From Fox News: The White House is taking heat from conservatives after Vanity Fair published its bombshell profile of White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, which has dominated the news cycle.
Vanity Fair writer Chris Whipple penned a two-part story Tuesday based on a whopping 11 interviews over the past year with Wiles, one of President Donald Trump’s top aides who made extraordinary comments about her boss and members of his administration.
Wiles bashed the profile, calling it a “disingenuously framed hit piece.”
After Vanity Fair’s negative articles were released Tuesday morning, nearly every member of Trump’s Cabinet released statements voicing their support for Wiles, in what appears to be a concerted effort to slap down the scandal.
However, many conservatives are demanding to know why in the world Wiles would have given even one interview to the liberal reporter, much less 11.
“WTAH Would you even give time to Vanity Fair -⁉️” one prominent X user asked.
Jaimee Michell also asked, “Why even talk to Vanity Fair in the first place? This is expected from them…”
Why even talk to Vanity Fair in the first place? This is expected from them…
— Jaimee Michell (@JaimeeUSA) December 16, 2025
Former congressional candidate Josh Barnett of Arizona wrote, “Why even interview with these corrupt people? Interview with conservative media only…”
Why even interview with these corrupt people? Interview with conservative media only…
— Josh Barnett-AZ (@BarnettforAZ) December 16, 2025
Attorney Jenna Ellis scolded, “You’re not a novice. You had to know what you were doing sitting down with Vanity Fair for ELEVEN interviews. Also, all your comments track and are on record, so what exactly is the context they disregarded?”
You’re not a novice. You had to know what you were doing sitting down with Vanity Fair for ELEVEN interviews.
Also, all your comments track and are on record, so what exactly is the context they disregarded?
— Jenna Ellis 🐊 (@realJennaEllis) December 16, 2025
Investigative journalist Lara Logan wrote:
It is too late in the game for this to be a defense. Anyone close to the President should know that Vanity Fair leads the way in the information war for Trump’s most powerful & despicable enemies. Their job is to set the false narrative for others to folo.
There is no walking this back because all his enemies in the media & outside will run with it relentlessly regardless of the truth. Vanity Fair has political operatives – not journalists. If you do not know this, you are not qualified to be in a junior role let alone a senior one.
Another possibility is that this was done on purpose to set the false narrative & then act as if they’re trying to walk it back – that is also a tactic. Remember when Hillary did her “basket of deplorables” speech in the 2016 election campaign? They quickly walked it back and spent the next ten years attacking/labeling every Republican as a deplorable. So Hillary set the false narrative & then distanced herself personally to avoid responsibility while the rest of the puppets & operatives ran w the false narrative & in many minds it has stuck in spite of the fact that it is false.
It is too late in the game for this to be a defense. Anyone close to the President should know that Vanity Fair leads the way in the information war for Trump’s most powerful & despicable enemies. Their job is to set the false narrative for others to folo. There is no walking…
— Lara Logan (@laralogan) December 16, 2025
Opinion editor Joel Pollak wrote, “I don’t know why Republicans continue to give privileged access to mainstream media or center-left publications determined to destroy them. Journalists are not your friends, especially from Democrat agenda-driven outlets like the @nytimes and @VanityFair.”
I don’t know why Republicans continue to give privileged access to mainstream media or center-left publications determined to destroy them. Journalists are not your friends, especially from Democrat agenda-driven outlets like the @nytimes and @VanityFair. https://t.co/whHNqf7zfU
— Joel Pollak (@joelpollak) December 16, 2025
Mollie Hemingway of The Federalist wrote, “Genuinely sick to death of people on the right who seek the approval of left-wing media. Or even play with them for a minute. I can’t take it. It’s the saddest fetish.”
Genuinely sick to death of people on the right who seek the approval of left-wing media. Or even play with them for a minute. I can’t take it. It’s the saddest fetish.
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) December 16, 2025
As I said before, I assume Vanity Fair took Susie Wiles out of context.
But my question is why do conservatives continue to give interviews to people they know are going to do a hit piece on them?
— Carmine Sabia (@CarmineSabia) December 16, 2025
Mark Hemingway of Real Clear Investigations quipped, “Some day we will have a Republican Party that understands it’s never in their interest to talk to outlets such as Vanity Fair. Today is not that day.”
Some day we will have a Republican Party that understands it’s never in their interest to talk to outlets such as Vanity Fair.
Today is not that day.
— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) December 16, 2025
The scathing rebukes continue….
People need to realize that the legacy press isn’t your friend. There is no amount of inviting them to the WH and being nice to them that will make them write fair and kind things about you. https://t.co/scyCLXB0Ul
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) December 16, 2025
There is no reason whatsoever to EVER do an interview with the mainstream media.
I don’t know why anyone from the administration continues to do so.
There is ZERO upside!!!
All they do is twist the truth, so just stop giving them ANY interviews.
— Matt Van Swol (@mattvanswol) December 16, 2025
Why would you talk to some woke media outlet to begin with? 🤔
— Hodgetwins (@hodgetwins) December 16, 2025
Why in the name of all that is holy did you agree to talk to Vanity Fair?
Did you think ANY of it would end up being truthful?
So disappointed in you…
— Cynical Publius (@CynicalPublius) December 16, 2025
Why would you talk to Vanity Fair… 11 times?!
— Mary Talley Bowden MD (@MaryBowdenMD) December 16, 2025
Why were you doing business with Vanity Fair to begin with?
This is what they do. How could you not know that? https://t.co/Lz2TGoYrpF
— John Ocasio-Rodham Nolte (@NolteNC) December 16, 2025
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