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Nope. This video... THIS was more entertaining.
▶️ The Boys Cast Reveal Uncomfortable Truths in the Hot Seat | Vanity Fair
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A French Soccer Star Faces Off Against a Surging Foe: The Far Right
Kylian Mbappé, the French soccer superstar, has never made a secret of his distaste for the far right.…
#France #FR #Europe #EU #Bardella #Jordan(1995-) #Kylian(1998-) #LePen #Marine #Mbappe #NationalRally(France) #Soccer #VanityFair #WorldCup2026(Soccer)
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Javier Bardem and Victoria Luengo Join Director Rodrigo Sorogoyen at Cannes 2026 for The Beloved #VanityFair https://twp.ai/E5BxOs
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Forget the Red Carpet: At the Cannes Film Festival 2026, the Stars Are Just as Chic in Casual Looks #VanityFair https://twp.ai/E5BxHI
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Annual Trophée Chopard Dinner Honors Odessa A’zion and Connor Swindells #VanityFair https://twp.ai/E5Bx8I
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Why Kamala Harris’s Foiled Joe Rogan Interview Still Looms Large for Democrats #VanityFair https://twp.ai/E5ByiK
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Lane Kiffin’s Vanity Fair Interview, Explained: Writer Chris Smith on the Former Ole Miss Coach #VanityFair https://twp.ai/E5BycS
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Lady Gaga Surprised Her Little Monsters With a Pop-Music Funeral at The Grove #VanityFair https://twp.ai/E5BzKD
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Jack Schlossberg Feels a “Heavy Vibe” Coming Out of the Oval Office #VanityFair https://twp.ai/E5BzHn
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Kate Middleton Took Princess Diana’s Engagement Ring on a Pasta Tour of Italy #VanityFair https://twp.ai/E5BzDz
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Kate Middleton Visits Kindergarteners on Final Day of Italy Trip: “Wish All Schools in the World Were Like This” #VanityFair https://twp.ai/E5BzBf
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New York Is About to Sell $3 Billion in Art. Who’s Buying? #VanityFair https://twp.ai/E5BzAr
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Audrey Hepburn’s Sons Recount Her Remarkably Resilient Life #VanityFair https://twp.ai/E5Bz4Z
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Gold Trump Statue at Doral Golf Course Sparks Criticism as His Evangelical Support Slips #VanityFair https://twp.ai/E5Bjfe
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Dior and Jonathan Anderson Revive Old Hollywood with an All-Star Extravaganza Featuring Al Pacino and In-N-Out Burgers #VanityFair https://twp.ai/E5Bjcd
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Will Gillian Anderson’s Cannes Film Festival Acclaim Finally Spell Oscar Recognition? #VanityFair https://twp.ai/E5Bja6
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See Princess Anne, Lady Louise Windsor, and More Photos of the Royal Family Reunion at the Royal Windsor Horse Show #VanityFair https://twp.ai/E5BkMD
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The White House, the Warzone, and Jeffrey Epstein: Welcome to the World of Photographer Christopher Anderson #VanityFair https://twp.ai/E5BkA5
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Jordan Firstman Had a Devastating Breakup and Channeled That Heartbreak Into His First Film #VanityFair https://twp.ai/E5Bk8b
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The Cannes Festival 2026 As Seen by Photographer Jonas Unger #VanityFair https://twp.ai/E5BlAB
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Richard Gadd Reveals How He Transformed Into Half Man’s “Animalistic” Antihero With Over 50 Pounds of Muscle #VanityFair https://twp.ai/E5Bkv7
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Alcaraz es la portada de Vanity Fair tras un mes sin jugar
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Lady Louise Windsor Has “No Airs or Graces” As She Works Behind the Scenes at the Royal Windsor Horse Show #VanityFair https://twp.ai/E5BkfE
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Tessa Thompson’s Three Latest Works Are Full of Rage—and She Couldn’t Be Happier #VanityFair https://twp.ai/E5Blbc
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Oops: Trump Accidentally Blew Up His January 6 Legal Defense on National TV - Jack Smith’s job just got significantly easier.
