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President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday that he has named senior adviser Susie Wiles as his chief of staff. The longtime Florida political operative and the highest-ranking woman in his campaign will become the first woman to hold the key position.

“Susie Wiles helped me achieve one of the greatest political victories in American history and was an integral part of my successful 2016 and 2020 campaigns,” the president-elect said in a statement.

“Susie is tough, smart, innovative, and universally admired and respected,” he said, adding, “It is a well-deserved honor to have Susie as the first female chief of staff in United States history. I have no doubt he will make our country proud.”

Wiles was one of the de facto co-chairs of the Trump campaign. Her long career in Florida politics includes a key role in helping Trump win Florida in 2016, flipping the state and setting him on a stunning rightward trajectory that has led to conservative policies such as six-week abortion bans and restrictions on schools in discussing LGBTQ+ identity. Wiles went on to help Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to victory in both 2018 and 2022, though she eventually left his administration and went on to say in an interview that working for the governor was the “biggest mistake” of her career.

It’s unclear what role Wiles’ influence will have on Trump in the White House. IN A interview with Politico, Wiles said he “didn’t like” the events of January 6, 2021, when a violent mob stormed the US Capitol following a rally during which Trump said the election was stolen from him. But Wiles also said, “I didn’t think he caused it.”

Wiles appeared briefly on stage at Trump’s victory remarks in West Palm Beach on Wednesday morning, giving the audience a glimpse of the agent, who is known for working behind the scenes but will wield a lot of power over the country as Trump moves to White house. .

“Susie, come. Susie, come here,” Trump said during his victory speech on Wednesday, motioning with his hands for Wiles to say a few words on stage as she repeatedly refused to speak. “Susie likes to sit kind of in the back. Let me tell you, ice child. We call her the ice baby. … Susie likes to stay in the background. She is not in the background.”

After Wiles refused, Trump again tried to get her on the microphone as she continued to back away.

Wiles stepped into the spotlight briefly in the waning days of the campaign, a rarity. On October 31, Wiles took to the social networking site X to push back on comments from billionaire Mark Cuban, who said Trump doesn’t surround himself with “strong, intelligent women.”

“I’m told (Mark Cuban) needs help identifying the strong, intelligent women around Pres. trump card Well, here we are!” Wiles said.

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