President-elect Donald Trump praises his campaign adviser Susie Wiles during an election night event at the Palm Beach Convention Center on November 6 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Trump has asked Wiles to serve as his chief of staff when he takes office in January.

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President-elect Donald Trump has named his first candidate for his upcoming term: campaign manager Susie Wiles will be Trump's chief of staff in the White House.

Wiles will be the first woman to serve as White House chief of staff.

Wiles quietly ran Trump's campaign and made very few media or public appearances, although Trump proudly introduced her during his election night speech in Palm Beach, Florida, saying, “Susie likes to stay a little in the background, I can tell you that.” .” The Ice Maiden. We call her the Ice Maiden.”

He asked if she wanted to speak, and she declined, pushing senior campaign adviser — and his running mate — Chris LaCivita, forward.

In a statement, Trump emphasized her role in his 2024 election victory, calling her “tough, smart, innovative and widely admired and respected.” He continued that it was “a well-deserved honor to have Susie as the first female chief of staff in the history of the United States.”

Wiles has worked on and off for Trump's political operation since 2016. She originally ran campaign operations in Florida before helping then-candidate Ron DeSantis win the governorship in 2018, which she called the “biggest mistake” of her career in an interview with The AtlanticThis is Tim Alberta. She was named CEO of Trump's Save America PAC in 2021 and became a senior member of the campaign leadership when Trump announced his candidacy to retake the White House.