‘She could physically hurt me’: Trump ally claims Susie Wiles may pose a physical threat amid MAHA clash
WASHINGTON,DC: Calley Means, a former senior adviser to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has stepped up his attacks on Susie Wiles, the former White House chief of staff.
In posts on X on Monday, November 9, he called her “ruthless” and said he had been warned that she could harm him physically.
Wiles has not publicly answered his claims as he accused her of undermining the president’s Make America Healthy Again agenda.
The amount of senior administration officials who have called me with stories of Susie’s deranged betrayals of President Trump is revolting. People who know Susie well have warned me that she has the capacity to inflict physical harm, and I do not appreciate unhinged threats from James. @SusieWiles - I know you’re very emotional right now but you need to stop playing games. What did I say that is untrue?
— Calley Means (@calleymeans) November 9, 2026
Means alleges Susie could 'inflict physical harm'
Means wrote that people who know Wiles well “have warned me that she has the capacity to inflict physical harm.”
The warning followed what he called “unhinged threats” from James Blair, a Trump political adviser and former deputy chief of staff.
He did not say Wiles had threatened him. He did not provide evidence for his claim about physical harm.
In another post, he accused Wiles of going after those who crossed her.
Susie is ruthless, and anyone who went around her, she sought to destroy. Bobby has the deep political wisdom of his bloodline, and his survival skills are why he is standing with more power today than To the purists sitting on a couch saying “why didn’t he resign” - we all must understand we have roles. There is an important role for advocates to impatiently push for change. I saw my role as pushing as far as I could for change and then speaking truth. Bobby’s role is to SURVIVE in the most demonic system imaginable with the goal of fundamentally changing it.
— Calley Means (@calleymeans) November 9, 2026
“Susie is ruthless, and anyone who went around her, she sought to destroy,” he wrote.
He defended Kennedy for staying in his job, saying the health secretary’s role is to “survive” inside a political system he called “demonic.”
Means also said Wiles is carrying out a “systematic strategy” to hurt the president.
He pointed to lobbyist Brian Ballard, whose firm Wiles once worked with.
Ballard has said in writing that his firm did not lobby Wiles or White House staff on glyphosate.
I want everyone in the White House to know that Susie is executing a systematic strategy to throw President Trump under the bus. Below is Susie’s stenographer sharing her leaks that it was not in fact Susie who was captured by Ballard, but the President. Brian Ballard said in writing he didn’t lobby Susie or White House staff on glyphosate. Since Ballard’a disclosure below said he personally lobbied the White House in the quarter of the EO’s release, he is either lying or throwing President Trump under the bus. Which one is it @BallardFirm James Blair is angrily texting saying “my problem is obviously with President Trump” and sending quoted to media blaming him for the corporate capture in the first two years Additionally, Ballard is running a public relations campaign to explicitly defend Susie Wiles and say that President Trump is the sole reason the administration has caved to the tobacco and pesticide industries. What’s most demonic is that Susie and Ballard are taking aim at the foundational claim I’ve made that she and her cronies on K street didn’t prioritize corporate interests to a larger degree than Americans voted for. Ballard is actually making the argument with a straight face they didn’t materially coordinate with Susie to rig policies. The Joe Rogan episode has caused cultural impact because everyone watching knows it’s true. Susie - I’m not intimidated and you will not scare me. Again, please stop sending me emotional texts. This is not personal - this is civilizational. If America doesn’t move on from the revolting version of politics you represent, our country will cease to exist. A lot of Americans feel that. To current and former leaders in the admin - it is time to speak out. It is time to speak to the press about what you saw. The weapon we have is truth. Let’s identify the problem - so Stephen Miller and President Trump can solve it. Whatever side of the aisle we are on, we should pray for Stephen Miller’s to exorcise Susie’s culture of corruption from the admin and get us on a posture advocating for voters, not Ballard.
— Calley Means (@calleymeans) November 9, 2026
Means questioned Ballard’s statement, pointing to a lobbying disclosure that he said showed Ballard had personally lobbied the White House during the quarter in which the executive order was released.
“This is not personal, this is civilizational,” Means wrote. He urged current and former administration officials to speak to the press.
“The weapon we have is truth,” he wrote, adding that he hopes new chief of staff Stephen Miller will act.
Meanwhile, a spokesperson for Wiles reportedly denied allegations calling them ''outrageous and defamatory''.
Means-Wiles feud escalates
Calley Means resigned from the administration in October.
He said he was frustrated that he could not advance Kennedy’s health agenda.
On Friday, November 6, a two-hour interview with him was released on 'The Joe Rogan Experience.'
In it, he described Wiles as the most powerful chief of staff in modern American history. He said “no policy decision gets done without her office giving it the okay.”
Means made several allegations. He said Wiles blocked a federal review of how much sugar American children eat, telling him she needed industry money for the midterms.
He said the administration’s executive order on glyphosate showed corporate influence.
He also claimed that Wiles and other aides pushed health agencies to create a path for fruit-flavored vapes.
In light of suggestions that Susie Wiles and James Blair may pursue legal action over my Joe Rogan interview, I am publicly requesting that she, Ballard Partners, Continental Straregy, and other relevant parties immediately preserve all potentially relevant records and communications, including: ✅All communications between Susie Wiles, Ballard Partners, and their representatives concerning lobbying access, meetings, policy decisions, and corporate clients. ✅All communications involving Bayer, Monsanto, Ballard Partners, and White House officials concerning glyphosate, the national security executive order, and the administration’s position in Supreme Court litigation involving Bayer. ✅All communications concerning sugar-industry political contributions, fundraising commitments, and discussions about how those interests related to federal nutrition policy. ✅All communications involving Tony Fabrizio, food-industry representatives, and White House officials concerning MAHA initiatives, school nutrition standards, and the proposed federal definition of ultra-processed foods. ✅All drafts, internal correspondence, meeting notes, and communications involving Walker Barrett, Heidi Overton, and other relevant officials concerning the glyphosate executive order and Bayer litigation, including discussions about Secretary Kennedy’s involvement. ✅All relevant lobbying agreements, invoices, payment records, meeting calendars, visitor logs, and communications concerning corporate efforts to influence the policy decisions discussed in my interview - including from Continental Strategy. ✅All nonprivileged communications concerning my allegations, their factual accuracy, and any contemplated legal action arising from my interview. This preservation request includes emails, text messages, Signal, WhatsApp, encrypted or disappearing messages, attachments, drafts, and relevant electronically stored records. I welcome a full and transparent examination of the facts.
— Calley Means (@calleymeans) November 8, 2026
He said her former lobbying firm, Ballard Partners, gave clients access to the White House. He also named Continental Strategy, a firm where he said her daughter works.
On November 6, Trump announced that Stephen Miller would replace Wiles as White House chief of staff, with Miller taking over on November 9. The White House has not said whether the change was linked to Means’ allegations.
On November 8, Means asked Wiles, Blair, Ballard Partners and Continental Strategy to preserve their records, citing the possibility of legal action.
