US President Donald Trump praised White House chief of staff Susie Wiles on Tuesday, even backing her statement to Vanity Fair in which he claimed she “has the personality of an alcoholic,” according to a New York Post report.
In an exclusive interview with The Post on Tuesday, Trump said that while he doesn’t drink alcohol, Wiles was right when he said that if he did, he had a good chance of becoming an alcoholic.
“No, she meant I’m — you see, I don’t drink alcohol. So everybody knows that — but I’ve often said that if I did, I’d have a very good chance of being an alcoholic. I’ve said that about myself many times, yes. He’s a very possessive personality,” Trump told the New York Post.
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The US president is a teetotaler and has often talked about the death of Fred, his older brother, due to alcohol-related problems as the reason he doesn’t drink.
“I’ve said this about myself many times. I’m lucky I’m not a drinker. If I did, I could very well because I said that – what does that mean? Not possessive – possessive and addictive personality type. Oh, I’ve said it many, many times before,” Trump added.
What did Susie Wiles say in her interview?
In her interview for Vanity Fair, published on December 16, Wiles said that the personalities of high-functioning alcoholics, or alcoholics they are generally exaggerated when they drink. She also described herself as “a bit of an expert on big personalities”.
Wiles spoke with Vanity Fair writer Chris Whipple on 11 occasions over the past year, even calling Vice President JD Vance “a conspiracy theorist for ten years.”
Trump backs Wiles but criticizes publication, Inquirer
Although Trump supported his chief of staff’s comments at the meeting, he criticized the publication and the interviewer, Whipple.
“I haven’t read it, but I don’t read Vanity Fair — but she did a fantastic job,” Trump said of the report, which was written by Whipple.
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He continued, “From what I heard, I think the facts were wrong and he was a very misleading interviewer, deliberately misleading,” according to the NY Post.
However, when asked about his confidence in Wiles, Trump said, “Oh, she’s fantastic.”
He continued about the author, claiming that Whipple had deceived Wiles.
“Yeah, cheated — and he didn’t have a great attitude, a couple of very short interviews. And Susie generally doesn’t do interviews,” Trump said, adding, “If anybody knows the interviewer and if they know Vanity Fair, Vanity Fair is totally — it’s lost its way. It’s also lost its readership, you know. No, she’s fantastic.”
How did JD Vance respond to the claims of “conspiracy theorists”?
Vice President Vance also followed his boss’ lead, praising Wiles, telling reporters in Pennsylvania, “I’m a conspiracy theorist sometimes,” adding, “But I only believe in conspiracy theories that are true — and by the way, Susie and I have been joking about that privately and publicly for a long time.”
He then lashed out at former President Joe Biden and clarified his stance on the matter, saying, according to the NY Post, “I believed this crazy conspiracy theory that the media and the government were covering up the fact that Joe Biden was clearly incapable of doing the job. And I believed the conspiracy theory that Joe Biden was trying to put his political opponents in jail rather than win the argument against his political opponents.”
