Wednesday, 17 December 2025

Oh dear, Susie Wiles, a lesson learned

By all accounts, Susie Wiles, White House chief of staff, is a super clever lady and extremely good at her job. Donald Trump depends on her efficiency and professionalism. So how is it possible that she agrees to half a dozen interviews with a reporter from Vanity Fair, makes a few somewhat derogatory remarks about her boss, as well as JD Vance and Elon Musk, and then discovers with horror that the article is heavily weighted in favour of the negative comments she made and not on the glories of being the chief of staff to the finest president in US history. Of course, if the Vanity Fair reporter had focused all the article on the latter element, being Trump's loyal right hand woman, the lengthy piece would have been boring and hardly worth reading. So, when the reporter went through all the material, the focus would have been on all the more unusual, slightly controversial, even critical remarks she made in hours of intervies, to give the article some headline drama. I'm afraid that's the way journalism works. Readers of Vanity Fair will lap up the juicy bits and probably read swiftly through the more ordinary quotes, such as when Susie Wiles arrives at the White House and what she eats for breakfast. But the lady in question is now erupting with fury over the article, saying she has been quoted out of context and has attacked Vanity Fair for leaving out all the stuff she really wanted to be included. What she doesn't say is that she was misquoted, or that she didn'ty say what she was supposed to have said, such as saying Trump's personality was like an alcoholic's or that Vance was a conspiracy theorist. C'est la vie, Ms Wiles. If you said it, you said it. PLEASE CONSIDER BUYING MY NEW SPY THRILLER, AGENT REDRUTH WHICH IS FULL OF TENSION, SUSPENSE AND DRAMA. CHECK IT OUT ON AMAZON. THANK YOU.

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