Chief Of Staff Susie Wiles Says Trump Wants To 'Keep On Blowing Up Boats Until Maduro Cries Uncle'

White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles told Vanity Fair that Donald Trump wants to strike alleged drug vessels in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific until Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro leaves power.

Speaking to Vanity Fair, Wiles said Trump wants to "keep on blowing boats up until Maduro cries uncle." "And people way smarter than me on that say that he will," she added.

The interview was published shortly after the latest strikes, which targeted three vessels in the eastern Pacific and killed eight people. The U.S. has now killed at least 95 people across 25 strikes since September.

The U.S. military said in a statement that the strikes targeted "designated terrorist organizations," killing eight people across the strikes. Three were killed in the first vessel, two in the second and three in the third.

Defense Secretary Pete has faced increased scrutiny lately, especially after reports surfaced that one of the attacks included a second strike to finish off two survivors.

Wiles, on her end, has come out to slam the sprawling piece, which was crafted after 11 interviews throughout the second Trump administration. She called it a "disingenuously framed hit piece on me and the finest President, White House staff, and Cabinet in history."

The piece, published on Tuesday, also included parts in which Wiles gave a series of candid assessments of top officials in the administration. She claimed Trump has an "alcoholic's personality" and Russel Vought, architect of Project 2025 is a "right-wing absolute zealot."

The piece, published on Tuesday, included parts in which Wiles gave a series of candid assessments of top officials in the administration. She claimed Trump has an "alcoholic's personality" and Russel Vought, architect of Project 2025 is a "right-wing absolute zealot."

Elsewhere in the interview, Wiles recalled urging Trump not to pardon the most violent rioters of the January 6 assault on the Capitol, and sought to get him to delay his tariffs because of a "huge disagreement" among his advisers.

The report also quotes her slamming Attorney General Pam Bondi over her handling of the Epstein Files, saying she "completely whiffed on appreciating that that was the very targeted group that cared about this."

She also acknowledged that Trump is on the Epstein Files, but noted "he's not in the file doing anything awful." And rebuked Trump's claim that the files included incriminating evidence about former President Bill Clinton. "The president was wrong about that," she added in a passage of the interview.