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AIn an explosive tell-all interview Vanity Fair By Susie WillsWhite House Chief of Staff revealed her experience about which President donald trump And his inner circle is actually like that behind closed doors in Washington DC.
In an excerpt published Tuesday, Wills announced JD Vance Has Been a “Conspiracy Theorist” for a Decade, and Elon Musk is an “Odd, Odd Duck” and “Reputed Ketamine” [user]Who “sleeps in a sleeping bag at the EOB.” [Executive Office Building]”. But the big hitter? trumpWhich is famously teetotal, has “alcoholicpersonality” because he believes that “there’s nothing he can’t do”.
However, Wiles distanced himself from the piece in a post on X, calling it “a dishonestly crafted hit piece.” Vanity Fair Author Chris Whipple, who met with Wills 11 times in 11 months, says that “everything is on tape”.
Yet one thing is clear: Wills, 68, who played a key role in Trump’s successful 2024 presidential campaign before becoming the first female chief of staff of the White House, is in a position to label Trump “the personality of an alcoholic” — as I am.
As she explains in the interview, her own father, famed NFL broadcaster Pat Summerall, was an alcoholic who went to the Betty Ford Clinic in 1992 — and that makes her “a bit of an expert in big personalities.” As Wills said: He “operates.” [with] An attitude that there is nothing he cannot do. Nothing, zero, nothing.”
I am a recovering alcoholic who has been sober for over 20 years and I, like Susie, recognize the red-flag “personality of alcoholic” traits very clearly in Trump. For me, it’s a case of “if you recognize it, you’ve found it”.
The single-minded determination that Wills is describing – that obsessive “it’s your way, or the highway” – is textbook “dry drunk” behavior.
I should know. When I reached my lowest point and entered rehab at The Priory in my early twenties, as well as several other rehab centers across the country, I was handed several books about the alcoholic personality to educate myself about my suffering.
Until then, I had always thought that alcohol was my problem and that if I just quit drinking, I would be fine. I was misled. As I realized when I quit drinking, it was only the tip of the iceberg. My alcoholic personality was always like a monkey on my shoulder, and could destroy me and everything around me like a train without brakes, with or without substances.
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Trump’s behavior shows that he is afraid of falling into drug addiction himself. He doesn’t drink alcohol at all. He became depressed after experiencing the destruction of his much-loved older brother Fred, an alcoholic, who died at the age of 42 in 1981 of a heart attack caused by excessive drinking.
Trump told Fox News after his election in 2016: “If you don’t start, you’ll never have a problem. If you start, you might have a problem. And it’s a hard problem to stop.”
But the truth is, as I’ve experienced, just because a person doesn’t drink doesn’t mean he doesn’t suffer from “isms” that can come up in relationships, shopping, sex, food, work, love and gambling – and in many other ways.
In rehab, we learned about the “King Baby” (aka the personality of the alcoholic) – a term coined by Freud. Characteristics of the “King Baby” include difficulty accepting criticism or feedback; blaming others for problems or mistakes; Expecting special treatment or believing that normal rules do not apply to them; Avoidance of personal responsibility, constant need for approval and validation from others; And not all or nothing thinking and seeing situations in extremes.
Dr. Cosmo Duff Gordon, founder and addiction specialist at Chelsea Recovery Associates, says, “An alcoholic personality probably means someone who is not drinking, but has an addictive personality that manifests itself in all areas, in relationships, whether it’s with people, food, sex, money or shopping, and is driven by the need for more.”
He added, “Nothing will ever really be enough.” “In the same way that there is never enough alcohol for an alcoholic, for the alcoholic personality who does not drink, the feeling of not having enough will express itself in all other areas of life.” Crucially, he says, this will be accompanied by a “disregard for other people” because he says “the personality of the alcoholic basically thinks he is the center of the universe”.
He adds, “They are self-centered, obsessive, compulsive, impulsive – and usually in denial.”
Characteristics of the ‘King Baby’ aka ‘Fluffy Personality’ include difficulty accepting criticism or feedback, blaming others for problems or mistakes, expecting special treatment, and believing that normal rules do not apply to them.
Similarly, Alcoholics Anonymous big book Bender’s personality can be described as “selfishness – self-centeredness!” It is done as. “We think that this is the root of our troubles. Driven by fear, self-delusion, self-seeking, and hundreds of forms of self-pity, we stand at the feet of our fellows.”
When I arrived at rehab, it was painful to feel like the world didn’t revolve around me as I had in group therapy and I was forced to see my blind spots. I was ignorant – and I never thought about how anyone else might feel. I had to change my behavior and thinking, or possibly die.
Then I became quiet, driven by obsession and compulsion. Even in romantic relationships, I was a love addict looking for a relationship to fill a void. I was often the last person to realize that there was anything wrong with my behavior or thinking – because I was often in denial.
For over 20 years now, if I didn’t continue to work on myself – and not have the self-awareness – I would end up with zero compromise and an authoritarian or inflexible stance, known in recovery circles as “starting a riot myself”, and it usually ended in tears.
It’s taken me years of hard work to slow down enough to not react like a firecracker – and to see my true motives. I have had to change my life by serving others instead of taking care of myself 24/7, and learning how to sit with my emotions instead of constantly acting on them.
Mainly, I had to learn to love myself, re-parent myself, and apologize when my “drunken personality” makes people stop mid-sentence, and fail to see any point of view other than my own.
Many people believe that a leopard never changes its spots, but this is a dangerous thinking.
The only way to escape alcohol addiction – or the alcoholic’s personality – is change, but sadly, until you’ve hit a major low, change isn’t a priority. Being a “King Baby” without drinking is like being extremely powerful, and it has its plus points. Nothing will come your way, and failure is not an option. There’s no time for any deep soul searching when you’re stuck in that gear; You are invincible – and always the last one to realize that you are completely crazy.