Donald Trump has an “alcoholic’s personality”; JD Vance has been a “conspiracy theorist for a decade”; Elon Musk is an “odd, odd duck”. She claimed that as the daughter of an alcoholic father, she thought that Mr Trump had an “alcoholic’s personality” – recognising similar character traits even though the president does not drink. But while she offered a positive spin to her assessment of Mr Trump, her verdict on Mr Vance, the vice-president and political heir-apparent of the president’s Maga movement was more damning. “And he’s an odd, odd duck, as I think geniuses are. “There was a huge disagreement over whether [tariffs were] a good idea,” Ms Wiles said.

Source: The Irish Times December 16, 2025 21:24 UTC