#VanityFair #TrumpLegalDefense #January #NationalTV #AccidentalBlowup #JackSmith #Politics #News
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https://www.evshift.com/429905/2026-bmw-x7-m60i-olivia-munns-personal-sanctuary/ 2026 BMW X7 M60i | Olivia Munn’s Personal Sanctuary #3RowSuv #bmw #BmwAd #BmwCelebrity #BMWCommercial #BmwSuv #BMWTechnology #BmwUsa #BmwX7 #BMWX7Features #BmwX7Review #ElectricCars #ElectricVehicles #EV #LargeSuv #LuxuryCarReview #LuxurySuv #M60i #Munns #Olivia #OliviaMunn #Personal #PremiumSUVInterior #Sanctuary #VanityFair #x7
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https://www.evshift.com/429704/tranquility-meets-power-in-the-2026-bmw-x7-m60i/ Tranquility Meets Power in the 2026 BMW X7 M60i #3RowSuv #bmw #BmwAd #BmwCelebrity #BMWCommercial #BmwSuv #BMWTechnology #BmwUsa #BmwX7 #BMWX7Features #BmwX7Review #ElectricCars #ElectricVehicles #EV #LargeSuv #LuxuryCarReview #LuxurySuv #M60i #Meets #OliviaMunn #power #PremiumSUVInterior #Tranquility #VanityFair #x7
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“You’re Telling Me That Thing Is Forged?”: The Inside Story of How Trump’s “Body Guy” Tried and Failed to Order a Massive Military Withdrawal
#VanityFair #TrumpBodyGuy #MilitaryWithdrawal #InsideStory #FailedOrder #Forged #Politics #News
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𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬
✧ Robert Pattinson ✧
Robert Pattinson (born 13 May 1986) is an English actor. He is known for starring in both major studio productions and independent films, in which he often portrays eccentric characters across a diverse range of genres. Pattinson made early screen appearances in supporting roles, including in Vanity Fair (2004) and as Cedric Di...
#vanityfair #gobletfire #twilightsaga #odyssey #dune #wikipedia
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Does Harrison Ford actually have Parkinson's?
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Does Harrison Ford actually have Parkinson's?
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Does Harrison Ford actually have Parkinson's?
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Does Harrison Ford actually have Parkinson's?
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Does Harrison Ford actually have Parkinson's?
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https://www.europesays.com/ee/169251/ Kus on minu kuldmehike? Kaheksa uskumatut lugu kaduma läinud Oscaritest #AmeerikaFilmikunstideJaTeadusteAkadeemia #ColleenAtwood #EE #Eesti #EestiKeel #Entertainment #Estonia #Estonian #filmiauhinnad #FrancesMcDormand #HarveyWeinstein #Hollywood #JaredLeto #LosAngeles #Lufthansa #MattDamon #meelelahutus #NewYork #OntarioLennujaam #OscariVõitjad #oscarid #VanityFair #WhoopiGoldberg
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🎨📽️: Oh, Vanity Fair, bless your hearts for passing off glorified prop-making as an "artistic journey." In an era where fake news is public enemy number one, it's comforting to know that at least Hollywood's forgeries are "legal." 😂 Unlike real art, these masterpieces end up in the trash—or worse, as mail for Picasso's ghost. 👻✉️
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/04/art-in-movies #VanityFair #HollywoodArt #FakeNews #PropMaking #ArtisticJourney #HackerNews #ngated -
𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬
✧ Robert Pattinson ✧
Robert Pattinson (born 13 May 1986) is an English actor. He is known for starring in both major studio productions and independent films, in which he often portrays eccentric characters across a diverse range of genres. Pattinson made early screen appearances in supporting roles, including in Vanity Fair (2004) and as Cedric Di...
#vanityfair #gobletfire #twilightsaga #odyssey #dune #wikipedia
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𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬
✧ Robert Pattinson ✧
Robert Pattinson (born 13 May 1986) is an English actor. He is known for starring in both major studio productions and independent films, in which he often portrays eccentric characters across a diverse range of genres. Pattinson made early screen appearances in supporting roles, including in Vanity Fair (2004) and as Cedric Di...
#vanityfair #gobletfire #twilightsaga #odyssey #dune #wikipedia
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𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬
✧ Robert Pattinson ✧
Robert Pattinson (born 13 May 1986) is an English actor. He is known for starring in both major studio productions and independent films, in which he often portrays eccentric characters across a diverse range of genres. Pattinson made early screen appearances in supporting roles, including in Vanity Fair (2004) and as Cedric Di...
#vanityfair #gobletfire #twilightsaga #odyssey #dune #wikipedia
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Update and call to action from the Condé Nast Union:
Stand with Condé Nast Union 🚨 We’re calling on you to sign our petition telling management to reinstate the Fired Four, reverse the suspensions, and end the union busting.
This began when Condé Nast laid off the staff from Teen Vogue. Union members demanded answers from management. Management illegally fired four organizers for engaging in protected activity.
