Why Trump’s chief of staff isn’t going anywhere after Vanity Fair article
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. White House chief of staff Susie Wiles is often designated by President Trump to fix problems. She spent part of Tuesday managing the fallout of a rare headache she created.
Wiles had given Vanity Fair a series of unusually candid interviews that offered criticism of the vice president, the attorney general and other senior administration officials while questioning some of the president’s first-year decisions. Her office had directly set up a photo shoot for the magazine, asking others to participate before it occurred, according to White House officials. The photo shoot took an entire day.
The White House communications office had little to do with the interviews, and officials were particularly aghast at close-up, unflattering photographs of some of the administration’s top officials. None of that bothered Trump. He laughed at suggestions that he would fire Wiles, who has been his top adviser for years, aides said.
The president told her that she shouldn’t have spent so much time talking to Vanity Fair because the publication is “never good to us," according to a senior administration official. “Yes, she’s doing a great job," Trump told reporters on Wednesday when asked if she would remain in the job. Trump spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said Wiles “is the best chief of staff that President Trump could ever ask for." A representative for Vanity Fair didn’t provide comment.
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