Trump names campaign manager Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff
President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday named co-campaign chair Susie Wiles as his White House chief of staff, one of the most important nonelected posts in Washington.
President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday named co-campaign chair Susie Wiles as his White House chief of staff, one of the most important nonelected posts in Washington.
She will be the first woman in that role.
Wiles, 67, a Florida native, is one of the most respected operatives in Republican politics. Along with helping helm Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign, she was his state director in Florida during the previous two contests.
“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 Thursday. “Susie is tough, smart, innovative and is universally admired and respected.”
Trump called his 2020 campaign “successful,” even though he lost the race to Joe Biden. For years, he has continued to make baseless claims that that election was stolen.
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