Source: https://bsky.app/profile/condeunion.bsky.social/post/3m57eq7bwlk2n
#CondeNast #TeenVogue #Vogue #ArsTechnica #Wired #TheNewYorker #VanityFair #Pitchfork #Glamour #GQ #Union #LaborRights #UnionBusting
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Yeah, alright, that’s enough. Until I hear otherwise from the union, I’m boycotting all Condé Nast publications.
https://www.thewrap.com/conde-nast-union-federal-complaint-teen-vogue/
#CondeNast #TeenVogue #Vogue #ArsTechnica #Wired #TheNewYorker #VanityFair #Pitchfork #Glamour #GQ
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Susie Wiles Talks Epstein Files, Pete Hegseth’s War Tactics, Retribution, and More (Part 2 of 2) – Vanity Fair
DAY 289
November 4, 2025The day I met Wiles at the White House was a watershed for Trump: Voters would choose governors in New Jersey and Virginia and a new mayor in New York City; they would also vote on Proposition 50, California governor Gavin Newsom’s proposal to counter a brazen Republican gerrymander in Texas. Collectively, the contests were a referendum on Trump’s second presidency.
Click here read Part 1 of 2 from Vanity Fair’s portfolio of Trump’s inner circle.
Over lunch in her West Wing corner office, Wiles recounted the morning. Escorting Trump from the White House residence to the Oval Office, she gave the president her election predictions: “I’m on the hook because he thinks I’m a clairvoyant.” Wiles thought the GOP had a chance of electing the governor in New Jersey, but she knew they were in for a tough night. (It would prove to be a Republican disaster, with Democrats running the table on the marquee races, passing Proposition 50, and winning downballot elections in Pennsylvania, Georgia, and Mississippi.)
Given voters’ anxiety about the cost of living, Wiles told me she thought Trump should pivot more often from world affairs to kitchen-table issues. “More talks about the domestic economy and less about Saudi Arabia is probably called for,” said Wiles. “They like peace in the world. But that’s not why he was elected.”
From article…Not far from where we sat was a gaping hole where the East Wing had been until just days before. I asked her about the fierce criticism that followed its demolition to make way for Trump’s 90,000-square-foot ballroom. “Were you surprised by it?”
“No,” Wiles replied. “Oh, no. And I think you’ll have to judge it by its totality because you only know a little bit of what he’s planning.”
Was she saying that Trump was planning more, as yet undisclosed renovations?
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June 2, 2024“Would you declassify the Epstein files?” —Fox News’s Rachel Campos-Duffy
“Yeah….I think I would.” —TrumpFor many of Trump’s followers, it’s an article of faith that the US government has long been run by an elite cabal of pedophiles. Less conspiratorially but no less seriously, others question whether politicians and powerful people either participated in or knew about Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking of young women, from his posh Manhattan town house to his private Caribbean islands. Perhaps most critical to Trump followers, though, is the fact that Trump indicated a willingness to release the files—and didn’t. As this article went to press, grand jury material from the Epstein records was due to be released in December.
What about accusing Letitia James of mortgage fraud?
“Well, that might be the one retribution,” Susie Wiles replied.
Wiles told me she underestimated the potency of the scandal: “Whether he was an American CIA asset, a Mossad asset, whether all these rich, important men went to that nasty island and did unforgivable things to young girls,” she said, “I mean, I kind of knew it, but it’s never anything I paid a bit of attention to.”
In February, Bondi gave binders labeled “The Epstein Files: Phase 1” to a group of conservative social media influencers who were visiting the White House, including Liz Wheeler, Jessica Reed Kraus, Rogan O’Handley, and Chaya Raichik. The binders turned out to contain nothing but old information. “I think she completely whiffed on appreciating that that was the very targeted group that cared about this,” Wiles said of Bondi. “First she gave them binders full of nothingness. And then she said that the witness list, or the client list, was on her desk. There is no client list, and it sure as hell wasn’t on her desk.”
As Noah Shachtman reported in Vanity Fair, “dozens and dozens” of FBI agents at the New York field office were tasked with combing through the Epstein files. Many observers assumed they were looking for (and possibly redacting) Trump’s name. “I don’t know how many agents looked through things, but it was a lot,” said Wiles. “They were looking for 25 things, not one thing.”
