Susie Wiles gives strikingly unguarded comments in 11 interviews, starting before election, with Vanity Fair
Donald Trump believes “there’s nothing he can’t do, nothing, zero” as US president, the White House chief of staff, Susie Wiles, said in a rare interview that shines an unvarnished spotlight on his second administration.
Speaking to Vanity Fair, Wiles described Trump – who is teetotal – as having “an alcoholic’s personality”, an insight she ascribed to her relationship with her late father, the broadcaster and NFL star Pat Summerall, who had alcoholism.
“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,” Wiles said in a series of 11 interviews she gave to the author Chris Whipple.
In a series of strikingly unguarded comments even before Trump returned to the presidency, Wiles said that Trump will pursue retribution against his political opponents when he sees an “opportunity” and said she forged a “loose agreement” with him to finish score-settling with adversaries by the first 90 days of his administration.
