Overview
- Wiles participated in roughly 11 on-the-record interviews over the year, producing a two-part profile with blunt characterizations of Trump, JD Vance, Russell Vought, Elon Musk, and other officials.
- Wiles labeled the articles a disingenuously framed hit piece in a statement on X, while President Trump, senior aides, and Cabinet officials publicly praised her performance and loyalty.
- Author Chris Whipple provided at least one audio recording to the New York Times corroborating the disputed Musk ketamine quote, and he says all key remarks are on tape.
- Pro-Trump commentators castigated Wiles for granting extensive access to Vanity Fair, even as figures like Donald Trump Jr., Kash Patel, and multiple Cabinet members rallied to her defense.
- The interviews included policy-relevant claims, notably that Trump wants boat strikes to continue until Nicolás Maduro ‘cries uncle,’ diverging from the administration’s drug-interdiction rationale and spotlighting other issues such as the Epstein files and USAID cuts.