Former Trump Admin Adviser Alleges Susie Wiles 'Is Executing a Systematic Strategy to Throw President Trump Under the Bus'
Calley Means, a former White House adviser and ally of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., escalated his criticism of former White House chief of staff Susie Wiles on Monday, alleging she pursued a deliberate plan to throw President Trump under the bus.
Means claims Wiles’s strategy favored those of corporate interest.
In a lengthy post on X, Means wrote that he wants “everyone in the White House to know that Susie is executing a systematic strategy to throw President Trump under the bus.”
He pointed to public statements and lobbying disclosures involving Florida lobbyist Brian Ballard, a longtime Trump associate, as evidence that Wiles and others are trying to portray the president himself as the source of policies that aligned with pesticide, tobacco, and other industry priorities.
I want everyone in the White House to know that Susie is executing a systematic strategy to throw President Trump under the bus.
Below is Susie’s stenographer sharing her leaks that it was not in fact Susie who was captured by Ballard, but the President.
Brian Ballard said in writing he didn’t lobby Susie or White House staff on glyphosate. Since Ballard’a disclosure below said he personally lobbied the White House in the quarter of the EO’s release, he is either lying or throwing President Trump under the bus. Which one is it @BallardFirm
James Blair is angrily texting saying “my problem is obviously with President Trump” and sending quoted to media blaming him for the corporate capture in the first two years
Additionally, Ballard is running a public relations campaign to explicitly defend Susie Wiles and say that President Trump is the sole reason the administration has caved to the tobacco and pesticide industries.
What’s most demonic is that Susie and Ballard are taking aim at the foundational claim I’ve made that she and her cronies on K street didn’t prioritize corporate interests to a larger degree than Americans voted for. Ballard is actually making the argument with a straight face they didn’t materially coordinate with Susie to rig policies.
The Joe Rogan episode has caused cultural impact because everyone watching knows it’s true.
Susie – I’m not intimidated and you will not scare me. Again, please stop sending me emotional texts. This is not personal – this is civilizational.
If America doesn’t move on from the revolting version of politics you represent, our country will cease to exist. A lot of Americans feel that.
To current and former leaders in the admin – it is time to speak out. It is time to speak to the press about what you saw. The weapon we have is truth. Let’s identify the problem – so Stephen Miller and President Trump can solve it.
Whatever side of the aisle we are on, we should pray for Stephen Miller’s to exorcise Susie’s culture of corruption from the admin and get us on a posture advocating for voters, not Ballard.
— Calley Means (@calleymeans) November 9, 2026
Means specifically referenced Ballard’s denial that he or his firm lobbied Wiles or West Wing staff on glyphosate issues, contrasted against a federal lobbying disclosure that listed Ballard as having contacted the White House during the period when a related executive order was issued.
Means argued that Ballard is either misrepresenting his activity or directing responsibility toward the president. He also claimed that deputy chief of staff James Blair has privately and publicly framed the problem as resting with Trump rather than the staff around him.
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Ballard issued a statement on X in response to Means’s claims.
Statement from Brian Ballard regarding recent allegations from Calley Means. @calleymeans @joerogan @FaceTheNation https://t.co/aEM5t8jcgn
— Ballard Partners (@BallardFirm) November 8, 2026
Means’s post builds on comments which he made in a widely viewed appearance on the “Joe Rogan Experience” released last week, in which he described career officials and political aides as resistant to the Make America Healthy Again agenda.
Means claims he resigned from the administration in late October after concluding that key policies on ultra-processed foods, pesticides, and related issues were being slowed or redirected in ways that conflicted with what voters had supported.
Retired General Michael Flynn amplified Means’ post later Monday, addressing Trump directly and describing the allegations as part of a broader need for accountability. Flynn wrote that “corruption in our system is like a cancer” and that the country faces a choice between remaining a constitutional republic or shifting toward different governing models.
He urged the president, Vice President JD Vance, and others to take the claims seriously.
Dear Mr. @POTUS
America faces a turning point. We either remain as a constitutional republic or we turn toward a democratic socialist republic. Some will say “a republic is a republic, what difference does it make?” Does that sound familiar.
Pay attention to this missive below by @calleymeans
Corruption in our system is like a cancer and without holding people accountable, no matter who they are or what societal class they come from, America will die of that corruption cancer.
Let’s not die, instead, let’s hold people accountable.
@realDonaldTrump
@JDVance
@AGToddBlanche— General Mike Flynn (@GenFlynn) November 9, 2026
Wiles resigned as chief of staff last week amid the aftermath of Republican midterm losses; Trump named Stephen Miller as her replacement.
Means has said he intends for his public comments to prompt current and former officials to describe what they observed inside the administration, arguing that clearer identification of problems would allow Trump and Miller to address them.
No public response from Wiles or the White House to the latest post had been reported as of Monday evening.
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