Overview
- The multi-part Vanity Fair profile, drawn from roughly 11 interviews over the past year, quotes the chief of staff offering unusually blunt assessments of President Trump and his circle.
- Wiles denounced the story’s framing as a hit piece but did not dispute the attributed quotes, and senior White House figures publicly backed her.
- On Jeffrey Epstein, Wiles said Trump appears in the file but did nothing wrong, asserted there is no evidence Bill Clinton visited the island, and criticized Attorney General Pam Bondi’s handling of supposed files, saying there is no “client list.”
- She labeled Vice President J.D. Vance a conspiracy theorist, described Elon Musk as a declared ketamine user and an eccentric, and called budget chief Russell Vought an absolute far-right ideologue.
- Wiles acknowledged internal disagreements over deportation operations, tariff timing, and Venezuela, saying Trump wants to keep sinking boats and that any ground action would require congressional authorization.