Wiles told me she’d read what she calls “the Epstein file.” And, she said, “[Trump] is in the file. And we know he’s in the file. And he’s not in the file doing anything awful.” Wiles said that Trump “was on [Epstein’s] plane…he’s on the manifest. They were, you know, sort of young, single, whatever—I know it’s a passé word but sort of young, single playboys together.” (Trump started dating Melania Knauss, whom he married in 2005, sometime in 1998. Virginia Giuffre, Epstein’s most prominent accuser, who died by suicide earlier this year, first met Epstein while she was a Mar-a-Lago spa worker in 2000. Trump and Epstein reportedly had a falling out in 2004.)
Trump has claimed, without evidence, that Bill Clinton visited Epstein’s infamous private island, Little St. James, “supposedly 28 times.” “There is no evidence” those visits happened, according to Wiles; as for whether there was anything incriminating about Clinton in the files, “The president was wrong about that.”
The people that really appreciated what a big deal this is are Kash [Patel] and [FBI deputy director] Dan Bongino,” she said. “Because they lived in that world. And the vice president, who’s been a conspiracy theorist for a decade…. For years, Kash has been saying, ‘Got to release the files, got to release the files.’ And he’s been saying that with a view of what he thought was in these files that turns out not to be right.”
From article…In July, Todd Blanche, the deputy attorney general and Trump’s former lawyer, traveled to a Tallahassee, Florida, courthouse to interview Epstein’s longtime associate, Ghislaine Maxwell. Convicted on sex trafficking charges in 2021, she received a 20-year prison sentence. “It’s not typical, is it,” I asked Wiles, “to send the number two guy in the DOJ and the president’s former defense lawyer to interview a convicted sex trafficker?” According to Wiles, “It was [Blanche’s] suggestion.”
Wiles said that neither she nor Trump had been consulted about Maxwell’s transfer to a less restrictive facility after Blanche’s visit. “The president was ticked,” according to Wiles. “The president was mighty unhappy. I don’t know why they moved her. Neither does the president.” But, she said, “if that’s an important point, I can find out.” (At press time, Wiles said she still had not found out.)
“Sometimes he laments, ‘You know, gosh, I feel like we’re doing really well. I wish I could run again.’” Wiles said of Trump. “And then he immediately says, ‘Not really.”
What about the birthday greeting featuring a sketch of a nude woman, which, according to The Wall Street Journal, bore Trump’s name and was sent to Epstein for his 50th birthday? “That letter is not his,” Wiles said. “And nothing about it rings true to me, nor does it to people that have known the president a lot longer than I have. I can’t explain The Wall Street Journal, but we’re going to get some discovery because we sued them. So we’re going to find out.” Trump’s lawyers filed a $20 billion defamation lawsuit against Dow Jones & Company, publisher of The Wall Street Journal, which the defendants have asked a federal judge in Florida to dismiss.
So will the president sit for a deposition in that process?
“I mean, if he had to,” she said.
The Epstein files debacle poses a dire political threat to Trump and the future of the GOP. “The people that are inordinately interested in Epstein are the new members of the Trump coalition, the people that I think about all the time—because I want to make sure that they are not Trump voters, they’re Republican voters,” Wiles said. “It’s the Joe Rogan listeners. It’s the people that are sort of new to our world. It’s not the MAGA base.”
A senior White House official described the mindset of an overlapping bloc of voters who are angered by both Trump’s handling of the Epstein files and the war in Gaza. It’s as much as 5 percent of the vote and includes “union members, the podcast crowd, the young people, the young Black males. They are interested in Epstein. And they are the people that are disturbed that we are as cozy with Israel as we are.”
From article…Vance keeps his eye on the voters. “It’s Epstein, Gaza, and the coziness with Israel,” said this White House source. “If you dive deeply into the internet, you’ll find things that say, ‘Well, why don’t we just put Bibi at the Resolute Desk?’ ” the source said, referring to Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Across our year of conversations, Wiles wanted to put an end to what she believes is a persistent myth, that Trump is a warmonger. To the contrary, Wiles says, the president genuinely cares about ending wars and saving human lives. “I cannot overstate how much his ongoing motivation is to stop the killing, which is not, I don’t think, where he was in his last term,” she said. “Not that he wanted to kill people necessarily, but stopping the killing wasn’t his first thought. It’s his first and last thought now.” Whether that thought is genuine or driven by his desire for a Nobel Peace Prize is, of course, open to debate.
