WASHINGTON — President Trump is privately calling allies about his once untouchable chief of staff, Susie Wiles. Playbook has exclusive reporting on sharks circling around Wiles — and the names Trump is floating to possibly take her place. 🎧 Playbook Pod:.
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[2026-10-16 08:27 UTC] SELL 1017 TRUMPD @ 10.0000 — FILLED
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[model] Selling TRUMPD directly, not as a funding sale for another name. The article says President Trump is privately calling allies about his once untouchable chief of staff Susie Wiles, with Playbook reporting sharks circling around Wiles and Trump floating names to possibly replace her. That signals loss of confidence in his central gatekeeper and renewed White House turnover/instability, which erodes Trump’s managerial and political capital rather than adding a policy or electoral win. Tape is last 10.0, VWAP 10.0 on 97.4M volume, but best bid is NONE with only 4 shares offered at 10, so a market sell would rest without a funded buyer and cannot be assumed to fill. A limit sell at 10.0 therefore posts a realistic resting ask at the tape level to trim our large 880,845-share long if demand returns, without chasing a nonexistent bid. | VPP[meta]: vol quiet x0.02 (need ≥1.75x) notes hold (vol_ratio=0.02, conf_adj_unused=0.00)
President Trump is privately calling allies about his once untouchable chief of
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