President Trump has already made one of the most important decisions of his second term as President, weeks before he’ll take the oath of office and officially become the 47th President of the United States of America — he has chosen badass firebrand Susie Summerall Wiles as his White House Chief of Staff.
The thing I love about Susie Wiles is that you can’t tell by looking at her whether she’s going to break your kneecaps or bake you a casserole. pic.twitter.com/1uNsfPSdj2
— Richard – Thought Criminal (@nowiknowmyabcs) November 8, 2024
She’s known as the Ice Maiden, because she can be extremely calculated — as cold as ice. She has the look of a sweet Grandma; sometimes. Is she going to bake you a pie? Or is she plotting the downfall of a political power-player as a strategist of the opposition? That’s the thing with Susie Wiles… you just don’t know. And that means her enemies are always guessing; off-balance, unsure, and vulnerable.
So while the lunatic Fringe is out there shaving their heads because of the mysogenistic patriarchy, President. Trump makes this badass woman chief of staff for the White House. First time a woman has ever held that position. Congratulations Susie Wiles!
Feel silly yet ladies? pic.twitter.com/YEnnkOi45g— AmericanaRedHead (@Americana45_47) November 8, 2024
If that “Summerall” maiden name sounds familiar, it should. She’s the daughter of the legendary NFL broadcaster George Allen “Pat” Summerall, who according to a story on Fox News, credits his daughter Susie for saving him from an alcohol addiction back when he sat side by side calling games with Madden.
Wiles is the daughter of late legendary NFL broadcaster Pat Summerall. Summerall was an NFL champion kicker and the lead color commentator alongside John Madden on CBS for more than two decades.
During his broadcast career, Summerall admitted to becoming an alcoholic. In his 2006 biography, he recounted how his daughter, Susie, staged an intervention for him and helped him break addiction.
“Dad, the few times we’ve been out in public together recently, I’ve been ashamed we shared the same last name,” Wiles said in a letter that was read during the intervention, according to Summerall’s 2006 autobiography, “On and Off the Air.”
ADVERTISEMENTSummerall wrote that the words of his daughter inspired him to take steps to address his addiction.
President Trump has already been noted as making history with his choice of Susie Wiles as Chief of Staff — the first woman to ever hold that position. But he also made a very strategic move by doing so, lessening the clout of one Kevin McCarthy who was reportedly vying for the position in Trump’s upcoming administration.
🚨 #BREAKING: President Trump has selected Susie Wiles, his 2024 campaign manager, to be White House Chief of Staff
This is a HUGE blow to Kevin McCarthy, who was vying for this incredibly powerful position.
THANK GOD McCarthy’s been shoved to the side. pic.twitter.com/SPPRjWt0tP
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) November 7, 2024
According to a report in the New York Post, President Trump credits Wiles as one of the primary reasons he was able to mount such a monumental political comeback, calling her an “integral part” of both his 2016 and 2020 campaigns — lavishing praise on the “behind-the-scenes operator” that she is known to be.
Wiles, nicknamed the “Ice Maiden,” is widely credited as being one of the chief architects of Trump’s victorious presidential campaign.
“Susie Wiles just helped me achieve one of the greatest political victories in American history, and was an integral part of both my 2016 and 2020 successful campaigns,” Trump, 78, said in a statement.
Wiles, 67, managed the Trump-Vance campaign alongside senior adviser Chris LaCivita. A behind-the-scenes operator, she kept a very low public profile throughout the soon-to-be 47th president’s third White House bid.
One of the democrats’ favorite attacks often levied against President Trump was his alleged misogyny and overall dismissive nature towards individuals of the opposite sex (I used the word “opposite” there to denote that only two exist — see what I did just then?). Unfortunately for those who tried to wield that attack, those blows have landed completely flat. Not only did President Trump named a STRONG & INTELLIGENT WOMAN (Mark Cuban, you’re a dork), to the position of his top campaign press secretary, but he has now named another STRONG & INTELLIGENT WOMAN to arguably the most important post in Washington DC, second only to the President himself.
And Mark Cuban said Trump didn’t have strong intelligent women around.
Susie Wiles is a highly competent person who happens to be a woman.
First ever female Chief Of Staff
Congrats to her with the new role. pic.twitter.com/6uZQLdkm6g
— Martin Matthews (@1MartinMatthews) November 7, 2024
Hilariously, Susie Wiles hit back at Mark Cuban’s ridiculous comments herself… posting this back in October to her account on X.
I’m told @mcuban needs help identifying the strong and intelligent women surrounding Pres. Trump. Well, here we are! I’ve been proud to lead this campaign. Complimented by @Linda_McMahon,Chair for Transition Policy and @LaraLeaTrump,RNC Co-Chair. pic.twitter.com/X7y9q3WsG8
— Susie Wiles (@SusieWiles) October 31, 2024
If you want a glimpse of the “other” firebrand I mentioned earlier that President Trump has let loose upon those who foolishly thought to attack him with lies — check out the clip of Karoline Leavitt completely demoralizing an ABC host in this story from just a few days ago! This is not unlike the inner fire that seems to burn within the Ice Maiden herself — which is probably why they both ended up working for President Trump!
WOW: Karoline Leavitt, President Trump’s Press Secretary, Eviscerates ABC News Host!
Susie Wiles is no stranger to the world of politics -- she has orchestrated multiple winning campaigns, and according to that Fox News story I referenced earlier, she worked for Reagan during his 1980 campaign, and then in the White House after he won.
In the late 1970s, Wiles was hired as an assistant to Summerall's old teammate on the New York Giants, someone who went on to have a long and successful career in the House of Representatives and later be nominated for vice president. That was none other than the late Jack Kemp, one of the chief backers of former President Ronald Reagan's supply-side economics theories and architect of the Regan tax cuts.
Wiles went on to work for Reagan himself as a scheduler for his 1980 presidential campaign and later the White House. She left Washington, D.C., for Florida in the 1990s and served as chief of staff to John Delaney, the mayor of Jacksonville. She also worked as the district director for Rep. Tillie Fowler in Northeast Florida.
Delaney heaped praise on Wiles in an interview for Politico Magazine. "I’ve described her as a political savant — just otherworldly sort of political instincts," he said.
Wiles continued to be a fixture of Florida politics for decades, eventually helping a health care executive named Rick Scott become governor in 2010. Scott is now Florida's junior senator and this week is celebrating his re-election to a second term.
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Check out this video of President Trump calling Susie Wiles to the front during his victory speech the other day! Even in the moment of exuberance when the victory was finally assured, Susie Wiles was to be found far off to the back of the crowd -- on stage, but off to the side; sort of like the proverbial velociraptor that you DON'T SEE... the one that actually gets you, to reference wisdom from that old tome, Jurassic Park.
She's a longtime political strategist, she's tough, and she's incredibly resilient. She also scares the living daylights out of President Trump's political enemies. Who better to control the daily rhythm of the next Trump administration, intimately orchestrating the White House and the President's plan to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN? I can think of no one better than the badass that they call the "Ice Maiden".
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