Overview
- Vanity Fair’s electronic edition on Dec. 16 published a piece based on repeated interviews with Wiles, President Trump’s chief of staff.
- Wiles described Trump as having an “alcohol‑addiction‑like” personality and said he behaves as if nothing is beyond his abilities.
- While noting Trump does not drink, Wiles invoked his father’s alcoholism to explain that drinking can make people bolder, applying the analogy to Trump’s behavior.
- He labeled Vice President Bance a decade‑long conspiracy theorist and said Attorney General Bondi’s initial handling of the Jeffrey Epstein allegations was a complete miss.
- Trump signaled he did not view the remarks as a problem, saying he does not drink and describing himself as possessive with addictive tendencies.