{"id":3348,"date":"2024-11-10T16:21:18","date_gmt":"2024-11-10T21:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=3348"},"modified":"2024-11-10T16:21:18","modified_gmt":"2024-11-10T21:21:18","slug":"trump-announces-former-big-pharma-lobbyist-to-run-white-house-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=3348","title":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Trump Announces Former Big Pharma Lobbyist to Run White House Staff<\/b><\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Susie-Wiles-Big-Pharma-Lobbyist.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1728\" height=\"1538\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Susie-Wiles-Big-Pharma-Lobbyist.jpg 1728w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Susie-Wiles-Big-Pharma-Lobbyist-300x267.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Susie-Wiles-Big-Pharma-Lobbyist-1024x911.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Susie-Wiles-Big-Pharma-Lobbyist-768x684.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Susie-Wiles-Big-Pharma-Lobbyist-1536x1367.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1728px) 100vw, 1728px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>SWAMP Watch \u2013 First Edition<\/h2>\n<p>by Brian Shilhavy<br \/>\nEditor, Health Impact News<\/p>\n<p>The filling back up of the Washington D.C. Swamp has begun.<\/p>\n<p>Two days after his victory from \u201cwinning\u201d back the Office of the President of the United States, Donald Trump made his first appointment for his new administration today, announcing that the co-chair of his campaign, Susie Wiles, will become his Chief of Staff.<\/p>\n<p>The President Chief of Staff is a position that does NOT have to be approved by the Senate, and is typically one of the first appointments made of a newly elected President, as this person will guide the President in choosing the rest of his staff and cabinet.<\/p>\n<p>This speaks volumes about who Trump is going to surround himself with in his new administration, and remaining true to his original loyalties during his first term, he went with former Big Pharma lobbyist Susie Wiles, who has previously worked as a lobbyist for some of the largest manufacturers of vaccines, including Pfizer.<\/p>\n<p>So who is Susie Wiles? She is someone who mostly stays behind the scenes, until today, and is called by some people the \u201cmost powerful and feared woman\u201d in America.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year Politico ran an in-depth investigative article on her titled:<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"headline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2024\/04\/26\/susie-wiles-trump-desantis-profile-00149654\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Most Feared and Least Known Political Operative in America<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Excerpts:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Susie Wiles, the people who know her the best believe, is a force more sensed than seen. Her influence on political events, to many who know what they\u2019re watching, is as obvious as it is invisible.<\/p>\n<p>The prints leave not so much as a smudge. It\u2019s a shock when she shows up in pictures. Even then it is almost always in the background. She speaks on the record hardly ever, and she speaks about herself even less.<\/p>\n<p>Wiles is not just one of Trump\u2019s senior advisers. She\u2019s his most important adviser.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s his de facto campaign manager. She has been in essence his chief of staff for the last more than three years.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s one of the reasons Trump is the GOP\u2019s presumptive nominee and Ron DeSantis is not. She\u2019s one of the reasons Trump\u2019s current operation has been getting credit for being more professional than its fractious, seat-of-the-pants antecedents.<\/p>\n<p>And she\u2019s a leading reason Trump has every chance to get elected again \u2014 even after his loss of 2020, the insurrection of 2021, his party\u2019s defeats in the midterms of 2022, the criminal indictments of 2023 and the trial (or trials) of 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is nobody, I think, that has the wealth of information that she does. Nobody in our orbit. Nobody,\u201d top Trump pollster Tony Fabrizio told me. \u201cShe touches everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCertainly,\u201d said former Florida Republican Rep. Carlos Curbelo, \u201cshe\u2019s one of the most consequential people in American politics right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd nobody,\u201d said veteran Florida lobbyist Ronnie Book, \u201ceven knows who she is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2024\/04\/26\/susie-wiles-trump-desantis-profile-00149654\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Full article<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Liam Sturgess, writing for <a href=\"https:\/\/thekennedybeacon.substack.com\/p\/susie-wiles-is-a-lobbyist-for-big\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Kennedy Beacon<\/a>, also profiled her earlier this year. (<strong>Note<\/strong>: The Kennedy Beacon has now removed this page from their Substack. