Trump says Susie Wiles made him do the primetime address where he spent 18 minutes yelling about his 'accomplishments'

[Eugene]

Source: The Independent

Trump says Susie Wiles made him do the primetime address where he spent 18 minutes yelling about his ‘accomplishments’

Trump told reporters Wednesday that his chief of staff will remain in her role after the explosive Vanity Fair article

Kelly Rissman in New York
Thursday 18 December 2025 15:06 GMT

President Donald Trump claimed Susie Wiles, his chief of staff, made him deliver Wednesday’s primetime address.

The president gave an 18-minute address to the nation, in which he blamed former President Joe Biden for the current economic woes, rising housing costs, and what he called a “colossal border invasion.” Now, after 11 months of the second Trump White House, he claimed, the U.S. has become the “hottest country anywhere in the world.” Trump was mocked online for the address for its seeming lack of substance and for how he shouted through most of it.

Following the brief address, Trump told reporters that his chief of staff informed him he “had” to give the address. Pressed as to whether she would stay in the role, the president said: “Yes. She’s doing a great job.”

Wiles’ name has splashed headlines this week after she gave a candid interview that exposed rare insights into Trump’s inner circle. In a two-part Vanity Fair story, she described Trump as having an “alcoholic’s personality,” alleged Vice President JD Vance has been a “conspiracy theorist for a decade,” and thought Attorney General Pam Bondi “completely whiffed” on the handling of the Epstein Files.

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Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-susie-wiles-address-nation-b2887072.html

Alternate link: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-says-susie-wiles-made-150628538.html

[Scrivener7]

1. If he said she's staying, I'll be watching for an announcement of her ouster in the near future.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. 'Trump yelling' and 'Ranting Lunatic' are culturally with us now

It's about time.

[mwmisses4289]

3. Sure she did. 🙄

[UpInArms]

4. Well, he showed his "alcoholic's personality"

to everyone

[Dave Bowman]

5. It's always somebody else's fault, what an ass. 🙄

[Walleye]

6. She made me yell for 20 minutes in prime time on all the networks, so I could prove I don't have an alcoholic Personalit

What he has is a severe personality disorder. His personality is zero.

[sop]

7. Summary from The Nation: 'The Shocking Confessions of Susie Wiles'

"Taken as a whole, Wiles’s litany of complaints and disavowals amounts to a damning picture of Trump’s presidency. Her comments about Musk using ketamine are so damaging that Wiles tried to deny them, telling The New York Times, 'That’s ridiculous. I wouldn’t have said it and I wouldn’t know.' The newspaper went on to report, 'Whipple played a tape for The Times in which she could be heard saying it.' As Whipple notes, despite White House complaints that he quoted out of context, none of his facts have been challenged."

"How did a seasoned political professional fall into the trap of giving so many on-the-record comments that could hurt both her employer and her job? To be sure, it’s a time-honored practice for White House officials to leak objections they have to government policy to friendly book writers as a way of creating plausible deniability for the historical record. Colin Powell, secretary of state under George W. Bush, was a seasoned practitioner of this art, ensuring that he was portrayed in a positive light by chroniclers such as Bob Woodward. Perhaps Wiles’s miscalculation was in not guessing how quickly Whipple would turn his scoops into an article."

"But there’s another reason Wiles might have felt free to be candid. The types of comments she made would shame most administrations, but Donald Trump and the people around him have no shame. It’s a striking fact that, so far, the White House (including Trump) are rallying behind Wiles. Press secretary Karoline Leavitt posted, 'Chief of Staff Susie Wiles has helped President Trump achieve the most successful first 11 months in office of any President in American history. President Trump has no greater or more loyal advisor than Susie.' "

"But they can’t hide from the reality: Susie Wiles has verified many disreputable facts about the Trump administration, including the truth that it operates with reckless impunity."

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/susie-wiles-trump-vanity-fair-article/

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Why is this woman still Chief of Staff? I suspect Trump hasn't been made aware of Wiles' recent revelations; his handlers and enablers are probably keeping the demented president in the dark.

[Lonestarblue]

8. Given how quickly Trump seems to be declining, will Thiel and Vance act to remove him next year?

Whatever the reason, Trump is sleeping through meetings and struggling to stay awake when he is not talking. And when he is talking, he can’t focus on anything but the lies he repeats over and over, plus a few crazy moments, like Melania’s underwear that she evidently steams.

Vance is an unprincipled opportunist who bent the knee to Trump to get on the ticket. If he could convince enough agency heads to use the 25th Amendment, he would enter the 2028 election as an incumbent. I really do not see Trump serving his full term. Vance would be no better as president, though, just not as crazy.

[Turbineguy]

9. Maybe she's trying to let his voters know

they elected a nutcase. And what better way than to turn him loose.

[Uncle Joe]

10. Susie Wiles, he needs a mommy and the nation needs an attorney.

Thanks for the thread Eugene.