Karoline Leavitt wins the position of White House Press Secretary, the youngest person ever to hold the role
President-elect Donald Trump tap lightly Karoline Levittone of the spokesmen who helped him get elected and is supporting his return to office, as his incoming White House press secretary on Friday. At 27, she will be the youngest person ever to hold the role and the first from Generation Z.
“Karoline is smart, tough, and has proven to be a very effective communicator,” Trump said in a statement. “I have every confidence that she will excel at the podium and help deliver our message to the American People as we, Make America Great Again.”
“Thank you, President Trump, for trusting me,” Leavitt wrote about X. “I am humbled and honored. Be MAGA! she added, including an American flag emoji.
Before Leavitt, Ron Ziegler, then 29, was the youngest press secretary after Richard Nixon gave him the job in 1969.
Leavitt entered Trump’s world at a young age, working as assistant press secretary to the former president while his first term—from 2017 to 2021. After Presidency Joe BidenWinning in 2020, Leavitt went to work for the US Congress Elise StefanikOne Republican from New York. Trump recently nominated Stefanik became the US ambassador to the United Nations, so she and Leavitt may soon be working together under the same administration.
In 2022, Leavitt ran for office himself — winning the Republican primary for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives from New Hampshire. She lost the general election to the Democrats Chris Pappas.
Then, when the former president decided to run for office a third time, Leavitt joined the 2024 campaign and continued to make a name for himself in the MAGA ranks as an ardent supporter for Trump, who is not afraid to get aggressive with members of the media. The camp felt unfriendly.
She is called NBC, 60 minutes, ABC‘S David Muir, CNN and “every MSM agency,” among others, “fake news.” She wrote that “The American people have absolutely no trust in the media, and for good reason.” “The mainstream media is propagandizing the (Democratic Party) elite,” she claimed in a 2021 report. parcel on X, complete with exclamation point emoji.
“Throughout the campaign, Ms. Leavitt demonstrated Mr. Trump’s disdain for mainstream media by frequently appearing on major television networks and conservative media outlets,” New York Times‘ Michael Gold write press secretary’s choice. “Mr. According to people working on the Trump campaign, Trump was pleased with her performance and viewed her as a credible voice to defend him on television.”
front of first presidential debate between Trump and Biden in June, CNN Kasie Hunt stop an interview with Leavitt aired after she criticized network executives Jake Tapper And Dana Bash.
After Trump represented and the comic monologue Tony Hinchcliffe is introduced Referring to Puerto Rico as “trash” during his time at the Madison Square Garden MAGA rally, Leavitt’s reaction contrasted with the more tame comments of others on Trump’s communications team.
While Trump’s senior advisor Danielle Alvarez replied to TIME magazine by saying “The joke does not reflect the views of President Trump or the campaign,” Leavitt took a different route.
