The 67-year-old strategist, green suit, was named chief of staff to future President Trump.Image: The Washington Post
At 67, she is Donald Trump's most feared political tactician and personal secret weapon. Responsible for her campaign and family friend, this iron lady was named White House Chief of Staff last night. A first for a woman. Be careful with big cleaning.
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Ask Ron DeSantis, the governor of Florida, what he thinks of Susie Wiles. If her presidential campaign ended up in the Republican Party's dustbin in two and two, we need look no further: Susie Wiles. Does his name mean nothing to you? Normal. This 67-year-old strategist operates in the shadows, like a henchwoman straight out of the best political thrillers. A discreet bulldozer who crushes everything that gets in the way of his successive bosses. Ronald Reagan was one of them, when this native Republican, raised in old-fashioned conservatism, abandoned her career in the 1980s.
There are friends and work. It's not because she helped make poor DeSantis a formidable governor of Florida in 2018 that love is blind and infinite. Two years earlier, this daughter of a former NFL star named Pat Summerall was responsible for pulling the strings to put Donald Trump in the White House for the first time. Rebelote in 2024 with the plebiscite that we know. Without Susie Wiles in his paws, not sure that the MAGA guru would have been capable of making such a comeback on November 5.
And Trump knows it better than anyone. So much so that Thursday evening, without much surprise, he made this essential campaign director the new White House Chief of Staff of the future President of the United States. In good French, Trump has chosen his new chief of staff.
“I see something in him. I know that Donald Trump has a great chance of becoming the next president of the United States.”
Susie Wiles, in 2015, to John Delaney, the former mayor of Jacksonville, Florida, for whom she served as chief of staff in the 1990s.
Ten years ago, Suzie Wiles passed through the doors of Trump Tower in New York for the first time in her life. A revelation. However, according to her friend Paul McCormick, the interview with the billionaire did not immediately put her at ease. Quoted by Politicothe Florida-based political consultant confided that she “sat more than six meters from Donald Trump.” Like Will Swith during his entrance exam to the Men in Blackshe will not hesitate for a second to move all the furniture, just to get physically closer to her future.
Straight to the point, but with elegance. A year later, she was the one who made Florida turn bright red, throwing Donald Trump into the Oval Office.
She gets her talent from her mother, the “calm in the middle of the storm”. Rigor and strategy. Nothing should be done or said on a whim. The one nicknamed “the ice girl” was strong enough to give Donald Trump's third presidential campaign a much more disciplined and complex structure. It is thanks to her that Trump was able to find the right tone to flirt and convince the Latino community of Florida to vote for him.
It is not so much a coincidence that the sixty-year-old is today the most reliable element of a future president. Even if some moderate Republicans have still not understood the reason for this devotion to a would-be autocrat. If we are to believe those around her, Susie Wiles knows how to improve dysfunctional males. His alcoholic father would have served as an apprenticeship to him.
“She is an expert on unstable and famous men. She knows when she can help and when not to, and for that, they are grateful to her. Susie is the one who knows Donald Trump the most”
A relative, cited by Politico
She also reprimands the dissenting voices, insisting that “few people are capable of understanding Donald Trump”. Those who have worked with her say that Suzie Wiles is not just another personal advisor, but the armed wing of the billionaire and undoubtedly the most enigmatic tactician in the American political inner circle. Of the one who has the luxury of being feared by her allies and respected by her enemies. During her career, she was often accused of being the source of fire that she took great pleasure in extinguishing in the process.
But also to let information escape into the press, to perfect the image and direct the communication of governors, senators and presidential candidates whom it has helped to shine. Evidence is lacking, but rumors reinforce his reputation. Although over the past two years, it has focused more on plugging damaging leaks, as Donald Trump is an animal known for being out of control.
To achieve this, Susie Wiles never lets go of her boss and strives to earn his respect. Above all, not to tell him off, but to calmly prove to him that he is wrong. Mar-a-Lago, Trump Force One, Trump Tower, from rallies to official interviews, the “ice girl” is always there, somewhere, lurking in the shadows, ready to whisper the word that will hit the mark.
Donald Trump and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in 2022. On the left of the image Susie Wiles.tweet from the Hungarian government
During his victory speech, on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, Donald Trump insisted on bringing her on stage. A real torture for the one who only flourishes away from the spotlight and “when the pressure is high”. An old-school spin doctor, who launches attacks like in a game of chess, while cherishing her address book.
“Susie is tough, smart, innovative and universally admired and respected. She will continue to work tirelessly to make America great again.”
Donald Trump, when appointing her chief of staff.
In a few months, Susie Wiles will have her office in the White House. This is also the first time that a woman has held the highly strategic position of chief of staff. While Donald Trump promises to shape the government in his image, with minions totally committed to his ideology, the “young ice girl” will undoubtedly lead this great clean-up discreetly.
