Telephone ban for US presidents
Donald Trump holds this woman on the short leash
Updated on January 28, 2025 – 8:49 p.m.Reading time: 3 min.
No connection under this number: President Trump is no longer easy to reach by phone. Behind it is his new chief of staff Susie Wiles.
Donald Trump is known for his impulsive decisions and his preference for direct communication – but that should now be over. His chief of staff Susie Wiles controls the president with an iron discipline and has enforced a telephone ban to prevent uncontrolled influences.
Trump’s first term was considered chaotic and ineffective. That was probably due to his open management. Anyone who had their telephone number was able to call directly – including friends, consultants or billionaire colleagues. The president went to the phone and often made spontaneous decisions after discussions, which he then announced on Twitter.
The result: constant change of direction and internal power struggles in the White House. In his second term, this should now go differently. The biggest change is that Susie Wiles and her team massively restrict access to Trump, reported the US medium “Axios”.
Susie Wiles, who is called “Eis-Lady” by Trump himself, is considered a tough strategist. The 67-year-old is the first chief of staff ever and the fifth person who Donald Trump has appointed to this office. Last year she passed Trump’s campaign and established herself as a loyal but strict consultant. The woman from Florida avoids the spotlight. Even when Trump asked her to say a few words during his victory speech in the election night, she declined.
Now she has fundamentally restructured the communication management of the President. Unfiltered calls outside the White House are no longer on the agenda.

Instead, calls are filtered in advance, appointments are given strict and untrolled contacts are prevented. The aim is to protect the president from “undesirable influences”, as a government employee of the “Washington Post” said. “Wiles ensures that Trump only hears what to hear.”
Another goal of the measures: to prevent leaks and power struggles within the White House. In Trump’s first term in office there was a constant competition among his consultants. His chief of staff Reince Priebus, the right strategist Steve Bannon and his son -in -law Jared Kushner tried to move the president in different directions.
Wiles now relies on a team that relies on control and unity. Her deputies Taylor Budowich and James Blair, both long-time Trump confidants, are at their side. Together they want to form a kind of protective wall around the president so that he can concentrate on his agenda.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk, who showed himself at the side of Donald Trump in the past few months, also feels the new discipline in the White House. According to reports, Musk wanted his own office in the west of the White House, a few meters from the Oval Office. But Wiles prevented this. Instead, Musk’s team was housed in the Eisenhower building, an outbuilding of the White House.
“Wiles do not tolerate loners or stars,” explains an insider from the White House. “She is a manager who enforces control and discipline.” Her goal is to enable Trump a second term without chaos.
So far, the plan seems to be going. Donald Trump signed numerous executive arrangements after taking office and the White House has so far been possible without leaks and public contradictions. But whether that stays that way is still open. The fact is: Donald Trump has a chief of staff in Susie Wiles who is determined to keep him on the short leash.