Hey, everyone, it's me, Sam Stein. I'm here right after taping a segment on MS now with Nicole Wallace.

We spent a lot of time talking about this explosive piece on White House Chief of Staff,

Susie Wiles, that came out this morning in Vanity Fair. If you haven't seen it yet,

go check it out. It is two separate pieces built off of 11 separate interviews

that Susie Wiles conducted, the author Chris Whipple, who has written the book on White House

Chiefs of Staff. I'll let you watch the MS Now clip with Nicole. I'm kind of curious for

how you feel about what I said and also just sort of the piece in general.

So please drop some comments in the feed. I'll take a look at them. What struck me about the reaction to the interview is just how perplexed everyone is.

And we're not talking just about, you know, the Republicans. I mean, that we can spend a lot

time there. The general reaction from Republicans is why did she do this? Why vanity fair? What was she

possibly thinking? And all those are very valid questions. I actually don't really understand

why she chose to do this. We're talking about

someone who's incredibly reclusive. She doesn't do interviews. She never tweets. In fact,

today in response to the Vanity Fairpiece was, I believe, the first time she had posted an original

tweet since October 31st, 2024. It's over a year. That's a lot of time.

She just doesn't speak to the public. She did speak to Vanity Fair 11 separate times on the record.

And it's just a sort of curious decision, especially because this administration rarely works

with non-Maga outlets, at least in this fashion.

Part of me wonders if it's just because they like the alert of Vanity Fair and they really

just wanted to get their photos done and look all glitzy and glamorous.

And, you know, part of, you know, some of them think, well, Democrats get to have all

the fun and be in Vanity Fair.

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