Kimball Shinkoskey: The Confessions of Susie Wiles

Trump’s first year underscores Republicans’ thirst for unmitigated power: analysis

On December 16, Vanity Fair published the first part of journalist Chris Whipple's interview with White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, and Whipple's reporting is still generating a lot of discussion. One of New York Times opinion columnist Frank Bruni's takeaways from the interview is that Whipple highlighted the thirst for "power" that is motivating Donald Trump's allies during his second presidency. In his December 22 column, Bruni makes a …

'The One Retribution': Trump’s Top Aide Admits His Attack on a Black Political Figure Is Personal – Then She Says the Quiet Part Out Loud

President Donald Trump‘s White House Chief of Staff unreservedly admitted that the criminal charges the president tried to pursue against New York Attorney General Letitia James were his attempt at political payback. In an interview with Vanity Fair, Susie Wiles said that the mortgage fraud charges the president tried to saddle James with were a form of retribution for the successful civil case brought by the New York attorney general against hi…

Susie Wiles destroys self-made reputation by revealing 'itch': columnist

White House chief of staff Susie Wiles revealed an "itch" that makes her no different from the rest of the self-promoters and cranks in President Donald Trump's orbit, a columnist observed.The president's top staffer gave a series of shockingly revealing interviews to Vanity Fair's Chris Whipple, and New York Times writer Frank Bruni was fascinated by her motivations for dishing out gossip about Trump's "alcoholic’s personality" and dismissing V…

Susie Wiles and the Intoxication of Power

Vice President JD Vance is “a conspiracy theorist.” Russell Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, isn’t merely a zealot; he’s a “right-wing absolute zealot.” And President Trump governs with an “alcoholic’s personality.” Ever since the publication last week of a two-part article in Vanity Fair in which Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff, said all of that and more, political observers have been asking: Why did she …

Kimball Shinkoskey: The Confessions of Susie Wiles

Editor: The President’s Chief of Staff, Susie Wiles, recently told “Vanity Fair” that her boss governs with “a view that there’s nothing he can’t do. Nothing, zero, nothing.”