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August 20, 2025“Israel says it has taken first steps of military operation in Gaza City.” —Reuters
In early October, Trump announced that his envoys had brokered a deal with mediators from Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey to end two years of bloodshed in Gaza. The 20-point plan, calling for the disarmament of Hamas and the administering of Gaza by a multinational force, was far from a sure thing. But the ceasefire and the release of almost all the hostages (the remains of one are still missing) was a considerable achievement. During his triumphant appearance at Israel’s Knesset, Trump struck a bellicose tone, praising Netanyahu and the Israeli armed forces with no mention of the Palestinian civilian casualties. Trump had previously lauded Bibi’s efforts in another action by calling him a “war hero”—a remark partially aimed at Israelis. Talking about it then, Wiles winced. “I’m not sure he fully realizes,” she said, “that there’s an audience here that doesn’t love it.”
Editor’s Note: Read the rest of the story, at the below link.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Susie Wiles Talks Epstein Files, Pete Hegseth’s War Tactics, Retribution, and More (Part 2 of 2) | Vanity Fair
Tags: 2025, Inner Circle, J.D. Vance, Junkyard Dogs, Opinions, Part 1, Second Term, Susie Wiles, Trump, Two Part Article, Vanity Fair
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Susie Wiles, JD Vance, and the “Junkyard Dogs”: The White House Chief of Staff on Trump’s Second Term (Part 1 of 2) – Vanity Fair
Photographer Christopher Anderson.On the morning of November 4, 2025, an off-year Election Day, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles was meeting in the Oval Office with the president and his top advisers, men she calls her “core team”: Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Stephen Miller, deputy chief of staff. The agenda was twofold: ending the congressional filibuster and forcing Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro from power. As she related it later, President Donald Trump was holding forth on the filibuster when Wiles stood up and started for the door. Trump eyed her. “Is this an emergency, that you have to leave?” he demanded. It was nothing of the sort—but Wiles left Trump guessing. She replied: “It’s an emergency. It doesn’t involve you.” With that, according to Wiles, she departed the Oval.
Click here to read Part 2 of 2 from Vanity Fair’s portfolio of Trump’s inner circle.
Wiles, wearing dark pants and a plain black leather top, met me in her office with a smile and a handshake. Over sandwiches from the White House Mess, we talked about the challenges Trump faces. Throughout the past year, Wiles and I have spoken regularly about almost everything: the contents, and consequences, of the Epstein files; ICE’s brutal mass deportations; Elon Musk’s evisceration of USAID; the controversial deployment of the National Guard to US cities; the demolition of the East Wing; the lethal strikes on boats allegedly being piloted by drug smugglers—acts many have called war crimes; Trump’s physical and mental health; and whether he will defy the 22nd Amendment and try to stay on for a third term.
“I’m not an enabler. I’m also not a bitch,” said Susie Wiles. “I guess time will tell whether I’ve been effective.”
Most senior White House officials parse their words and speak only on background. But over many on-the-record conversations, Wiles answered almost every question I put to her.
We often spoke on Sundays after church. Wiles, an Episcopalian, calls herself “Catholic lite.” One time we spoke while she was doing her laundry in her Washington, DC, rental. Trump, she told me, “has an alcoholic’s personality.” Vance’s conversion from Never Trumper to MAGA acolyte, she said, has been “sort of political.” The vice president, she added, has been “a conspiracy theorist for a decade.” Russell Vought, architect of the notorious Project 2025 and head of the Office of Management and Budget, is “a right-wing absolute zealot.” When I asked her what she thought of Musk reposting a tweet about public sector workers killing millions under Hitler, Stalin, and Mao, she replied: “I think that’s when he’s microdosing.” (She says she doesn’t have first-hand knowledge.)
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Wiles is the most powerful person in Trump’s White House other than the president himself; unlike any chief of staff before her, she is a woman.
From article… From article…“So many decisions of great consequence are being made on the whim of the president. And as far as I can tell, the only force that can direct or channel that whim is Susie,” a former Republican chief told me. “In most White Houses, the chief of staff is first among a bunch of equals. She may be first with no equals.”
“I don’t think there’s anybody in the world right now that could do the job that she’s doing,” Rubio told me. He called her bond with Trump “an earned trust.” Vance described Wiles’s approach to the chief’s job. “There is this idea that people have that I think was very common in the first administration,” he told me, “that their objective was to control the president or influence the president, or even manipulate the president because they had to in order to serve the national interest. Susie just takes the diametrically opposite viewpoint, which is that she’s a facilitator, that the American people have elected Donald Trump. And her job is to actually facilitate his vision and to make his vision come to life.”
