The White House is forcefully rejecting a report that Chief of Staff Susie Wiles urged Vice President JD Vance to scale back his social media activity, dismissing the story as entirely fabricated.

The controversy erupted after The New York Times reported that Wiles and other senior administration officials had advised Vance to step away from online disputes, arguing that his frequent exchanges with critics were “beneath his office.”

White House Communications Director Steven Cheung publicly disputed the account, saying the alleged conversation never occurred.

“This isn’t true,” White House Communications Director Steven Cheung wrote on the social platform X, in response to a post from Jewish Insider editor-in-chief Josh Kraushaar, who shared the Times report on X. “We denied it to the New York Times and they refused to run our quote. Complete fake news. This supposed ‘conversation’ never happened.”

The claim was included in a broader New York Times article examining Vance’s relationship with President Trump and his potential future as a leading contender for the Republican presidential nomination in 2028.

Although the report included criticism from unnamed sources, it also featured comments from Cheung defending both Vance and his role within the administration.

“Vice President Vance has done a remarkable job of helping implement the president’s America First agenda,” Cheung told the Times. “Any false media narratives from unknown and unnamed sources fabricating stories clearly do not have any knowledge of the truth.”

Trump adviser Alex Bruesewitz also pushed back on the report, accusing critics of unfairly targeting the vice president.

“Steven Cheung has stated clearly in the article and reiterated on X that this is completely fake news,” Bruisewitz wrote on X. “JD Vance is an exceptionally effective communicator and invaluable member of President Trump’s Team. Vance Derangement Syndrome is real, folks.”

The dispute comes as speculation continues to build over the Republican Party’s future leadership. Both Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are widely viewed as potential contenders for the GOP nomination in 2028, with recent polling showing the two administration officials running virtually even in hypothetical primary matchups as attention increasingly turns toward the post-Trump political landscape.

{Matzav.com}