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240509172627\/https:\/\/thekennedybeacon.substack.com\/p\/susie-wiles-is-a-lobbyist-for-big\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archived one here<\/a>, at least until Archive.org goes down again.)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"post-title unpublished\">Susie Wiles Is a Lobbyist for Big Pharma. She\u2019s Also a Key Advisor to President Trump. That\u2019s a Problem.<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-title unpublished\">On April 26, former president Donald Trump revisited one of his most controversial pet projects: Operation Warp Speed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-title unpublished\">This time, he dragged his political opponent Robert F. Kennedy Jr. into the fray.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis Views on Vaccines are FAKE, as is everything else about his Candidacy,\u201d wrote the former president about Kennedy in a post on Truth Social.<\/p>\n<p>This ignited significant backlash from Trump\u2019s base, highlighting the extent to which they disagree with him on COVID-19 vaccines.<\/p>\n<p>Operation Warp Speed, which expedited the development and rollout of experimental gene therapy products in response to COVID-19, saw unprecedented profits for Pfizer and Moderna, as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sanders.senate.gov\/op-eds\/greedy-pharma-firms-rip-off-americans-while-pfizer-moderna-swim-in-profits\/\" rel=\"\">noted<\/a>\u00a0by senator Bernie Sanders.<\/p>\n<p>Speed came at the cost of compromised clinical trials, with needles entering arms under Emergency Use Authorization with only two months of safety data on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230803085800\/https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/media\/144416\/download\" rel=\"\">FDA\u2019s books<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, tens of thousands of Americans report suffering vaccine injuries, as even\u00a0<em>The New York Times\u00a0<\/em>is now\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.today\/2024.05.04-122335\/https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/03\/health\/covid-vaccines-side-effects.html\" rel=\"\">reporting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Given the increasingly vocal opposition to the COVID-19 vaccination program, including among his base, why does Trump continue to demand acclaim for his role in pushing the shots through?<\/p>\n<p>We find the answer in Susie Wiles, who appears to be the connective tissue between Trump and Big Pharma.<\/p>\n<p>Wiles is a soft-spoken, approachable grandmother figure with a long career specializing in political machinations.<\/p>\n<p>Daughter of legendary NFL play-by-play man <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/meet-susie-wiles-trump-four-indictments-white-house-campaign-manager-rcna140514\" rel=\"\">Pat Summerall<\/a>, Wiles\u2019 early work in Republican politics earned her the label \u201cindispensable,\u201d both to her clients and the media, to whom she frequently leaks inside information.<\/p>\n<p>As\u00a0<em>Politico\u00a0<\/em>admits, her allegiances are not clear: \u201cThe Wiles M.O\u2026 was and remains hard for [her colleagues] to describe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wiles is also a seasoned lobbyist; her LinkedIn profile\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/susiewiles\/details\/experience\/\" rel=\"\">summarizes<\/a>\u00a0her leadership roles at multiple corporate and political lobbying firms since the mid-1980s, allowing her to sway Trump\u2019s psyche with her conflicts of interest.<\/p>\n<p>Wiles became co-chair of lobbying firm\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercuryllc.com\/mercury-announces-top-republican-political-strategist-susie-wiles-as-co-chair\/\" rel=\"\">Mercury Public Affairs<\/a>\u00a0in February 2022.<\/p>\n<p>As\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wholisticnews.substack.com\/p\/trump-trashes-rkf-jr-over-vaccine-stance\" rel=\"\">highlighted<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0<em>Wholistic News<\/em>, Mercury\u2019s clientele includes Pfizer;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gavi.org\/covax-facility\" rel=\"\">Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance<\/a>, which spearheaded vaccine funding and distribution efforts during the COVID-19 crisis \u2013 a role also played by the United Nations Foundation, another Mercury client; and Gilead Sciences, developer of the equally-rushed COVID-19 \u201ctherapeutic,\u201d remdesivir, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/content\/article\/very-very-bad-look-remdesivir-first-fda-approved-covid-19-drug\" rel=\"\">critiqued<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0<em>Science. <\/em>(<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240509172627\/https:\/\/thekennedybeacon.substack.com\/p\/susie-wiles-is-a-lobbyist-for-big\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Full article<\/a>.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So what does that say about RFK Jr.