It’s been a busy year. Trump and his team have expanded the limits of presidential power, unilaterally declared war on drug cartels, imposed tariffs according to whim, sealed the southern border, achieved a ceasefire and hostage release in Gaza, and pressured NATO allies into increasing their defense spending.
Editor’s Note: Read the rest of the story, at the below link.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Susie Wiles, JD Vance, and the “Junkyard Dogs”: The White House Chief of Staff on Trump’s Second Term (Part 1 of 2) | Vanity Fair
Tags: 2025, Inner Circle, J.D. Vance, Junkyard Dogs, Opinions, Part 1, Second Term, Susie Wiles, Trump, Two Part Article, Vanity Fair, White House
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Andrew Ross Sorkin Sees Parallels to 1929 Everywhere He Looks | Vanity Fair
On a snowy day in January, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink joined Andrew Ross Sorkin on CNBC’s Squawk Box for an interview in Davos, Switzerland, where corporate and political leaders gather for the annual World Economic Forum. While the segment mainly revolved around the BlackRock CEO’s plea for Donald Trump’s SEC to make it harder for activist shareholders to take on corporations via proxy vote, Sorkin couldn’t resist asking for Fink’s take on the booming cryptocurrency ecosystem.
“Are you planning on issuing either a meme coin, ETFs, or anything like that, now that the animal spirits seem to be very much alive?” he asked.
“I think the Sorkin coin,” Fink replied. Two hours later, Sorkin was watching the brand-new cryptocurrency, minted by some enterprising meme coiner, soar by millions of dollars. “It was wild,” he recalls.
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At the time, Sorkin was finishing his latest book, 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in History—And How It Shattered a Nation, an extensive account of how Wall Street and the US government dragged the country into the Great Depression.
So what’s the contemporary analog to the old stock pool? “I think Reddit,” Sorkin says.
Several months later, over a late-summer coffee, Sorkin and I are discussing the history of the economic collapse and the book itself, in which the parallels to today exist almost down to the person, Fink included—sort of (more on that below). I ask whether the popular 1920s-era stock-pooling practice among Wall Street insiders—where powerful investors combined their resources and artificially ran up the stock price of a given company—bore any similarity to modern-day meme stocks, as online communities drive stock purchases, leading to rapid price oscillation. “Completely,” Sorkin replies, adding that it’s happening in both meme stock culture and the world of crypto. So what’s the contemporary analog to the old stock pool? “I think Reddit,” Sorkin says.
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After his own crypto coin hit the market in January, Sorkin was invited to direct-messaging groups of that nature on X and Signal. “They’re talking about, ‘I’m gonna buy in at this, and then you’re gonna do this. I’m gonna put up $2 million, then you’re gonna put up a million.’ And it’s up and up and up and up,” he tells me of the groups’ members. “It’s totally crazy,” he says.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Andrew Ross Sorkin Sees Parallels to 1929 Everywhere He Looks | Vanity Fair
#1929 #2025 #America #DonaldTrump #Finance #History #Libraries #Library #LibraryOfCongress #Opinion #Resistance #Science #Sorkin #Trump #TrumpAdministration #UnitedStates #VanityFair #Writing
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The New York Times - Breaking News, US News, World News and Videos [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·What to Do About the White House Correspondents Dinner After an Attack?
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The New York Times - Breaking News, US News, World News and Videos [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·What to Do About the White House Correspondents Dinner After an Attack?
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The New York Times - Breaking News, US News, World News and Videos [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·What to Do About the White House Correspondents Dinner After an Attack?
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/10/us/politics/white-house-trump-dinner.html
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The New York Times - Breaking News, US News, World News and Videos [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·What to Do About the White House Correspondents Dinner After an Attack?
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Go Mayor Pete. Here’s the actual quote from him regarding the pretend hillbilly’s slams on #childless people. And cats. As Walz said about THAT, big mistake. Big, big mistake.
Per #VanityFair
As #Buttigieg himself argued last week, #Vance’s comments were not only #insulting but patently absurd, with the transportation secretary telling Jon Stewart: “When I was deployed to #Afghanistan, I didn’t have #kids back then, but I will tell you…my commitment to this country felt pretty physical.”
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Report: The National Archives Is Set to Hand Over Damning Evidence in Trump’s Classified-Docs Case — The government appears to have proof Trump knew he couldn’t just declassify documents by taking them out of the White House.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/05/donald-trump-classified-documents-development
#VanityFair #TrumpClassifiedDocsCase #NationalArchivesEvidence #WhiteHouseDeclassification #GovernmentProof #ClassifiedDocuments #PresidentialPowers #Politics #News