請參考：

*  ‘The Trump Era Is Ending’: Political World Rocked by Bombshell Susie Wiles Tell-All
*  What these close-up photos of the Trump administration really say
*  Jake Tapper breaks down the bombshell quotes from the Vanity Fair profile of Susie Wiles (視頻)

無法置信；不予置評。

6 takeaways from Trump chief of staff Susie Wiles’ unvarnished interviews

Aaron Blake, 12/17/25

It was eight years ago that then-Trump White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci gave one of the most unvarnished – and infamous – political interviews of all time. Scaramucci made off-color remarks about the White House’s chief strategist and derided its chief of staff as a “paranoid schizophrenic.”

White House chief of staff Susie Wiles’ two-part set of interviews with Vanity Fair isn’t as crass as Scaramucci’s, but it’s in the same vein – and perhaps even more stunning from someone known as a studied, behind-the-scenes operator. When the history of the Trump presidencies is written, it’s likely to figure substantially.

The Vanity Fair articles appear to have rocked the administration, with Wiles distancing herself from her portrayal Tuesday morning. She said on X that it was “a disingenuously framed hit piece on me and the finest President, White House staff, and Cabinet in history.” She said it was missing context.

Below are some takeaways from the interview.

1. Wiles is not exactly flattering toward Bondi, Musk and Vance

The money quote from the interview might be Wiles saying that Trump – a known teetotaler – has an “alcoholic’s personality.”

Trump gave Wiles a vote of confidence in an interview later Tuesday with the New York Post, casting doubt on the accuracy of the report. But he suggested he saw some truth in her comment about him, because even though he doesn’t drink, he does have a “possessive and addictive type personality.”

“I didn’t read it, but I don’t read Vanity Fair — but she’s done a fantastic job,” Trump told the Post.

But Wiles’ comments about other top officials are even more interesting – and often uncharitable.

Indeed, they’re the kinds of quotes that could create some hard feelings internally.

She said that Attorney General Pam Bondi “completely whiffed” with her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files. “First she gave them binders full of nothingness. And then she said that the witness list, or the client list, was on her desk,” Wiles said. “There is no client list, and it sure as hell wasn’t on her desk.”

Bondi said Tuesday her “dear friend” Wiles fights for Trump’s agenda “with grace, loyalty, and historic effectiveness,” writing on X that the administration will not be divided. “We are family. We are united.”

Wiles indicated that Elon Musk’s approach to the Department of Government Efficiency was just as chaotic and careless as it seemed from the outside. “Elon’s attitude is you have to get it done fast,” Wiles said, adding: “But no rational person could think the USAID process was a good one. Nobody.” She also suggested much of the chaos was linked to his alleged use of ketamine.

“He’s an avowed ketamine (user),” Wiles said, adding “I think that’s when he’s microdosing.”

(Wiles denied those quotes to The New York Times, but the Times says Vanity Fair  played its tape of Wiles saying these things.)

And her comments about Vice President JD Vance are more subtly biting.

For one, she said he’s “a conspiracy theorist.” And secondly, she described his evolution from Never-Trumper to Trump loyalist as “a little bit more, sort of political” than what she cast as Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s more principled shifts.

That is not how Vance has described his own evolution; he’s said it came because he realized he was wrong about Trump.

Vance on Tuesday praised Wiles for her loyalty to Trump. Asked about the conspiracy theorist comments after giving a speech in Pennsylvania, Vance said: “I only believe in the conspiracy theories that are true.”

2. She undercut Trump’s public message on the boat strikes and Venezuela

It’s hardly just palace intrigue in these pieces; Wiles also weighs in on key issues in ways that call into question how they’ve been sold to the public.

Indeed, she suggests the administration has obscured the true purpose of its legally dubious strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean.

While Trump has said they’re about stopping drugs from reaching the United States, Wiles indicated it’s about applying pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

“He wants to keep on blowing boats up until Maduro cries uncle,” Wiles said.

While the two campaigns are certainly related — Trump has said Maduro’s “days are numbered” and CNN has reported the administration has been quietly planning for what would happen if he were ousted – this is not how the boat strikes have been sold. And given the stakes here – this involves possible regime change and even a threatened invasion – it’s pretty stunning to see Wiles be so candid about Maduro.

Wiles also said that Trump would need congressional approval for a land war in Venezuela — which the president has said he doesn’t.

“If he were to authorize some activity on land, then it’s war, then (we’d need) Congress,” she said.

When Trump was asked about this last month, he said, “We don’t have to get their approval. But I think letting them know is good.”

3. She comes across as a willing enabler

Another of the money quotes from Wiles is this one: “So no, I’m not an enabler. I’m also not a bitch.”