除了总统唐纳德·特朗普公开驳斥这种想法之外，政府官员和顾问们普遍对特朗普会考虑排挤白宫幕僚长苏西·威尔斯持怀疑态度。
Beyond President Donald Trump’s public dismissal of the idea, administration officials and advisers are universally skeptical that he’d consider pushing out White House chief of staff Susie Wiles.
“我认为这太荒谬了，”一名政府官员在谈到特朗普将解雇威尔斯的传言时说。
“I think it’s absurd,” one administration official said of talk that Trump would fire Wiles.
一名特朗普顾问将这种猜测斥为“胡扯”，并暗示那些“试图为自己定位”以取代威尔斯的人正在煽动摩擦的假象。
One Trump adviser dismissed the speculation as “bullsh*t,” suggesting that people “trying to position themselves” to replace Wiles were fomenting the appearance of friction.
近十二位接近特朗普的人士对《政治报》周四报道的紧张局势表示怀疑。
Nearly a dozen people close to Trump cast doubt on reports of tension that Politico published on Thursday.
据报道，威尔斯已表示她的计划是留任直到特朗普卸任，而且她已经是他任期最长的幕僚长。
Wiles has reportedly indicated her plan is to stay in her job until Trump leaves office, and she’s already his longest-serving chief of staff.
然而，当她不得不把注意力从白宫转移开时，她的掌控力有所下滑——她女儿与卷入另一场内部风波的某家公司的联系仍在引发议论。
When she has to turn her focus from the White House, however, her control has slipped — and her daughter’s ties to a company at the center of another internal drama are still sparking chatter.