White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles speaks with fellow attendees during a reception for Sergio Gor, the recently sworn-in U.S. Ambassador to India, at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 10, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
A Vanity Fair editor offered a revealing behind-the-scenes account of a tense White House photo shoot tied to the magazine’s bombshell reporting on Donald Trump’s chief of staff, describing sharp elbows, dark humor, and flashes of entitlement from top officials. Global editorial director Mark Guiducci recounted Vice President JD Vance’s crude jokes, self-aware jabs about his own image, and a moment when an aide to Susie Wiles abruptly shut down access to parts of the White House by declaring them “the president’s spaces.”
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Vanity Fair editor recounts awkward clashes inside Trump White House photo shoot
