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Vanity Fair article on the Trump White House was brutal, merciless and invaluable

Close-up photographs serve as reminders of the power of the image and of magazine journalism

White House chief of staff Susie Wiles took no issue with any of the facts stated in a Vanity Fair article, but called it 'a disingenuously framed hit piece on me and the finest president, White House staff and cabinet in history'. Photograph: Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times
White House chief of staff Susie Wiles took no issue with any of the facts stated in a Vanity Fair article, but called it 'a disingenuously framed hit piece on me and the finest president, White House staff and cabinet in history'. Photograph: Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times
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Mark O’Connell
Sun Dec 21 2025 - 07:00 • 5 MIN READ