Overview
- Vanity Fair published multi-day interviews quoting Chief of Staff Susie Wiles saying President Trump has the "personality of an alcoholic" and offering blunt critiques of senior figures.
- Wiles denounced the article on X as a dishonestly framed smear and claimed key context was omitted, yet she did not explicitly deny making the quoted statements.
- Trump defended Wiles to the New York Post, calling her fantastic and saying he has a possessive personality and would likely be an alcoholic if he drank.
- Reporter Chris Whipple is said to have audio recordings of the interviews, with reporting that cites New York Times verification contradicting elements of Wiles’s pushback.
- Top allies including Karoline Leavitt, J.D. Vance, Russell Vought, and Donald Trump Jr. rallied to Wiles, and there have been no personnel changes reported.