December 16, 2025
White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles gave extensive interviews to Vanity Fair magazine where she made controversial characterizations of key administration figures, including comparing President Trump to an alcoholic in terms of personality traits and calling Vice President Vance a former conspiracy theorist. She also described Elon Musk as a ketamine user and criticized aspects of his cost-cutting efforts at the Department of Government Efficiency, though she acknowledged some government reform was necessary. After the article's publication, Wiles claimed the magazine removed important context and created an unfairly negative portrayal of the administration.
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