Meet Susie Wiles, the operative trying to guide Trump through four indictments to the White House
Susie — a longtime operative who once worked for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — has brought a low-drama approach to the Trump campaign.
The first time Donald Trump cold-called Susie Wiles, she didn’t pick up.
It was 2015, and Trump was looking for a political guide to help him topple two of Florida’s favorite sons — former Gov. Jeb Bush and Sen. Marco Rubio — in the state’s delegate-rich, narrative-setting Republican presidential primary.
Wiles, who played a similar role in Rick Scott’s successful outsider bid for governor in 2010, didn’t recognize Trump’s number when it popped up on her phone. He kept ringing, and eventually she answered.
“I’m told you know something about Florida,” Trump said. “Is that true?”
After a visit to Trump Tower in New York City, followed by a lengthy period of silence, Trump offered — and Wiles accepted — a post as co-chair of his campaign in the state.
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