Meet Susie Wiles, the ‘ice maiden’ behind Trump’s win - and his new chief of staff

On her Twitter/X profile, she wears a blouse and cardigan, drop earrings, and a gold necklace, her grey hair perfectly set. The Hill political newspaper called her “the most powerful Republican you don’t know”; The New York Times described her as “perhaps the most significant voice inside Mr Trump’s third presidential campaign”. Schorsch recalls an instance when she oversaw the DeSantis campaign and a consultant who was brought in chose to speak to the media when they were told not to: “Susie immediately cut this person off and it took years for them to repair that relationship.” Wiles has worked in Republican politics since the late 1970s I don’t want to say she’s made a deal with the devil, but she knows what Trump’s about Peter Schorsch But he says she also possesses this “southern grandmotherly kindness”. “She’s very good at offering familial advice to a lot of her young staffers.” He recalls one such staffer had just had a baby and Wiles emphasised the importance of taking time off. Schorsch noted how Mar-a-Lago became “so much more disciplined since Susie became the chief gatekeeper.” What’s more, he thinks that Wiles sees no need to rein in Trump’s worst excesses.