Nia-Malika Henderson, Columnist

Susie Wiles Has Made Her Own Incompetence the Story

December 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM UTC

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.

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Don’t talk to Whipple.

That was the advice that President Donald Trump’s first chief of staff, Reince Priebus, reportedly gave to his current chief of staff, Susie Wiles.