Susie Wiles is a great choice for Trump chief of staff

Donald Trump’s first public decision as president-elect was an excellent one: tapping Susie Wiles to serve as White House chief of staff.

She’ll be the first-ever woman in the role, but not to fill any quota: As Trump himself notes, she was central to his winning campaigns.

A no-nonsense top Republican operative and strategist, she’s got deep experience and perspective, going back to staffing for the late, great Rep. Jack Kemp (R-NY) and the 1980 Ronald Reagan campaign.

If you don’t know her name, it’s only because she prefers it that way: In his victory speech Wednesday, Trump said: “Susie likes to stay in the background. She’s not in the background.”

Not now, anyhow.

She’s tough and effective: Lovingly dubbed “Ice Maiden” inside the Trump camp, Wiles has been key to many a successful Republican campaign, helping now-Sen. Rick Scott clinch Florida’s governorship in 2010 and Gov. Ron DeSantis do the same in 2018.

DeSantis praised her as the “best in the business,” a title she’s plainly earned.

Her practical, unfussy, get-the-work-done approach suits perfectly for working with the big personality of the boss, who infamously butted heads with his first-term chiefs of staff.

Now he’s really, truly “hired the best.”

This move incidentally exposes the inanity of Mark Cuban’s idiotic “Donald Trump, you never see him around strong, intelligent women” diss and AOC’s gripes about “misogyny” deciding the election.

Strong women have now managed two winning US presidential campaigns, both for Trump.

Expect Susie Wiles to be key to a winning second term.