Nia-Malika Henderson, Columnist

So Much for Susie Wiles Containing Trump’s Chaos

The White House chief of staff was supposed to be able to control the havoc of Trumpworld. Does it seem as if that’s happening?

February 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM UTC

By Nia-Malika Henderson

Nia-Malika Henderson is a politics and policy columnist for Bloomberg Opinion. A former senior political reporter for CNN and the Washington Post, she has covered politics and campaigns for almost two decades.

Doing an impossible job.
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She has been billed as the “Ice Maiden,” the woman who would crack heads in President Donald Trump’s orbit, keep the clown car moving forward and make the second coming of Trump run much more smoothly than the first.

Yet, for Susie Wiles, Trump’s chief of staff, the chaos just keeps coming.