Susie Willies is the Chief of Staff of the President.
She controls his agenda. She sometimes takes decisions on his behalf.
She is one of the very few people that Donald Trump actually trusts.
In 2010, she helped healthcare businessman Rick Scott become Governor of Florida.
She went to create a corporate lobbying firm named Ballard Partners. She recruited Pam Bondi as a lobbyist for Ballard Partners.
In 2018, she helped Ron De Santis become Governor Governor of Florida.
In 2024, Susie Willies was the top campaign manager of Donald Trump.
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Routhinator@startrek.website · 113 pts · 1y
yggstyle@lemmy.world · 100 pts · 1y
Am I the only one that thinks 90% of the people in the clowns orbit should be put in homes for the elderly and insane?
We've got bro getting ready to fingerpaint with pudding and queen karen-de-ville realizing the voices are in the room with her.
philophilsaurus@sh.itjust.works · 31 pts · 1y
You’re going to let them off easy like that?
yggstyle@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
It's only right that they experience homes for the insane as they were during their generation ;) I certainly wouldn't want them to feel out of place.
Lemminary@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Omg, I'm stealing that one.
Whostosay@sh.itjust.works · 85 pts · 1y
I really hate to make a remark about appearance, but she's got mad crazy person eyes. Most of the worst people I've ever met have that same look in their eyes.
Whostosay@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 1y
Here I was thinking I was going to get nuked, but it looks like all of you have seen this shit and have been willing to run some yellow tape.
Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 12 pts · 1y
There's always a look to it. As long as you keep in mind that it can be wrong and adjust your view of people accordingly if corrected, it's not super wrong to judge by appearances
Whostosay@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y
That's exactly what I do, I just couldn't put it into words. Thank you
That said, I've seen a time or two where this bitch right here has done some wrongs, likely associated with one or more of those eyes.
Archer@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Michelle Bachmann crazy eyes
Eh_I@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Stepford meets Skynet
simple@piefed.social · 46 pts · 1y
Why should I know this
Thteven@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 1y
Just in case you catch her crossing the street.
drmoose@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y
Just in case you see her on a trolley track and mom said it's your turn to control the switch
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works · 27 pts · 1y
For reasons. Idk if she gets SS protections but they might not be as much.
victorz@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
To know which boot to lick. Wait, the other thing...
phx@lemmy.ca · 38 pts · 1y
She's the Umbridge to his Voldemort
Angry_Autist@lemmy.world · -16 pts · 1y
Part of the reason we have a fascist infestation right now is you people's only response to the threat of our democracy collapsing is to fucking make harry potter memes
Lemminary@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 1y
Humor is how people cope with the bullshit happening all around us. If anything, humor is what keeps people going. No part of that joke minimizes the threat to democracy in my mind. Quite the contrary, it makes the threat manageable without succumbing to misery and giving up. We can do two things at once.
jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y
What an absolutely odd response.
HurricaneLiz@hilariouschaos.com · 4 pts · 1y
We're having nationwide protests today called Rage Against the Regime, if that helps any. Some tiny amount anyways. They're not talked about like the No Kings protests were tho. I'm assuming we'll start protests every weekend at some point
dickalan@lemmy.world · -4 pts · 1y
These people don’t realize by making fun of the awful things He’s doing it normalizes it.
Asidonhopo@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
A lot of people I'm convinced look at the administrations hijinks as entertainment. Gallows humor maybe but humor nonetheless. I am so sick of seeing Trump et al treating leadership as a joke.
dickalan@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Here’s an excerpt from one of the posts on it
Counter Vlad Surkov techniques and methods
Introduction to the Kremlin media techniques of year 2014
Peter Pomerantsev September 9, 2014: Russia and the Menace of Unreality. How Vladimir Putin is revolutionizing information warfare
Adam Curtis, BBC, December 31, 2014: On The "Contradictory Vaudeville" Of Post-Modern Politics - "What this film is going to suggest is that that defeatist response has become a central part of a new system of political control. And to understand how this is happening, you have to look to Russia, to a man called Vladislav Surkov, who is a hero of our time. Surkov is one of President Putin's advisers, and has helped him maintain his power for 15 years, but he has done it in a very new way."