\u2019s chance of having any kind of real authority to do what he is claiming he is going to do, when Trump himself called his views on vaccines as \u201cFake\u201d just a few months ago?<\/p>\n<p>The Substack page called \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/wholisticnews.substack.com\/p\/trump-trashes-rkf-jr-over-vaccine-stance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wholistic News<\/a>\u201d also did a piece on Susie Wiles earlier this year highlighting her connection to Big Pharma vaccines, and not only here in the U.S., but globally with ties to the Bill Gates organization, GAVI: The Vaccine Alliance, which purchases vaccines for the United Nations.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h4 class=\"post-title unpublished\"><strong>Trump Trashes RKF Jr. Over Vaccine Stance: The Global Vaccine Activism Organizations Connected to His Campaign<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><em>Trump\u2019s Save American PAC Chair is Susie Wiles, who has significant ties to Big Pharma and Gavi: The Vaccine Alliance.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In a recent statement on Truth Social (see below), Trump expressed a preference for Biden over RFK Jr and criticized the latter\u2019s views on vaccines as \u201cfake.\u201d This has sparked questions about Trump\u2019s refusal to acknowledge concerns about covid vaccines.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, Trump had previously tweeted about a link between vaccines and autism back in 2014. Many are wondering what has changed Trump\u2019s mind about vaccine safety.<\/p>\n<p>Tom Renz, a Trump supporter,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SaiKate108\/status\/1784122420452032598\" rel=\"\">has raised concerns about the influence of campaign leader Susie Wiles<\/a>, a key figure behind the scenes in Trump\u2019s campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Wiles has strong connections to Big Pharma through her work at Mercury LLC, a company representing major pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer and Gilead, as well as Gavi: The Vaccine Allience and the UN Foundation. (<a href=\"https:\/\/wholisticnews.substack.com\/p\/trump-trashes-rkf-jr-over-vaccine-stance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a>.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So sorry to disappoint all you Trump believers who foolishly thought Trump would correct all the wrongs he made in his first administration when he killed millions of people as he pressured the FDA to approve his COVID-19 experimental \u201cvaccines.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now that he has won the election, he is clearly showing where his allegiances continue to be, and you can be quite certain that Mr. Kennedy will never have any meaningful position in his administration that can affect change.<\/p>\n<p>But Trump has to pay him back for his support, so expect the Wall Street Billionaires and Silicon Valley Billionaires to keep funding Kennedy\u2019s <em>Children\u2019s Health Defense<\/em> organization, where I am sure it will now become the largest \u201cAlternative\u201d Health website in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Kennedy will most likely have to take a REDUCTION in salary to serve in government, as the most recently available tax returns from 2022 list him as making about a half million dollars a year at Children\u2019s Health Defense, which is more than Dr. Anthony Fauci made as the highest paid government official, before his retirement.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Kennedy\u2019s salary has dramatically increased since COVID, going from $255,000 in 2019 to $345,561 in 2020 to $497,013 in 2021. (<a href=\"https:\/\/healthimpactnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/CHD-2021-Form-990-Public.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>The revenue coming into CHD has more than doubled each year of their existence, from $1,063,837 in 2018 to $2,928,566 in 2019, to $6,769,658 in 2020, the year COVID started, to an astounding $15,990,132 in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>So while Mr. Kennedy will get some of kind of token place in Trump\u2019s administration, the main benefit for that position will most likely be increased revenue for <em>Children\u2019s Health Defense<\/em>, where he will probably eventually return to with a \u201cmodest\u201d increase in his salary after his \u201cservice\u201d to Trump is complete.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for more editions of \u201cSWAMP Watch\u201d as we watch Donald Trump fill back up the D.C. Swamp!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness<\/strong>, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire. (2 Peter 1:3-4)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/healthimpactnews.com\/2024\/trump-announces-former-big-pharma-lobbyist-to-run-white-house-staff\/\">https:\/\/healthimpactnews.com\/2024\/trump-announces-former-big-pharma-lobbyist-to-run-white-house-staff\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3348\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}