
President Donald Trump defended his chief of staff Susie Wiles after Vanity Fair published her candid and at times unflattering assessments of the president and some of his closest allies, telling the New York Post she “has done a fantastic job.” CNN's Kasie Hunt describes what Republicans are saying behind closed doors.

President Donald Trump defended his chief of staff Susie Wiles after Vanity Fair published her candid and at times unflattering assessments of the president and some of his closest allies, telling the New York Post she “has done a fantastic job.” CNN's Kasie Hunt describes what Republicans are saying behind closed doors.

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President Donald Trump condemned the Bondi Beach shooting as antisemitic at the White House Hanukkah Reception.

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President Donald Trump’s chief of staff, Susie Wiles, delivered a series of candid and at times unflattering assessments of the president, his second-term agenda and some of his closest allies in a series of wide-ranging interviews with Vanity Fair. CNN's Alayna Treene describes some of the details.

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CNN's Dana Bash explains why chief of staff Susie Wiles' on-the-record account in Vanity Fair of President Trump and his closest allies across eleven interviews is so rare.