Book reading from December 5, 2014 on the subject by Peter Pomerantsev
dickalan@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
This person also believes this and has also several several instances on Reddit as well https://lemmy.world/c/CounterSurkov@lemm.ee
tane@lemy.lol · -7 pts · 1y
phx@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 1y
I've read plenty of books, and I'm not really a huge Potter fan but it happens that my kids were re watching the old movies.
Still, Umbridge stands in my mind as one a great example of somebody who assists evil by hamstringing good and chipping away at hope, all while stating "this is for your own good" mentality.
It's one of the few TV characters that actually made me angry because she's so believable
ddplf@szmer.info · 1 pts · 1y
"Lemmoids", shit dude, is there even any place you feel at home at this point?
Angry_Autist@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
There is no public forum not infested with the alt-right, so no, there is no digital home for sane people on the internet anymore
cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone · 32 pts · 1y
so she's the eva braun to donald trump.
Ceedoestrees@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
But he fucks her through a handmaid proxy.
Eh_I@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
NSFL!
jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 1y
Look at that happy healthy calm facial expression.
damnedfurry@lemmy.world · -13 pts · 1y
Is appearance really the first thing it occurs to you to comment on?
EDIT: "Yes, body-shaming is indeed my chief concern, hence my comments based on candid photos" was the response. Cringe.
ddplf@szmer.info · 17 pts · 1y
Ah shit, you're right, I almost forgot that people have no control over their facial expression!
Crashumbc@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
TBF you film anyone long enough you're going to capture some strange expressions.
Disclaimer: this is in no way a defense of her. Just a general statement.
TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 1y
I haven't seen the show, but the premise of "The Thick of It" is that the real powerful figures are staffers, not the politicians themselves.
ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1y
You must! It's easily my favourite comedy show of the 00s, but if you're not a Brit you'll probably need subs, lol.
HurricaneLiz@hilariouschaos.com · 2 pts · 1y
But I like Googling British phrases, I want to talk like that! Watching My Oxford Year rn and have paused it like 5 times and I'm not even halfway through 😂
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omnishambles
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org · 21 pts · 1y
Had to try a couple of searches before I came up with the correct spelling: Susie Wiles.
Greg@lemmy.ca · 19 pts · 1y
She doesn't look very strong
cheese_greater@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 1y
Are her pupils oddly dilated?
cloudless@piefed.social · 38 pts · 1y
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world · 35 pts · 1y
I think one of those is homelander.....
AnIntenseMoist@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 1y
Yeah, I see it. The bottom-right is just before he activates his eye lasers.
crazycraw@crazypeople.online · 13 pts · 1y
no, bottom left is after he drinks milk and realizes there's more milk.
yggstyle@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
Nonono that one is Chucky from Childs Play. Not to be confused with Orange Chunky from Plays with Children.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 1y
the bottom is a demon inhabiting a soulless body.
victorz@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
She seen some shit bro. Once, she walked in on Trump, doing... you know what.
Zorque@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
... tweeting?
Jarix@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y
Fucking a child, I assume
HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 1y
cheese_greater@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Im guessing shes on Adderall or Dexedrine.
acockworkorange@mander.xyz · 4 pts · 1y
No. She looks like a regular elder Karen suburbanite. I'd wager if you take a regular and give it the same power as her, it would turn out just like her. Hopefully less successful.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 1y
shes basically the karen version of government minder for trump/republicans.
Enzyoo@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 18 pts · 1y
Just a manipulative caretaker of the elderly
njm1314@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 1y
First woman to hold the position of white house chief of staff. Well done ladies. Way to hit the ground running.
urheber@discuss.tchncs.de · -3 pts · 1y
????
000@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 17 pts · 1y
She works for a pedo. Yuck
TwinTitans@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 1y
Looking at this crowd of people it’s hilarious to see people actually wearing that ridiculous hat. Do people actually do this in the US? 😂
CtrlAltDeltaco@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 23 pts · 1y
The hats are just the tip of the iceberg. Political apparel isn't anything new, but it's usually just reserved for election years. For a lot in MAGA, it's everyday. And it's not just clothing.
Driving through rural areas or small towns, the amount of Trump flags flying in front of homes today, well after the election, is staggering. Flags are what get me because I can't think of any other candidate who had their name on a flag that people actually flew alongside of or in place of the American flag. I do not remember ever seeing Bush flags, or Obama flags, or Biden flags. This is different. This idolatry is not normal.
Taalnazi@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
They're Nazis. Enough said.
They're so weak they want to bootlick a fascist rather than to stand up for themselves.
