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In a bombshell interview with Vanity Fair, Donald Trump's Chief of Staff Susie Wiles launched pointed criticisms at billionaire Elon Musk, among other Trump administration figures.

Wiles, tasked with overseeing Trump's presidential campaign and subsequently managing the White House, made unusually frank observations during her conversation with author Chris Whipple. While she directed criticism toward Vice President JD Vance, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, she reserved her sharpest comments for Musk, who was once a regular presence in the Oval Office before his relationship with Trump deteriorated.

White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles left critics stunned Tuesday after openly criticizing Vice President JD Vance in a "surprisingly candid” interview published in Vanity Fair.

“White House chief of staff Susie Wiles shares, um, surprisingly candid views of the Trump team,” wrote MS NOW and “Morning Joe” host Jonathan Lemire Tuesday in a social media post on X.

White House officials revealed Tuesday that the Trump administration is “likely” to engage in what critics have called acts of “piracy and maritime terrorism” — and “soon,” The New York Times reported.

According to multiple White House officials who spoke with the Times on the condition of anonymity, the Trump administration will “likely” seize more Venezuelan oil tankers following the administration’s seizure of the Venezuelan oil tanker “Skipper” last week in the Caribbean, an act that Venezuela condemned as an “act of international piracy.”

White House chief of staff Susie Wiles gave a series of 11 interviews to Vanity Fair writer Chris Whipple, author of a well-regarded book on White House chiefs of staff, where she offered some withering assessments of the president and his team, including her counterintuitive comparison of Trump to her father, longtime NFL broadcaster and former player Pat Summerall.

"The most valuable gift Susie got from her dad was hard-earned," Whipple wrote. "Summerall was an absentee father and an alcoholic, and Wiles helped her mother stage interventions to get him into treatment. (Summerall was sober for 21 years before his death in 2013.) 'Alcoholism does bad things to relationships, and so it was with my dad and me,' Wiles said."

Business leaders are expressing growing apprehension that Donald Trump may either disregard a Supreme Court ruling or employ legal maneuvers to evade consequences if the conservative-leaning court invalidates his tariff policies.

According to Politico, indicators suggest the Trump White House anticipates an unfavorable decision — and is taking steps to retain tariff revenues already collected, potentially creating a complicated aftermath to any adverse ruling.

Politico legal analyst Ankush Khardori noted that the administration's apparent indifference to a potential loss obscures new legal and political challenges it would face. He wrote, "Their seeming indifference, however, also obscures the new legal and political obstacles that the Trump administration would confront.

"The fallback effort would not be as simple or straightforward a matter as they have claimed. It is true that the administration could use other statutes to replicate (largely, though probably not entirely) the current tariff regime in the short term. But a new set of questions would immediately emerge."

Khardori points to the lawsuit filed by wholesale retailer Costco as evidence that businesses recognize the administration's position and are positioning themselves for refunds from a government reluctant to provide them.

Trade lawyer Timothy Meyer warned that actions taken by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warrant scrutiny. Meyer noted, "Bessent and other members of the administration have spent months telling the public and the courts that refunding the IEEPA tariffs would lead to a fiscal calamity." He characterized efforts to use refunds as leverage in litigation as "ham-handed," stating that such tactics have "really just eviscerated any confidence that anyone would have that the administrative process would be administered efficiently, quickly and in good faith."

Meyer added, "People increasingly suspect the Justice Department will drag this out for as long as possible."

A Supreme Court defeat could have broader political consequences for the Republican Party. While Trump's congressional allies might be expected to encourage the president to abandon his tariff strategy to protect their political interests, Trump remains firmly committed to the policy. By continuing to pursue tariffs despite a major court setback, he risks damaging his party's standing and could face intensified Democratic scrutiny if they regain House control.

Combined with other factors, President Donald Trump’s big tariffs on Chinese goods are costing Ohio farmers and their counterparts in other states heavily, according to a new report.

The report shows Ohio farmers lost nearly $76 million of their exports to China this year compared to one year earlier.

President Donald Trump's niece flagged the most fitting punishment for the president after his outburst about slain director Rob Reiner.

Trump chided Reiner's murder in a Truth Social post on Monday, saying the director suffered from "Trump Derangement Syndrome" and suggested that may have been a cause in his death. Authorities have indicted Reiner's son, Nick, with murder in the case.