As expected, Donald Trump has asked 2024 campaign manager Susie Wiles to be the new White House Chief of Staff.
(Susie Wiles is one of the strong, intelligent women you will never see around Trump, according to White Bois for Harris cuck Mark Cuban.)
“Susie Wiles just helped me achieve one of the greatest political victories in American history, and was an integral part of both my 2016 and 2020 successful campaigns,” Trump said in a statement.
Trump described Wiles as "tough, smart, innovative, and is universally admired and respected ... It is a well deserved honor to have Susie as the first-ever female Chief of Staff in United States history."
Wiles is the daughter of former pro football player and NFL broadcaster Pat Summerall.
Among the most powerful figures in national politics, Wiles has helped lead Trump’s political operation for three years and now is co-piloting a presidential campaign that's in as strong a position as it ever could have expected to deliver the controversial former president back to the White House.
Yet Wiles, 66, remains a somewhat mysterious figure, rarely front and center on the campaign trail or heard from in public other than through campaign memos co-signed by Trump’s other top campaign aide.
"She hates the limelight," said John Delaney, who employed Wiles when he was the Republican mayor of Jacksonville and is a longtime friend.
Wiles traveled to Atlanta for the debate, flying to the event with Trump. She stayed with the former president as other campaign aides, surrogates and several vice presidential contenders raced toward the bright lights of the media.
Avoiding attention is a Wiles specialty. The mild-mannered daughter of a professional football legend is careful not to draw eyes to herself, which may be one of the biggest reasons she has stayed in this particular job longer than any other top Trump campaign leader, many of whom had big personalities that contributed to their downfalls.
Wiles said having other staffers serve as the public-facing part of the campaign frees her up to “to do a better job” orchestrating the mechanics.
“I do prefer to be in the background,” she said.
Though opponents may view Wiles as abetting a candidate many Democrats view as a wannabe dictator, her closeness with Trump and his confidence in her made the Florida grandmother essential to the GOP's bid to reclaim the White House. She's someone Trump trusted with his most important tasks, such as devising the plan to dispatch DeSantis.
“I think she’s got a very good balance,” said former Trump White House press secretary Sean Spicer. “She’s not looking to be in the spotlight. She’s got the experience. She’s got the trust. She is flying right exactly on the radar where you want to be.”
In many ways, it’s an odd-couple pairing between Trump and Wiles, who was described in a recent Wall Street Journal column as “the most important woman in American politics.”
Wiles hates public attention. Trump craves it. Wiles is disciplined. Trump is chaotic. Wiles is “no drama.” Trump is all drama.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/07/12/donald-trump-susie-wiles-campaign-manager/74098026007/
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