Trump Picks First Woman White House Chief of Staff: All You Need to Know About Susie Wiles

Washington: President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday named Susie Wiles, defacto manr of his presidential  campaign, as his White House chief of staff. Wiles becomes first woman to hold this influential role.

"Susie is tough, smart, invative, and is universally mired and respected. Susie will continue to work tirelessly to Make America Great Again," Trump said in a statement.

"It is a well-deserved hour to have Susie as first-ever female Chief of Staff in United States history. I have doubt that she will make our country proud.”

Wiles is a widely credited personality within and outside Trump’s inner circle for running which was, by far, his most disciplined and well-executed campaign, and was seen as leing contender for position.

During campaign she largely mostly spotlight and even refused to take mic to speak as Trump celebrated his victory early Wednesday morning. However, she resisted formal title of campaign manr, avoiding becoming a target, given Trump’s history of cycling through people in that role.

This appointment comes as crucial one as Trump, who promised in 2016 to hire "only best people" has since repeatedly said that biggest mistake of his first term was hiring wrong people.

Who is Susie Wiles?

Born on 14 May 1957 in New Jersey, Susan Summerall Wiles is an American political consultant who served as co-chair of Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign.

Her political career began in 1979 when she was hired as an assistant for Representative Jack Kemp. In 1980, she joined Ronald Reagan's presidential campaign as a campaign scheduler.

During 80s Susie served as a chief of staff to John Delaney, who was n serving as mayor of Jacksonville.

She also worked for U.S. Representative Tillie Fowler.

In 2016 presidential election, Wiles ran Trump campaign's operations in Florida. Back n she was reportedly deputised by Trump to help Republican Ron DeSantis' campaign for Goverr.

DeSantis his victory speech described Wiles as "best in business".