Trump Admits 'Possessive And Addictive' Personality As He Defends Susie Wiles Saying He Has 'Alcoholic's Personality'
By: Sara Dorn (Forbes)
S E E D E D C O N T E N T
BySara Dorn,
Forbes Staff.
Topline
President Donald Trump said he agrees with his Chief of Staff Susie Wiles' characterization of him as having "an alcoholic's personality," defending Wiles after her comments were published in Vanity Fair on Tuesday.
President Donald Trump speaks with White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles during an "Invest America" roundtable discussion in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC on June 9, 2025. (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)AFP via Getty Images
Key Facts
Trump, who doesn't drink, told The New York Post that if he did, he believes he'd "have a very good chance of being an alcoholic," adding, "I have said that many times about myself" and describing his personality as "possessive and addictive."
When asked if he has full confidence in Wiles, Trump said "oh, she's fantastic" and agreed with the Post when it asked if Vanity Fair reporter Chris Whipple "deceived" Wiles about the focus of his piece.
"From what I hear, the facts were wrong, and it was a very misguided interviewer, purposely misguided," Trump said about the Vanity Fair article.
Trump was responding to Wiles' statements to Vanity Fair that Trump "has an alcoholic's personality," which she described as having "a view that there's nothing he can't do."
The White House also defended Wiles, who made a series of controversial statements about the Trump White House in the pieces published Tuesday, with press secretary Karoline Leavitt saying in a statement "President Trump has no greater or more loyal advisor than Susie."
Wiles blasted the article as a "disingenuously framed hit piece on me and the finest President, White House staff, and Cabinet in history" in a post on X.
Tangent
Vice President JD Vance and Attorney General Pam Bondi also defended Wiles after she was quoted making sharp comments about the two. Bondi—who Wiles said "completely whiffed" handling the government's Epstein files—called Wiles a "dear, dear friend" in a post on X and said the chief of staff has executed Trump's agenda with "grace, loyalty and historic effectiveness." Vance—referred to by Wiles as a conspiracy theorist—said the characterization was "sometimes" correct, telling an audience in Pennsylvania, "I only believe in the conspiracy theories that are true."
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What is he addicted to?
Certainly not doing the right thing.
scuzzie wiles is bill barr in drag ...
Is she on her way out?