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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Wed Dec 17, 2025, 06:01 PM Dec 17

Olivia of Troye - Susie Wiles and the Myth of "Not Being an Enabler" [View all]

When I read Chris Whipple’s Vanity Fair profile of Susie Wiles, the most powerful person in Donald Trump’s White House who is not named Donald Trump, one line stopped me cold.

"I’m not an enabler." - Susie Wiles

I’ve heard that sentence before. I said versions of it to myself while working in the first Trump White House.

And here’s the hard truth that only people who have worked inside that White House truly understand:

You cannot work for Donald Trump and not become an enabler at some point along the way.

https://www.livingitwitholiviatroye.com/p/susie-wiles-and-the-myth-of-not-being

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