First-ever in US history: Trump picks a woman White House chief of staff | The Business Standard
Skip to main content
  • Latest
  • Epaper
  • Economy
    • Banking
    • Stocks
    • Industry
    • Analysis
    • Bazaar
    • RMG
    • Corporates
    • Aviation
  • Videos
    • TBS Today
    • TBS Stories
    • TBS World
    • News of the day
    • TBS Programs
    • Podcast
    • Editor's Pick
  • World+Biz
  • Features
    • Panorama
    • The Big Picture
    • Pursuit
    • Habitat
    • Thoughts
    • Splash
    • Mode
    • Tech
    • Explorer
    • Brands
    • In Focus
    • Book Review
    • Earth
    • Food
    • Luxury
    • Wheels
  • More
    • Sports
    • TBS Graduates
    • Bangladesh
    • Supplement
    • Infograph
    • Archive
    • Gallery
    • Long Read
    • Interviews
    • Offbeat
    • Magazine
    • Climate Change
    • Health
    • Cartoons
  • বাংলা
The Business Standard

Sunday
June 22, 2025

Sign In
Subscribe
  • Latest
  • Epaper
  • Economy
    • Banking
    • Stocks
    • Industry
    • Analysis
    • Bazaar
    • RMG
    • Corporates
    • Aviation
  • Videos
    • TBS Today
    • TBS Stories
    • TBS World
    • News of the day
    • TBS Programs
    • Podcast
    • Editor's Pick
  • World+Biz
  • Features
    • Panorama
    • The Big Picture
    • Pursuit
    • Habitat
    • Thoughts
    • Splash
    • Mode
    • Tech
    • Explorer
    • Brands
    • In Focus
    • Book Review
    • Earth
    • Food
    • Luxury
    • Wheels
  • More
    • Sports
    • TBS Graduates
    • Bangladesh
    • Supplement
    • Infograph
    • Archive
    • Gallery
    • Long Read
    • Interviews
    • Offbeat
    • Magazine
    • Climate Change
    • Health
    • Cartoons
  • বাংলা
SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 2025
First-ever in US history: Trump picks a woman White House chief of staff

World+Biz

Reuters
08 November, 2024, 11:20 am
Last modified: 08 November, 2024, 11:50 am

Related News

  • Trump threatens sanctions against buyers of Iranian oil after US-Iran nuclear talks are postponed
  • Trump struggles to explain weak economic data as he reaches 100-day mark
  • US Congress Republicans seek $27 billion for Golden Dome in Trump tax bill
  • Trump poised to offer Saudi Arabia over $100 billion arms package, sources say
  • Putin agrees to 30-day halt on energy facility strikes but no full Ukraine ceasefire

First-ever in US history: Trump picks a woman White House chief of staff

The low-key Wiles, 67, will be the first woman to serve as White House chief of staff

Reuters
08 November, 2024, 11:20 am
Last modified: 08 November, 2024, 11:50 am
Susie Wiles reacts as Republican presidential nominee and former US President Donald Trump speaks, following early results from the 2024 US presidential election in Palm Beach County Convention Center, in West Palm Beach, Florida, 6 November 2024. Photo: Reuters
Susie Wiles reacts as Republican presidential nominee and former US President Donald Trump speaks, following early results from the 2024 US presidential election in Palm Beach County Convention Center, in West Palm Beach, Florida, 6 November 2024. Photo: Reuters

President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday announced that Susie Wiles, one of his two campaign managers, will be his White House chief of staff, entrusting a top position to a political operative who helped the Republican win election.

The appointment was the first of what is expected to be a flurry of staffing announcements as Trump girds for a return to the White House on 20 January.

As gatekeeper to the president, the chief of staff typically wields great influence. The person manages White House staff, organises the president's time and schedule, and maintains contact with other government departments and lawmakers.

The Business Standard Google News Keep updated, follow The Business Standard's Google news channel

The low-key Wiles, 67, will be the first woman to serve as White House chief of staff.

"Susie is tough, smart, innovative, and is universally admired and respected," Trump said in a statement. 

"I have no doubt that she will make our country proud."

Who is Susie Wiles, Donald Trump’s new White House chief of staff?

Trump has been secluded at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, since defeating Democrat Kamala Harris in Tuesday's election.

He is considering a wide array of people for top jobs in his administration, many of them familiar figures from his 2017-2021 presidency, four sources said.

Wiles, a long-time Florida-based political strategist, and fellow campaign manager Chris LaCivita are credited with running a more disciplined operation for Trump's third presidential bid compared with his past campaigns.

Trump thanked them both during his victory speech early on Wednesday.

"Susie likes to stay in the back, let me tell you," Trump said, as she stood toward the back of the stage. 

"We call her the ice maiden."

 

Several people who have worked with Wiles said in interviews on Thursday that she would provide stability and sage counsel to Trump in the White House.

Trump ran through four chiefs of staff - an unusually high number - during his 2017-2021 term as they struggled to rein in the famously undisciplined president.

"Susie is a strong woman and a true leader with a proven track record of getting things done," said Republican strategist Ford O'Connell.

Wiles previously worked on Ronald Reagan's 1980 presidential campaign and helped Florida's Republican Governor Ron DeSantis win the election in 2018. She served as a senior adviser on Trump's 2016 and 2020 bids.

