Susie Wiles, the ever-loyal White House chief of staff, sat for a series of interviews with Vanity Fair. In them, she made sharp and critical assessments of President Donald Trump and others in his circle that are stunning the political world for their candor.

Highlights making the rounds, with glossy photos marking the term’s first year, include the trusted Wiles’ observations that Trump has “an alcoholic’s personality” without being an alcoholic, like her father, the late broadcaster Pat Summerall. And that Elon Musk is an avowed ketamine user. And that Trump falsely spoke of President Bill Clinton visiting sexual predator Jeff Epstein’s private island. And Attorney General Pam Bondi “whiffed” in her handling of the Epstein files and Russell T. Vought, the budget director, is a “right-wing absolute zealot.”

All that has been said by other sources. But this is confirmation from the president’s top aide, undoubtedly with prior approval. No, she says, Trump........

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