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So it appears Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff, agrees with many of us: she thinks Donald Trump\u2019s cabinet is bonkers<\/a>.<\/p>\n From that bombshell Vanity Fair interview<\/a>, which featured some truly terrifying<\/a> close-up photos, we learned that Wiles considers JD Vance to have been \u201ca conspiracy theorist for a decade\u201d. She believes Elon Musk to be an \u201codd, odd duck\u201d. Russell Vought, head of the Office of Management and Budget, is, in Wiles\u2019 view, \u201ca right-wing absolute zealot\u201d.<\/p>\n Pam Bondi, the attorney general, \u201cwhiffed\u201d her handling of the Epstein files, Wiles said. And Trump? He has \u201can alcoholic\u2019s personality\u201d, and is \u201cwrong\u201d about Bill Clinton having visited Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s private island.<\/p>\n It was pretty incendiary stuff from a woman previously known for her calmness and aversion to drama. Wiles, who appears to retain the support of Trump<\/a>, has responded by calling the Vanity Fair article \u201ca disingenuously framed hit piece on me and the finest president, White House staff, and cabinet in history\u201d, without pointing to any quotes or reporting that was incorrect.<\/p>\n The whole thing might have served as a useful distraction for Trump though, because \u2013 whisper it \u2013 things are not actually going that well<\/em>.<\/p>\n A long overdue jobs report found this week that 41,000 jobs were lost<\/a> across October and November. Manufacturing jobs are at a 3.5-year low, according to CNN<\/a>, despite Trump promising<\/a> a \u201cmanufacturing renaissance\u201d, and pledging that his tariffs would create \u201cmillions and millions of blue-collar jobs and jobs of every type\u201d.<\/p>\n\n
![truly terrifying<\/a> close-up photos, we learned that Wiles considers JD Vance to have been \u201ca conspiracy theorist for a decade\u201d. She believes Elon Musk to be an \u201codd, odd duck\u201d. Russell Vought, head of the Office of Management and Budget, is, in Wiles\u2019 view, \u201ca right-wing absolute zealot\u201d.<\/p>\nPam Bondi, the attorney general, \u201cwhiffed\u201d her handling of the Epstein files, Wiles said. And Trump? He has \u201can alcoholic\u2019s personality\u201d, and is \u201cwrong\u201d about Bill Clinton having visited Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s private island.<\/p>\nIt was pretty incendiary stuff from a woman previously known for her calmness and aversion to drama. Wiles, who appears to retain the support of Trump<\/a>, has responded by calling the Vanity Fair article \u201ca disingenuously framed hit piece on me and the finest president, White House staff, and cabinet in history\u201d, without pointing to any quotes or reporting that was incorrect.<\/p>\nThe whole thing might have served as a useful distraction for Trump though, because \u2013 whisper it \u2013 things are not actually going that well<\/em>.<\/p>\nA long overdue jobs report found this week that 41,000 jobs were lost<\/a> across October and November. Manufacturing jobs are at a 3.5-year low, according to CNN<\/a>, despite Trump promising<\/a> a \u201cmanufacturing renaissance\u201d, and pledging that his tariffs would create \u201cmillions and millions of blue-collar jobs and jobs of every type\u201d.<\/p>\n\n](\"https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/693b2a465fd632c8d81d318f\/master\/w_1600,c_limit\/202602-portfolio-embed02%20(1).jpg\"){kind=link}