Energy team rallies around Trump chief as profile makes waves

By Robin Bravender | 12/16/2025 04:23 PM EST

Energy officials showed their support for Susie Wiles after a Vanity Fair story ran Tuesday. Wiles called it a “hit piece.” 

White House chief of staff Susie Wiles listens during a Cabinet meeting at the White House.

White House chief of staff Susie Wiles listens during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on April 30. Evan Vucci/AP

Top Trump administration officials flooded social media with praise for Susie Wiles on Tuesday as a profile of the White House chief of staff dominated the political news cycle.

In the hours after the two-part Vanity Fair piece dropped, the heads of EPA and the Interior and Energy departments had all publicly posted their support for Wiles, who made some unflattering comments about her colleagues during a series of candid interviews.

Wiles is “an extraordinary leader,” Interior Secretary Doug Burgum posted Tuesday. “She is disciplined, smart, insightful, strategic, and extraordinarily calm under pressure.”

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EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin posted that “Wiles is an EXCEPTIONAL White House Chief of Staff.” Zeldin has “immense respect for Susie, her impactful leadership, and her enormous accomplishments with so many even bigger victories still to come,” he said.

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