"White House chief of staff Susie Wiles swears Donald Trump's second presidency is going really great, regardless of what White House chief of staff Susie Wiles says. According to a new two-part Vanity Fair article by author Chris Whipple, the veteran Trump whisperer made some shockingly candid assessments about the chaotic inner workings of the Trump administration. That mayhem has been plainly obvious to any honest outside observer, but it's never acknowledged by Trump officials on the record, let alone by one of Trump World's smoothest and most successful operators."
"Among Wiles's many surprising admissions to Whipple: * That Trump and his Justice Departments critical prosecutions of his political adversaries was disingenuous "score settling" and that she unsuccessfully tried to get him to knock it off after those efforts failed. Also, she said that "I don't think [Trump] wakes up thinking about retribution. But when there's an opportunity, he will go for it.""
"* That Trump has "an alcoholic's personality" in the sense that he was raised by one, and that "high-functioning alcoholics or alcoholics in general, their personalities are exaggerated when they drink." Trump thus believes "that there's nothing he can't do. Nothing, zero, nothing." * That she keeps a monitor in her office which shows a live feed of Trump's Truth Social posts. * That attorney general Pam Bondi "completely whiffed" on her Epstein Files rollout. * That vice president J.D. Vance's "been a conspiracy theorist for a decade" whose alliance with Trumpc was "political." * That budget director Russ Vought is "a right-wing absolute zealot." * That she was "aghast" over "odd, odd duck" and "avowed Ketamine user" Elon Musk's often irrational antics."
Prosecutions targeting political opponents functioned as score-settling, and internal efforts to halt those prosecutions failed. The president displayed traits described as an alcoholic's personality, including exaggerated confidence when drinking and a belief of limitless capability. A live feed of the president's Truth Social posts was monitored in a senior office. The attorney general mishandled an Epstein files rollout. The vice president carried long-standing conspiracy-theory views and a transactional alliance with the president. The budget director acted as a right-wing zealot, and tech allies showed erratic, substance-linked behavior. Coverage of these claims was later labeled selectively edited.
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