There was only one other name being floated for chief of staff: BROOKE ROLLINS, who runs America First Policy Institute. She was one of the speakers on stage at the infamous Madison Square Garden rally, and she played a key role in the first Trump White House as director of the Domestic Policy Council.

President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday named co-campaign chair Susie Wiles as his White House chief of staff, one of the most important nonelected posts in Washington. She will be the first woman in that role.