Dearth@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 1y
Yes. Not even at rallies. People wear trump hats really in public. It's embarrassing
HiddenLychee@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
I wish I lived your life
b161@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 14 pts · 1y
Another name for the Death Note.
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Hey, mod... GFY, bitch.
Blackmist@feddit.uk · 11 pts · 1y
Well at least Ozzie Osbourne's make up artist has still got a job
shalafi@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y
Wow! She's the real life version of Kathy Bates in Primary Colors!
Talk about an underrated movie.
thermal_shock@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Just downloaded this last week, now I gotta watch it.
shalafi@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
I was a young adult under Clinton so this packed punch for me. Travolta nailed the role, and so did everyone else.
Won't spoil it but I'd love to chat after you see it!
rizzothesmall@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 1y
Fucking hell, you'd think being the most powerful woman in the US would afford you the ability to change your name from Willies
victorz@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
It gives me the Trumpies.
emax_gomax@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y
Friendly reminder the guy who organised lenins calendar was bloody stalin. That's a level of discretionary control over a highly powerful individual that could basically let you choose the next president.
MTK@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
Pretty sure I can beat her in a fight. Not so powerful now, are we??
ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
Wiki says her last name is Wiles (née Summerall), btw.
HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com · 6 pts · 1y
Nah she'll always be willies to me because that's what she gives me.
AJ1@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 1y
... what exactly does "takes decisions on his behalf" mean? I've never "taken" someone else's decision, afaik... but I don't really know what that's supposed to mean, so whatever
scarabic@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 1y
Some people say “make a decision” and some people say “take a decision.” In my experience most Americans say “make a decision,” but both are valid and mean the same thing.
AndrewZabar@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 1y
No, some people say make decision, and some people make a typo, or just plain don’t have a decent rudimentary vocabulary.
scarabic@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
And some people don’t read much, talk to very many people, or ever leave their home country.
AndrewZabar@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y
This is true too.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 1y
she would be the female counterpart of thiel, thiel was pretty "close" vicinity to trump in his first term, and prior to jd vance spotlight. he has taken more of backdoor approach the 2nd time.
jpreston2005@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
in b4 it turns out she's besties with gislaine
reddig33@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
“She controls his agenda.”
Define agenda. Are we talking meetings calendar? Because people like Putin and Peter Thiel influence what Trump actually says and does.
scarabic@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 1y
Controlling the meeting calendar for the president is more than just the clerical work of a personal assistant. The president works and makes decisions by meeting with people. She decides who gets access to him today. She deflects people she doesn’t think are worth his time. Over the long run she can have extraordinary influence over him and what choices he has in front of him to make. She can effectively block people she doesn’t want to have any access. Thats a lot of power for someone most people don’t know by name.
Hawke@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
Especially since he listens to whatever someone said to him most recently.
LesserAbe@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
Besides what the other commenter replied, with Trump there's a special value in controlling his agenda because often the last person he talks to will have the most sway. There have been stories about his appointees taking advantage of a rival appointee being away or in a meeting, and getting Trump to issue an order or even just tweet a position on something so it's harder to walk back when someone else gets his ear.
njm1314@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
White house chief of staff have incredible power. Sometimes they are referred to as the co-president even.
thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org · 5 pts · 1y
wrf mr general dude.... love the horns while your branch of the military is engaging...
but sir, have some sense of decency
Diddlydee@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 1y
Susie Willies. I bet she does.
ZephyrXero@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
You can tell she's a piece of shit just by looking at her
Eh_I@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
I thought Loomer was the keeper of the king's stool
digdilem@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y
aka, Leo
Railing5132@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Yeah, but... not good.
Smoogs@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Looks a bit like Bitsy from Central Park if it wasn’t a cartoon.
aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 1y
skisnow@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1y
hur, hur, you said "willies"
percent@infosec.pub · -2 pts · 1y
🤔 why should I know this?
TheCleric@lemmy.org · 5 pts · 1y
Why not?
percent@infosec.pub · -3 pts · 1y
Well I don't see any reason why I should, despite the "YSK" part
TheCleric@lemmy.org · 4 pts · 1y
I mean, praising ignorance is never that cool of a look
percent@infosec.pub · -1 pts · 1y
Like... In general, or are you referring to a particular situation in which that happened?
I'd disagree with the "never" part, in general. For example, it's probably good not to know how it feels to murder.