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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    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? 😂

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      Yes. Not even at rallies. People wear trump hats really in public. It’s embarrassing

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    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.

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      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.

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    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.

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    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.

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      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.

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        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

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          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.

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      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

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        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.

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        Downvoted by dipshit lemmoids but holy shit it is truly the only reference they make. Read literally any other book you fucking losers

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          “Lemmoids”, shit dude, is there even any place you feel at home at this point?

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          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

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        These people don’t realize by making fun of the awful things He’s doing it normalizes it.

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          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.

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    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.

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    First woman to hold the position of white house chief of staff. Well done ladies. Way to hit the ground running.