The United States President-elect, Donald Trump has named his campaign manager Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff; in first major appointment since winning election.
Wiles, who is the first woman to hold the influential position is widely credited within and outside Trump’s inner circle for running what was, by far, his most disciplined and well-executed campaign.
Wiles as Trump’s Chief of Staff is expected to be the president’s confidant, help execute his agenda while balancing competing political and policy priorities.
She would serve as a gatekeeper, helping to determine who the president spends his time with and whom he speaks to.
Wiles is a longtime Florida-based Republican strategist who ran Trump’s campaigns in the state in 2016 and 2020. Before that, she ran Rick Scott’s 2010 campaign for Florida governor and briefly served as the manager of the former Utah governor Jon Huntsman’s 2012 presidential campaign.
Chris LaCivita, who along with Wiles served as a co-manager of the campaign, posted on Twitter/X: “So Happy and proud of one of the fiercest and most loyal warriors i’ve ever had the pleasure of working with !!!”
Trump often referenced Wiles on the campaign trail, publicly praising her leadership of what he said he was often told was his “best-run campaign”.
“She’s incredible. Incredible,” he said at a Milwaukee rally earlier this month.
