President-elect Donald J. Trump on Thursday named Susie Wiles, the Florida strategist who has run his political operation for nearly four years, as his White House chief of staff for his incoming administration.
In choosing Ms. Wiles, Mr. Trump turned to an aide he knows well and who has worked closely with him, understands how he operates, is close with his family and to whom most of his current team is loyal.
In addition to having run his political operation through a winning campaign, she has helped deal with the lawyers on his various criminal and civil cases.
His decision to choose someone in his inner circle is a sharp contrast to his choice after first winning the presidency in 2016. Then, he selected someone with whom he had little history for the chief of staff role: Reince Priebus, the chairman of the Republican National Committee.
Most members of Mr. Trump’s extended orbit wanted to see Ms. Wiles in the role. Having a chief of staff in place was seen by some aides as important as the incoming president starts making further personnel choices, including for cabinet posts.
Another potential choice was Brooke Rollins, who heads a policy institute that supports Mr. Trump and worked in his last White House.
But Ms. Rollins, who is close to Mr. Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is not trusted by most in Mr. Trump’s current tight circle of aides. Her policy views have often been more moderate than his hard-line base favors.
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