In a rare interview with Politico, published in April, she explained how she came "from a very traditional background".
“In my early career things like manners mattered and there was an expected level of decorum. And so I get it that the GOP of today is different.
"There are changes we must live with in order to get done the things we’re trying to do. I haven’t, and likely won’t, fully adapt. I don’t curse. I’m polite. It’s not who I am.
"But people either know that I’m a solid person, and I hope many do, or they don’t and judge me by my work for President Trump."
Wiles was asked by Politico what she would say to someone who likened her role as a senior aide to Donald Trump to one of "history's most notorious aiders and abettors".
Wiles answered: “I would turn my back and walk away. I wouldn’t answer it. Because it’s vile. It doesn’t deserve a response. They don’t know the inner workings of Trump world. They don’t know. And so they don’t have a right to judge in that way, in my opinion, and I’m not going to dignify it. I’m not."
With Trump naming his White House chief of staff this evening, let’s look at what exactly the role entails.
Chris Whipple, author of the book, The Gatekeepers, which details how the White House chief of staff post shapes and defines a presidency, explained to The Associated Press that the role is “absolutely critical to an effective White House”.
“At the end of the day the most important thing is telling the president what he doesn’t want to hear,” Whipple said.
When it comes to Wiles, Trump’s newly announced chief of staff, Whipple said that she has already demonstrated that she can manage the president-elect “and can sometimes tell him hard truths”.
But, he added, “On the minus side, she really has no White House experience and hasn’t really worked in Washington in 40 years. And that’s a real disadvantage.”]
The NAACP, one of the largest Black civil rights organisations in the US, has condemned racist text messages reported to have been sent to Black people across the country after Trump’s election victory.
Black people in states including North Carolina, Virginia, Alabama and Pennsylvania reported receiving messages from an unknown source telling them “to report to a plantation to pick cotton”, the NAACP said in a statement.
“The unfortunate reality of electing a president who, historically, has embraced and at times encouraged hate, is unfolding before our eyes,” said Derrick Johnson, the group’s president.
The messages generally used a similar tone but varied in wording. Some instructed the recipient to show up at an address at a particular time “with your belongings”, while others didn’t include a location. Some of them mentioned the incoming presidential administration.
The FBI said it was in touch with the Justice Department on the messages, and the Federal Communications Commission said it was investigating the texts “alongside federal and state law enforcement”.
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), which tracks hate groups in the US, also said it was looking into the matter.
“The text sent to young Black people, including students at Alabama State University and the University of Alabama, is a public spectacle of hatred and racism that makes a mockery of our civil rights history,” President and CEO Margaret Huang said in a statement.
