Susie Wiles approved her two top deputies to collect hundreds of thousands of dollars from a foreign government.
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The Joe Rogan ExperienceNov 6, 2026
Sources support that Blair and LaCivita received substantial payments for advising Republika Srpska's government, but none says Susie Wiles approved her deputies taking that money. The approval element, which is the claim's core assertion, is not addressed by any source, and the claimant's own podcast remarks cannot corroborate it.
What was said
… I'm speaking for many staff members and Cabinet Secretaries in the Trump administration right now. Now, what is the support like for her from the President? Does he understand this? I think he was caught off guard by the fact that Susie approved her two top deputies to go collect hundreds of thousands of dollars from a foreign government. I think he was caught off guard by that, and I don't, my intuition would be that information has been protected so much he doesn't fully understand all these micro-stories, nor could he. …
The Joe Rogan Experience · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. Reuters reports that Blair and LaCivita received substantial payments to advise the Republika Srpska regional government ahead of local elections, and that senior White House officials questioned Blair's overseas work.[1]
Context. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee report says Continental Strategies, whose partners include Katie Wiles, Susie Wiles's daughter, was hired by Republika Srpska for $35,000 a month, and that Susie Wiles says she does not discuss business with her daughter.[2]
Context. Calley Means's CBS interview and the Joe Rogan transcript describe Blair and others collecting money, but these are the claimant's associates' assertions rather than independent records, and none states that Susie Wiles approved the payments.[3][4][5]
Context. Reuters reports Trump distanced himself from Blair and LaCivita and said he would terminate them if a conflict of interest was found, but no source describes any approval by Wiles.[1]
Sources
5 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 primary, 1 tier 2, 2 not rated
- 1Trump faults aides as Republican midterm prospects dim - Reutersreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
- 2Whose Interests - Senate Committee on Foreign Relationsforeign.senate.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 3Transcript: Calley Means on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Nov. 8, 2026cbsnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: context
- 4#2578 - Calley Means — The Joe Rogan Experience Transcriptpodcasts.happyscribe.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 5#2578 - Calley Meanspodscripts.co · not rated · cited for: context
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