Claims that Susie Wiles, Donald Trump's White House chief of staff, had undermined or 'betrayed' the president began circulating this week after a high-profile magazine profile drew attention to her remarks about Trump's leadership style.
The controversy centred on a Vanity Fair interview in which Wiles was quoted using a metaphor that compared aspects of Trump's temperament to that of an alcoholic. The wording was widely shared online and interpreted by some critics and supporters as evidence of disloyalty from one of Trump's closest advisers.
