Trump confidant caught spilling the beans
The David Pakman Show - December 17, 2025
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Donald Trump’s chief of staff, Susie Wiles, gave 11 recorded interviews to Vanity Fair starting before Trump’s inauguration. She described Trump as impulsive and often making major decisions on a whim. She cited the tariff rollout and pardons for January 6 defendants as examples. Wiles also criticized Trump’s understanding of smaller agencies and confirmed his connections to Vladimir Putin. Despite these candid observations, she remains an ardent supporter.
Karoline Leavitt struggled to defend Trump and Wiles. She claimed Wiles’ remarks were taken out of context and the reporting was disingenuous. Leavitt did not dispute the facts and focused on alleged omissions or framing. The problem for her is much of Wiles’ statements cannot realistically be spun away.
Leavitt later appeared on Fox News to call the Susie Wiles story fake news while praising Wiles as the best chief of staff and Trump as the greatest president. She offered no explanation for statements about Trump’s impulsive decisions or Elon Musk’s ketamine use. She also repeated false claims that all job gains under Biden went to foreign-born workers.
The administration’s handling of a second strike on narco-trafficking boats shows its selective transparency. Pentagon videos were released, but footage showing the aftermath of the first explosion remains secret. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said this protects classified material but the lack of full disclosure raises serious questions about accountability.
Donald Trump’s responses to death show a striking behavioral shift. In 2020, his reaction to Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death was measured and respectful. By 2025, his response to Rob Reiner and his wife’s deaths was cruel and unfiltered. Early cognitive decline often appears first in social judgment and emotional regulation.
Republicans are beginning to question Trump’s behavior. Nebraska Congressman Don Bacon publicly called Trump’s remarks about Rob Reiner ugly and beneath the presidency. Republican criticism signals genuine concern and challenges the idea that Trump’s impulsivity is strategic.
Jessica Tarlov disrupted the Fox News narrative about the Trump economy. She presented stark data showing the U.S. is adding only 17,000 jobs per month, far below the 100,000 needed to keep up with population growth. Businesses are hesitant to hire or expand due to uncertainty from tariffs and policy volatility. Her clear data-driven explanation undermined the usual Fox framing and showed that economic realities are driving public discontent.
Finally, Sarah Matthews, former Trump White House Deputy Press Secretary, joins us in a Substack Live to discuss Donald Trump’s health cover-ups, the Susie Wiles Vanity Fair controversy, and the challenges of working in Trump’s press office.
On today’s bonus show:
30% of Republicans support bombing the city from Aladdin, Elon Musk nears a $1 trillion net worth, Candace Owens’s audience begins turning on her after meeting with Erika Kirk, and much more…
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Leavitt can't seem to understand that as Deputy Chief of Staff,Susie Wiles had more access to Trump than she did and saw how he made his insane decisions,so she was inside that inner circle of aides and confidants unlike Leavitt. So everything she told Vanity Fair in those interviews was, for all intense purposes, factual and correct! The only one doing any misleading is Leavitt with her daily dose of lies in front of the Washington press corps!
JD Vance is poison. No morals, no conviction. We need someone with integrity, knowledge, and respect for the constitution and the american people