later named as his first Chief of Staff in his second administration.
Wiles is a political consultant in Florida who has described herself as a moderate, while also contributing to conservative candidates such as her $2,900 personal contribution to the U.S. Senate candidacy of Herschel Walker in 2022. Wiles had a leading role in directing Trump's successful reelection campaign for the 2024 presidential election.
Wiles' experience in Washington, D.C. began decades ago, when she reportedly once worked for the conservative congressman Jack Kemp, who represented the area of Buffalo, New York. Wiles probably met Jack Kemp through her father, NFL quarterback (and later notable broadcaster) Pat Summerall, who played football with Kemp for one season in 1958.
Vanity Fair interview
In an interview with the liberal rag Vanity Fair Wiles was reported to have said that President Trump has an “alcoholic's personality.”[1] Wiles remarks evidently were supposed to be the result of her experience with her father.
| “ | Alcoholism does bad things to relationships, and so it was with my dad and me...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. | ” |
After publication, Wiles disputed the article in a statement on X, calling it “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."[2]
