By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON, Dec 16 (Reuters) - White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles revealed internal tensions in the Trump administration over issues from immigration enforcement to government downsizing in comments published by Vanity Fair on Tuesday that paint an unflattering picture of the role played by some of President Donald Trump's close aides.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has claimed Vanity Fair deliberately doctored their White House expose to make Donald Trump’s team “look bad.” The prestigious magazine published an explosive two-part exclusive on Tuesday, based on a year of interviews with Trump’s Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and other Trump figureheads by reporter Chris Whipple.

Susie Wiles called Elon Musk an “avowed” user of ketamine and said Vice President JD Vance has been “a conspiracy theorist for a decade.”

The chief of staff’s Vanity Fair interview raises questions about why the White House even participated.

Ari Fleischer on Tuesday's "Special Report" chastised the White House for giving access to "Vanity Fair." BRET BAIER, FOX NEWS: Ari, I want to start with you. Some of these long-form, multiple 10-12 sit-down interviews,

Karoline Leavitt’s up-close photo suggests she might be one step closer to a full Mar-a-Lago makeover. In Vanity Fair’s bombshell profile of Trump’s inner circle, the 28-year-old White House Press Secretary,