Last April Tony Fabrizioone of the Republican Party’s leading poll analysts, had a conversation with a magazine reporter Policy called Michael Kruse. Meanwhile, Fabrizio uttered the following sentence: “I don’t think anyone in our orbit has as much information as she does; “It touches everything.”
A few days later, Kruse spoke with Carlos Curbeloa former Republican Party congressman, who, referring to the same person, said: “He is currently one of the most important figures in American politics. “And no one,” said a Florida lobbyist named Ronnie’s Book– he even knows who he really is.
It was a 66-year-old woman – she turned 67 the following month – called Susie Wiles.
Born in the late 1950s in New Jersey, Susan Wiles entered the fascinating world of political consulting in 1979, when a young Republican congressman from New York appointed Jack Kemp retained their services. From there, it didn’t take long for him to get into the Ronald Reagan before successively swelling the ranks – to increasingly important positions – of the teams of John Delaney, Tillie Fowler, John Peyton, Rick Scott And Jon Huntsman Jr.. Mayor of Jacksonville, Congressman, Mayor of Jacksonville, Senator and Governor of Utah, respectively. But when Wiles went to work for the latter, his mission was to help him prepare for his candidacy in the 2012 presidential election.
Until finally, in 2016, Wiles was hired by the campaign Donald Trump. This is where it continues to this day.
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People who have worked with Wiles often describe her as a moderate conservative, particularly well-educated and quiet. A profile that doesn’t seem to have much in common with that of his boss. When asked about this, Wiles tends to shrug his shoulders. “I come from a very traditional background”she said to Kruse himself when he finally managed to speak to her. “Early in my career, things like form mattered and a certain level of decorum was expected.” However, he adds, today’s Republican Party – some would say politics in general – is different and you have to adapt or die. “We have to live with the changes that come our way if we want to continue doing what we came to do,” he said.
But, of course, what did Wiles come to do? Many of his biggest admirers are colleagues who work for his two rivals: the Democratic Party or the anti-Trump conservatives known, in the jargon, as Never. They are the ones who have been wondering since the New York businessman’s first electoral victory, in 2016, why such a moderate and restrained woman helps a politician so apparently contrary to his values to achieve triumphs like the landslide victory obtained. week.
Whenever he is confronted with this kind of accusation, Wiles becomes angry. “I usually turn around and walk away and don’t even answer, because it’s a vile thing that doesn’t deserve a response.”he explains. “These people don’t know the inner workings of Trump’s world and, in my opinion, therefore have no right to judge.”
In any case, it is to be hoped that Trump’s second presidential term has managed to inscribe his name in the history books which, in the decades to come, and who knows if centuries, will seek to explain the political drift experienced by the United States. during the first half of the 21st century.
With names like George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, Dick Cheney, Michelle Obama, J.D. Vance, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Bernie Sanders, Valerie Jarrett, Ron DeSantis or Trump’s might just find his own. Susan Wiles. Accompanied for example by the description given by Joe Grutersthe former leader of the Republican Party of Florida: “The most valuable political advisor in the country. »
