Wiles sharply criticized Donald Trump and allies in a Vanity Fair interview, following earlier candid conversations she gave to Chris Whipple that appear in his book The Gatekeepers.She called Trump "an alcoholic’s personality," said "there is nothing he can’t do. Nothing, zero, nothing," attacked Vice President JD Vance as "a conspiracy theorist for a decade," and described Elon Musk as "an odd, odd person" who sought to dismantle USAID while leading DOGE.After the piece ran Wiles distanced herself on X as the
White House defended her and
CNN reported aides were "shocked and confused," a controversy that has prompted congressional scrutiny of
DOJ handling of Epstein records and of strike policy off Venezuela.