Trump chose Wiles over former House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy, a California Republican who is close to Trump and has been a frequent visitor to Mar-a-Lago.

Sources said McCarthy had been in contention as well as Brooke Rollins, who was the former acting director of Trump's Domestic Policy Council.

A fierce Trump ally, New York Republican Representative Elise Stefanik, is under consideration to be US ambassador to the United Nations, a source familiar with the matter said.

Former US Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell, who was an acting intelligence chief in Trump's first term and was with him when he recently met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in New York, is under consideration for secretary of state.

Republican Senator Bill Hagerty, a former US ambassador to Japan, is also under consideration for that position, the sources said.

Hagerty, asked by CNN about being considered for a role in Trump's administration, said, "I'll leave the speculation to the speculators."

Top News

Susie Wiles / White house chief of staff / Donal Trump

Comments

While most comments will be posted if they are on-topic and not abusive, moderation decisions are subjective. Published comments are readers’ own views and The Business Standard does not endorse any of the readers’ comments.

Top Stories

  • A B-2 Spirit stealth bomber takes off at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, April 30, 2025. Photo: US Air Force/Staff Sgt. Joshua Hastings/Handout via REUTERS
    Trump says US to go after other Iran targets if peace doesn't come
  • Photo: Courtesy
    Bangladesh, China, Pakistan pledge to deepen trilateral cooperation
  • Infograph: TBS
    Govt moves to curb family control, protect policyholders in insurance sector

MOST VIEWED

  • Dhaka Medical College students demonstrate over five demands in front of the institution's main gate in Dhaka on 21 June 2025. Photo: Courtesy
    Dhaka Medical College closed indefinitely amid protests over accommodation, students ordered to vacate halls
  • US Ambassador Dorothy Shea. Photo: Collected
    US ambassador mistakenly says Israel ‘spreading terror’
  • Infographic: TBS
    Airlines struggle to acquire planes amid global supply shortage
  • Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan. Sketch: TBS
    Energy prices fall as import arrears reduced to $700–800m: Adviser
  • A US Air Force B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber (C) is flanked by 4 US Marine Corps F-35 fighters during a flyover of military aircraft down the Hudson River and New York Harbor past York City, and New Jersey, US 4 July, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo
    B-2 bombers moving to Guam amid Middle East tensions, US officials say
  • A group of students from United International University (UIU) block the main road in Dhaka’s Bhatara Notun Bazar area protesting the expulsion of 26 final-year honours students on Saturday, 21 June 2025. Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS
    Students block road at Notun Bazar in protest against expulsion of 26 UIU students

Related News

  • Trump threatens sanctions against buyers of Iranian oil after US-Iran nuclear talks are postponed
  • Trump struggles to explain weak economic data as he reaches 100-day mark
  • US Congress Republicans seek $27 billion for Golden Dome in Trump tax bill
  • Trump poised to offer Saudi Arabia over $100 billion arms package, sources say
  • Putin agrees to 30-day halt on energy facility strikes but no full Ukraine ceasefire

Features

Illustration: TBS

Examophobia tearing apart Bangladesh’s education system

10h | Panorama
Airmen look at a GBU-57, or Massive Ordnance Penetrator bomb, at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, US in 2023. Photo: Collected

Is the US preparing for direct military action in Iran?

22h | Panorama
Monsoon in Bandarban’s hilly hiking trails means endless adventure — something hundreds of Bangladeshi hikers eagerly await each year. But the risks are sometimes not worth the reward. Photo: Collected

Tragedy on the trail: The deadly cost of unregulated adventure tourism in Bangladesh’s hills

1d | Panorama
BUET Professor Md Ehsan stands beside his newly designed autorickshaw—just 3.2 metres long and 1.5 metres wide—built for two passengers to ensure greater stability and prevent tipping. With a safety-focused top speed of 30 km/h, the vehicle can be produced at an estimated cost of Tk1.5 lakh. Photo: Junayet Rashel

Buet’s smart fix for Dhaka's autorickshaws

2d | Features

More Videos from TBS

The strategy that keeps Iran alive despite US sanctions

The strategy that keeps Iran alive despite US sanctions

10h | Others
Pekua Rupai Canal nearing death due to encroachment and pollution

Pekua Rupai Canal nearing death due to encroachment and pollution

40m | TBS Stories
What Badiul Alam Majumder said about the election of representatives to the upper house

What Badiul Alam Majumder said about the election of representatives to the upper house

10h | TBS Today
No chance of postponing LDC graduation: Commerce Secretary

No chance of postponing LDC graduation: Commerce Secretary

11h | TBS Today
EMAIL US
contact@tbsnews.net
FOLLOW US
WHATSAPP
+880 1847416158
The Business Standard
  • About Us
  • Contact us
  • Sitemap
  • Advertisement
  • Privacy Policy
  • Comment Policy
Copyright © 2025
The Business Standard All rights reserved
Technical Partner: RSI Lab

Contact Us

The Business Standard

Main Office -4/A, Eskaton Garden, Dhaka- 1000

Phone: +8801847 416158 - 59

Send Opinion articles to - oped.tbs@gmail.com

For advertisement- sales@tbsnews.net