But we begin out of the White House this
AM because Donald Trump has just
confirmed his White House press
secretary Karoline Leavitt will leave
her post.
She's been the only press secretary
during the second Trump term, absent
only briefly from April to July this
year as she went on maternity
maternity leave.
It's only 3 months.
She's the youngest person to ever hold
the role after serving as assistant
press secretary during the first Trump
administration.
During her time, she promoted
non-traditional media to the White House
press pool and oversaw a shift away from
precedent inside the James
Brady press briefing room. The
28-year-old who employed a
controversial, sometimes combative
communication style with the press pack
has been celebrated by the president on
social media. So he wrote on Truth
Social just a few moments ago, "Our
wonderful White House press secretary
and one of my most trusted aids,
Karoline Leavitt, will be departing her
role at the end of the month so she can
spend more time with her beautiful young
children and family. A decision I
totally understand and respect. Karoline
will now be one of my top outside
advisers and an influential voice within
the Republican Party as we work to defy
history and conclusively win the midterm
elections. Karoline has been a real
leader in the White House and has done a
phenomenal job fighting for justice,
liberty, and freedom since 2018."
So she is the longest uh second longest
serving press secretary for Donald Trump
covering both of his terms. Sarah
Huckabee Sanders still in the first
position, 1 year 11 months. Karoline
Leavitt in second position, 1 year and 7
months. So uh yeah, 3 months maternity
leave is not a very long time and given
the high-stress nature of that job, not
surprised actually that she's decided to
step down and and spend more time with
her family. So that news just in from
the White House that Karoline Leavitt
will depart her role within the next few
weeks.