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turbinetree

(27,559 posts)
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 07:51 PM 4 hrs ago

Susie Wiles secretly alarmed Trump has been shielded from disastrous Iran fallout: report

By Daniel Hampton
Published April 2, 2026 7:34 PM ET

White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles is so worried that Donald Trump is being fed a rosy picture of his Iran war that she has privately urged his inner circle to stop telling the president what he wants to hear, and start telling him what he needs to hear, Time magazine reported Thursday.

Wiles, who is battling breast cancer while managing a chaotic West Wing, grew alarmed after Trump's own pollster Tony Fabrizio delivered a brutal reality check that the war cratered in public opinion as gas prices topped $4 a gallon and stock markets tumbled to multi-year lows. To boot, millions of Americans were preparing to protest.

Wiles told colleagues to be "more forthright with the boss" about the political and economic catastrophe unfolding around him, two White House sources told Time.

https://www.rawstory.com/susie-wiles-2676658588/

Bullshit..................they knew and they aided and abetted in this shit show that is unfolding..........

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Susie Wiles secretly alarmed Trump has been shielded from disastrous Iran fallout: report (Original Post) turbinetree 4 hrs ago OP
Complete bullshit. dalton99a 4 hrs ago #1
Covering for the boss. Don't buy it Deuxcents 4 hrs ago #2
Is she looking for an out? Spazito 4 hrs ago #3
Wiles will probably be gone this year or next dalton99a 4 hrs ago #4
The same Susie Wiles who spilled all sorts of beans to Vanity Fair? GoCubsGo 4 hrs ago #5
She is the chief of staff. drray23 4 hrs ago #6
Nobody wants to tell the Frankenstein that he's made a mistake!! Pisces 4 hrs ago #7
Suzy's days are numbered malaise 3 hrs ago #8

Spazito

(55,539 posts)
3. Is she looking for an out?
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 07:59 PM
4 hrs ago

I don't buy that she wasn't all in on providing the rosy picture and is only now "alarmed" because the facts are so dire for her party, she wants to be able to say she tried to get the 'facts' to the President.

Rats, sinking ship and all that.

GoCubsGo

(34,919 posts)
5. The same Susie Wiles who spilled all sorts of beans to Vanity Fair?
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 08:14 PM
4 hrs ago

Sounds to me like she's trying to cover her own ass again.

drray23

(8,777 posts)
6. She is the chief of staff.
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 08:15 PM
4 hrs ago

Maybe she did not get the memo but its her job to give the president the straight talk. If she is not even willing to do that, what the heck is she for ?

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