Trump and Vance Reaction to Susie Wiles Vanity Fair ‘Bombshell’ Leaves Her Behind in the Dust

Perhaps more than a tad frustrated being cast as a frumpy, not-very-interesting Den Mother, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles seems to have gone off whole hog on a ‘celebrity shopping trip’ at Vanity Fair.

“The interviews with Susie Wiles have been taking place all year, with recordings of her statements made to ensure she could not retract the divisive content now deployed by Vanity Fair at a critical moment in the Trump administration. (Sundance, Conservative Tree House, Dec. 16, 2025)

“The intent of the Vanity Fair outline is to paint the most negative light possible, and it appears Susie Wiles gave Chris Whipple all the ammunition to do so:

“TIMING: This anti-Trump narrative, supported by the toxic statements by Wiles, is dropped at a key moment when European leadership is purposefully pushing a narrative against President Trump. This series of articles and documented interviews hits at a moment of merging interests against the administration. The coordination is noted.

“SUBSTANCE: The New York Times outlines some of the statements by Susie Wiles that are going to grab attention.

[…] “Over the course of 11 interviews, Ms. Wiles offered pungent assessments of the president and his team: Mr. Trump “has an alcoholic’s personality.” Vice President JD Vance has “been a conspiracy theorist for a decade” and his conversion from Trump critic to ally was based not on principle but was “sort of political” because he was running for Senate. Elon Musk is “an avowed ketamine” user and “an odd, odd duck,” whose actions were not always “rational” and left her “aghast.” Russell T. Vought, the budget director, is “a right-wing absolute zealot.” And Attorney General Pam Bondi “completely whiffed” in handling the Epstein files.”

Speaking of Den Mom sidekick AG Bondi being “completely whiffed in handling the Epstein files”, could Bondi’s multiple appearances on Fox News been a distraction from Wiles’ series of articles and documented interviews with Vanity Fair author Chris Whipple?

Just asking.

[…] “In the interview with The Times on Monday, Ms. Wiles took issue with the quote attributed to her about his (Musk’s) drug use. “That’s ridiculous,” she said. “I wouldn’t have said it and I wouldn’t know.” But Mr. Whipple played a tape for The Times in which she could, Mrs. Wiles never explains why, for all that is reasonable and holy, she would even sit down with Vanity Fair for eleven interviews over the course of the year.” (Sun Dance)

With Vanity Fair’s Whipple now being able to claim bragging rights, folk may be overlooking the brilliant chess board move of both the president and vice president excusing Wiles’ remarks.

Trump responds: (NY Post, Dec. 16, 2025)

"In an afternoon phone call, Trump said he wasn’t offended by his subordinate’s word choice.

“No, she meant that I’m — you see, I don’t drink alcohol. So everybody knows that — but I’ve often said that if I did, I’d have a very good chance of being an alcoholic. I have said that many times about myself, I do. It’s a very possessive personality,” Trump said, a teetotaler who has frequently cited the 1981 death of his older brother Fred at age 42 of an alcohol-induced heart attack as the main impetus for his abstinence."

With their words, the president and vice president of the U.S. have defused the situation, cutting their Chief of Staff off at the proverbial pass.

Instead of gaining status as a “celebrity, Chief of Staff Susie Wiles is now one of the Trump admin’s many Has Beens.

What it all comes down to is, she did herself in.

Gotta’ love Sun Dance’s finishing point in his criticism of Chief of Staff Susie Wiles:

…”If you find yourself looking at this narrative engineering and saying, “WTF, why would she be so stupid?” You are not alone.

"Perhaps it’s the old axiom that sooner or later the senior staff always convince themselves that they are the star of the show. Or perhaps Mrs. Wiles just never heard the Snake Poem:

“On her way to work one morning
Down the path ‘longside the lake
A tender-hearted woman saw a poor half-frozen snake
His pretty colored skin had been all frosted with the dew
“Oh well,” she cried, “I’ll take you in and I’ll take care of you”
“Take me in, tender woman
Take me in, for heaven’s sake
Take me in, tender woman,” sighed the snake

She wrapped him up all cozy in a comforter of silk
And laid him by thе fireside with some honеy and some milk
She hurried home from work that night, and soon as she arrived
She found that pretty snake she’d taken in had been revived
“Take me in, tender woman
Take me in, for heaven’s sake
Take me in, tender woman,” sighed the snake

She clutched him to her bosom, “You’re so beautiful,” she cried
“But if I hadn’t brought you in, by now you might have died”
She stroked his pretty skin again and kissed and held him tight
Instead of saying thanks, that snake gave her a vicious bite
“Take me in, tender woman
Take me in, for heaven’s sake
Take me in, tender woman,” sighed the snake

“I saved you,” cried the woman
“And you’ve bitten me, but why?
And you know your bite is poisonous and now I’m gonna die”
“Oh shut up, silly woman,” said the reptile with a grin
“You knew damn well I was a snake before you took me in.
~ Oscar Brown J