Trump is reportedly looking to replace Susie Wiles: ‘She’s burned a lot of people’

He once praised her as the “ice maiden” who shepherded him to a second term in the White House, but now their relationship is getting frosty.

According to Politico, President Donald Trump has been calling up friends and allies to inquire whether it’s time for him to sack his longest-serving chief of staff, Susie Wiles, and replace her with a fresh face atop the White House totem pole.

Citing four sources with direct knowledge of the president’s conversations, the outlet reported that Trump has been floating several names for a successor to Wiles, the veteran Florida political operative who is the first woman to serve in the chief of staff position.

He reportedly has found no shortage of people willing to encourage him to dump his loyal aide overboard, with one GOP operative noting that Wiles has “burned a lot of people” in her time leading Trump’s administration.

A Republican elected official whose views have been solicited by the president said he has mused about elevating Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller or bringing in New York Yankees executive Randy Levine to run things as his top aide.

He’s also considering tapping his longtime friend turned roving peace negotiator, Steve Witkoff, as well as federal housing boss Bill Pulte.

And with the possibility of a hostile Democratic-led Congress on the horizon, Trump is also raising the possibility of bringing in former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, with allies of the California Republican suggesting that McCarthy, who had a good working relationship with Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries, could smooth over the inevitable tensions between Trump and a Democratic majority.,

But Trump poured cold water on the idea that he’s looking to make a change at the top of his staff roster, telling Politico that Wiles “has my COMPLETE confidence” and bashing the outlet as not caring about “facts, integrity, or honest journalism.”

Wiles is the fifth person to serve as White House Chief of Staff across Trump’s two terms, and has been in that role longer than anyone, has spent most of his second term running what GOP sources tell The Independent has been a tight ship with fewer leaks and less infighting than the chaotic environment that characterized Trump’s first four years in the White House.

But in recent weeks she has been either sidelined or kept of of the loop as Trump has made major decisions without her input.

In the West Wing, there is a growing sense of unease among administration officials over Trump’s decision to bypass Wiles as he tapped Katie Zacharia, a frequent commentator on right-wing television, to replace Karoline Leavitt as his press secretary.

The Independent understands that Wiles was attempting to entice CNN commentator Scott Jennings, the network’s high-profile Trump defender, to replace Leavitt in order to keep the press secretary’s job in the hands of someone who is polished, professional, and understands the complexity of the role.

But Trump struck when Wiles was out of pocket, making the snap decision to hire Zacharia late last week despite her utter lack of experience in anything except defending him on television.

The result was Zacharias delivering a disastrously awkward first briefing after just one day in the job on Tuesday and days of negative news coverage over her long-running misrepresentation of her inability to practice law.