Wiles was a lobbyist before she started to work for PDJT and her clients were reported to be pharma, among other powerful corporations/industries. Those people never break their ties or abandon old friends because they know their White House job is temporary. It will take a lot to persuade me that Wiles was a white hat. She may not have been the blackest of hats, but she did NOT work for PDJT. She had other loyalties and that was evident by some of the decisions that President Trump made, especially regarding MAHA.
I could see the conflict between RFK Jr. and the White House from way up here in Canada and the decisions and public statements made no sense. I’m actually surprised that RFK didn’t just quit because of the roadblocks Wiles threw up that trace back to her loyalties to pharma. Many have reported that she was pretty much running the country because nothing got to PDJT that she didn’t approve of first. Now that she’s gone, we may be able to expect that more policies will advance that actually benefit Americans and not industries or corporations that do not operate in the best interests of Americans (pharma, Pepsi, etc.). And I’ve read that Wiles’ daughter is now a lobbyist and her employer has done well by Susie. Good riddance to someone who was there to enrich herself and her family, rather than advance PDJT’s agenda.
As a final point, I’m starting to see that President Trump puts so much stock in loyalty that, if you’re able to persuade him that you’re loyal to him, he will overlook many other bad characteristics or problems about you that others might bring to him about you. It appears to be a blind spot for him and I’m optimistic that Stephen Miller can change a few things. MAHA needs to move forward ‘bigly’ to restore the health and safety of children, mostly. I 100% believe that Wiles and her own secret loyalties were standing in the way of that.
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Susie Wiles and Pam Bondi both worked as lobbyists for Ballard Partners, a prominent lobbying firm where they overlapped as colleagues before joining the Trump administration.
Ballard Partners: Wiles was a partner at this Florida-based firm from 2011 until 2019, while Bondi was a partner in its D.C. office from 2019 to 2020 (and later returned). They represented major corporate clients including General Motors, Amazon, and Uber, as well as foreign interests like the government of Qatar.
Mercury Public Affairs: After leaving Ballard, Susie Wiles worked for Mercury Public Affairs from 2022 until her appointment as Chief of Staff in 2024. During this time, she lobbied exclusively for Swisher International, a tobacco company.
Federal disclosures indicate that Wiles lobbied for 42 clients between 2017 and 2024, while Bondi registered to lobby for 30 different clients during her tenure at Ballard.