Khaberni - White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles described President Donald Trump as having an "alcoholic personality" in a sensational interview with Vanity Fair magazine, and she later denounced the published piece as "an unfairly crafted hostile report".
Wiles also expressed unconventional views about a number of figures in the Trump administration during the extensive interview. She said Vice President Jay D. Vance was a believer in "conspiracy theories", and she described tech mogul billionaire Elon Musk as "truly an eccentric person".
Trump himself called Wiles (the first woman in this position) "the Ice Woman", emphasizing that she played a significant role in advancing his second presidential term behind the scenes.
However, 68-year-old Wiles now finds herself at the forefront of media headlines, following the interview which the magazine clarified was based on a series of interviews conducted by veteran political journalist Chris Weibl over the first year of Trump's term.
Wiles condemned the article, considering it "an unfairly crafted hostile report" and accused the magazine of trying to "portray a negative, chaotic image of Trump's team".
She wrote: "Important content was removed, and much of what I and others said about the team and the president was excluded from the report".
Trump himself told the New York Post that Wiles was right in describing him as having an "alcoholic personality", although he does not drink alcohol at all.
He said: "As you can see, I don't drink alcohol, and everyone knows this, but I have repeatedly said that if I did, there's a high chance I'd be addicted. I've said this repeatedly about myself, yes. It’s a very obsessive personality".
He insisted that Wiles was "doing a great job".
Vanity Fair quoted Wiles as saying about Trump that he has "an alcoholic personality"; because he "acts on the basis that there is nothing he cannot do. Nothing, zero, nothing", adding that she is "somewhat of an expert" on the matter; as her father, the famous sports commentator Pat Sameroll, suffered from addiction issues.
In the extensive interviews conducted with her, she confirmed that she does not play a role in "enabling" Trump who exercises an unprecedented amount of presidential powers, since his return to power in January.
From followers of "conspiracy theories"
Wiles was candid about Elon Musk's role during the early months of Trump's term as head of the Government Efficiency Agency, which worked on sharply reducing government spending through lay-offs of federal employees.
She described the owner of "Tesla" and "Space X" as acting “entirely on his own” and “openly” using ketamine, criticizing his agency's closure of the United States Agency for International Development "US AID".
She said about this: "No rational person can believe that the handling of the United States Agency for International Development was good".
Wiles praised what she described as the "core team" composed of Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and her assistant Steven Miller, but noted Vance had been a believer in conspiracy theories for a decade regarding the Jeffrey Epstein sex crime scandal, particularly against minors, with whom Trump was once close.
She also made scathing comments about Attorney General Pam Bondi, considering that she "completely failed" in her promise to release documents related to the Epstein scandal.
She said Bondi "completely erred by describing it as only mattering to a very specific group of people", while many of the president's supporters demand more transparency on this issue.
She also called Ross Foot, head of the Office of Management and Budget at the White House, an “absolutely fanatical far-right extremist”.
The interviews also covered Trump’s policies on a number of domestic and international issues.
Wiles said she had a "loose agreement" with Trump to end "settling scores" with his political opponents after 90 days, although he continued targeting them calling for their trial.
Regarding Ukraine, Wiles said Trump believes that Russian President Vladimir Putin "wants the entire country" despite Washington pushing towards a peace agreement.
Senior officials in the administration defended Wiles, criticizing the magazine.
Vance said in a speech in Pennsylvania that he jokingly exchanges with Wiles "publicly and in private conversations" about his belief in conspiracy theories.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wrote on "X" that "no one is absolutely better" than Wiles.
White House spokeswoman Carolayne Levitt told reporters that Wiles was "fantastic", accusing the magazine of "bias through deletion" of passages.
