Susie Wiles, the 'ice baby,' is a top contender for Trump's chief of staff, sources say

Speculation is surging that Susie Wiles, a seasoned governmental operative who worked intimately with President-elect Donald Trump during his campaign, could instrumentality a apical presumption successful his caller administration.

Sources wrong Trump's modulation squad and others adjacent to the erstwhile president's run confirmed to Fox News that Wiles is reportedly the frontrunner for White House Chief of Staff – who volition oversee the Executive Office of the President.

Trump, during his triumph solemnisation successful West Palm Beach precocious Tuesday night, gave peculiar acknowledgment to Wiles for her salient relation passim the campaign. 

"Let maine besides explicit my tremendous appreciation for Susie [Wiles] and Chris [LaCivita], the occupation you did. Susie, come, Susie," Trump said, inviting her up to the microphone, but Wiles refrained from making comments.

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Donald Trump attends a crippled betwixt the NFL Pittsburgh Steelers and the New York Jets with elder run advisor Susie Wiles connected Oct. 20, 2024 successful Latrobe, Pennsylvania. (Evan Vucci)

"Susie likes to enactment benignant of successful the back, fto maine archer you. The crystal baby. We telephone her the crystal baby. Susie likes to enactment successful the background. She's not successful the background," Trump added. "Thank you, Susie."

NBC News besides reported that Wiles is seen arsenic the frontrunner to go Trump’s main of staff. Two sources successful Trump’s governmental orbit didn't question Fox News disconnected the reporting.

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Wiles' decades-long governmental vocation stretches backmost to moving arsenic erstwhile President Ronald Reagan's run scheduler for his 1980 statesmanlike bid.

Donald Trump greets his run manager Susie Wiles (L) during an predetermination nighttime lawsuit astatine the West Palm Beach Convention Center successful West Palm Beach, Florida, connected Nov. 6, 2024. Republican erstwhile president Donald Trump closed successful connected a caller word successful the White House aboriginal November 6, 2024, conscionable needing a fistful of electoral votes to decision Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris. (Jim Watson)

Wiles managed respective campaigns passim her governmental career, including erstwhile Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr.'s statesmanlike run and Florida Sen. Rick Scott's Senate bid.

The Florida-based advisor successfully managed the operations for Trump's 2016 and 2020 campaigns successful the Sunshine State, contributing to his victories successful Florida during some elections. In betwixt statesmanlike cycles, Wiles helped Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis with his 2018 re-election bid.

Wiles presently serves arsenic a elder advisor to Trump and is run co-chair alongside Chris LaCivita.

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Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was antecedently floated arsenic a imaginable contender for the role, but precocious told "The Guy Benson Show" that helium would not instrumentality the presumption if it was offered. 

"People ever inquire if I'm going to beryllium main of staff, nary I'm not going to be...that's a no," helium said.