Susie Wiles, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for White House Chief of Staff, is cracking the whip when it comes to social media use by any nominees requiring Senate confirmation. 

With confirmation hearings set to begin next week, Wiles issued a memo over the weekend emphasizing that nominees should get prior approval from Team Trump if they absolutely must post and should never presume to speak for the president-elect.

“While this instruction has been delivered previously, I am reiterating that no member of the incoming administration or Transition speaks for the United States or the President-elect himself,” Wiles wrote in a memo obtained by The Post.

“Accordingly, all intended nominees should refrain from any public social media posts without prior approval of the incoming White House counsel,” she said in the Dec. 29 missive.

Wiles also noted in her memo that she is appreciative of “how enthusiastic everyone is” to get to work when the new administration begins on January 20th, but they must first get through the Senate. In other words, pace yourselves.

Some have speculated that Wiles was prompted to issue this proclamation following the Elon Musk-Vivek Ramaswamy kerfuffle last week over the use of H-1B visas, which garnered significant blowback from some in the MAGA movement and certain influencers. If you need a refresher on what went down, RedState's streiff did an excellent summation.

Musk and Ramaswamy, who will co-lead the non-governmental Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), will not require Senate confirmation, so the directive doesn't apply to them. But, it seems that they may have unintentionally opened a can of worms over H-1B and Wiles wants it—and any other opinions that could potentially detract from the goals of the new administration—firmly shut.

Pete Hegseth, Trump's pick to be Secretary of Defense, seems to have taken Wiles' words to heart and signed off of X for a while. 

Thank you @foxandfriends @willcain & @RCamposDuffy — love you.

Here’s to 2025, fighting for America. 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/6d3SgfwV14

— Pete Hegseth (@PeteHegseth) December 30, 2024

Hegseth has one of the hardest paths to Senate approval of all of Trump's nominees, and he spent a great deal of time on Capitol Hill trying to garner the votes he needs. The litmus test seems to be whether or not he can win over Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA), who early on indicated she might not be inclined to vote for Hegseth. 

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Despite the best efforts of the left to derail the nomination, Hegseth seems to have gained the support of Democrats like Sen. John Fetterman (PA) and won praise from Donald Trump himself.

“Pete Hegseth is doing very well. His support is strong and deep, much more so than the Fake News would have you believe,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, denying reports he was reconsidering his pick.

“He was a great student – Princeton/Harvard educated – with a Military state of mind. He will be a fantastic, high-energy, Secretary of Defense” he wrote, saying the former Fox News host will be “one who leads with charisma and skill.

“Pete is a WINNER, and there is nothing that can be done to change that!!!”

At this point in the game, there is nothing to be gained—and everything to lose—from Hegseth or any other nominee going on a tweetstorm. Most of them, by now, should have gone back and scrubbed their social media of anything that could be used against them as a disqualifier. 

Susie Wiles knows that the less said, the better. It's an all-too-rare occurrence in Washington, D.C., these days, but sometimes the best thing you can do is just shut up.