WEBVTT 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:02.159 She could do the job. I think so. What 00:00:02.159 --> 00:00:05.239 do you think, Caroline? I like it. 00:00:05.239 --> 00:00:12.435 [music] 00:00:12.445 --> 00:00:17.020 [music] 00:00:17.030 --> 00:00:22.915 [music] 00:00:22.925 --> 00:00:28.155 >> [music] 00:00:28.165 --> 00:00:34.050 [music] 00:00:34.060 --> 00:00:38.635 [music] 00:00:38.645 --> 00:00:39.600 [music] 00:00:39.600 --> 00:00:41.760 >> Is Caroline Levit replaceable? 00:00:41.760 --> 00:00:43.520 >> No, she's not. I She really isn't. She's 00:00:43.520 --> 00:00:45.200 standing right over there and she's done 00:00:45.200 --> 00:00:46.640 a great job. But [snorts] 00:00:46.640 --> 00:00:47.760 >> you have somebody in mind. 00:00:47.760 --> 00:00:49.120 >> She likes her children more than she 00:00:49.120 --> 00:00:50.800 likes Trump. I'm very concerned about 00:00:50.800 --> 00:00:52.160 that. It's a lot to juggle, right? And 00:00:52.160 --> 00:00:53.440 you said you support that. Going back, 00:00:53.440 --> 00:00:54.719 is there somebody you have in mind that 00:00:54.719 --> 00:00:56.800 you'd like to see up at the podium to 00:00:56.800 --> 00:00:57.840 take over? 00:00:57.840 --> 00:01:00.160 >> You. How about you? She could do the 00:01:00.160 --> 00:01:01.920 job. I think so. What do you think, 00:01:01.920 --> 00:01:03.760 Caroline? I like it. I've always [music] 00:01:03.760 --> 00:01:05.199 liked you. That's why I'm doing this. I 00:01:05.199 --> 00:01:06.880 don't do this that often. I get off. I 00:01:06.880 --> 00:01:08.960 make a speech. Here I come off and we 00:01:08.960 --> 00:01:11.119 see Alexis. You have done a great job. 00:01:11.119 --> 00:01:12.479 >> I appreciate it. Thank you very much. 00:01:12.479 --> 00:01:13.840 Anything else that I didn't ask you? You 00:01:13.840 --> 00:01:16.635 wanted to make news in this interview? 00:01:16.635 --> 00:01:23.830 [music] 00:01:23.840 --> 00:01:25.759 >> [music] 00:01:25.759 --> 00:01:27.360 >> In fact, I've talked to the presidential 00:01:27.360 --> 00:01:28.799 personnel office who has told me 00:01:28.799 --> 00:01:31.040 directly that there is such an influx of 00:01:31.040 --> 00:01:33.040 resumes for this administration that 00:01:33.040 --> 00:01:34.640 it's incredibly overwhelming. There is 00:01:34.640 --> 00:01:36.159 no lack of talent for the Trump 00:01:36.159 --> 00:01:44.791 administration. [music] 00:01:44.801 --> 00:01:46.640 >> [music] 00:01:46.640 --> 00:01:48.640 >> There's a massive shakeup at the White 00:01:48.640 --> 00:01:50.159 House happening. White House press 00:01:50.159 --> 00:01:52.640 secretary Caroline Levit has announced 00:01:52.640 --> 00:01:54.399 that she's leaving to spend more time 00:01:54.399 --> 00:01:56.320 with her family. She of course only 00:01:56.320 --> 00:01:58.399 recently had her second child just a few 00:01:58.399 --> 00:02:00.960 months ago. And she says that being a 00:02:00.960 --> 00:02:03.119 mother and welcoming a new baby while 00:02:03.119 --> 00:02:05.119 working in one of the most demanding 00:02:05.119 --> 00:02:07.680 jobs in the world has been the most 00:02:07.680 --> 00:02:10.319 rewarding yet challenging season of her 00:02:10.319 --> 00:02:12.239 life. So, we'll unpack all of this in 00:02:12.239 --> 00:02:13.920 just a moment, [music] including what 00:02:13.920 --> 00:02:15.840 the president has had to say, who of 00:02:15.840 --> 00:02:18.400 course will have to replace her and what 00:02:18.400 --> 00:02:19.920 this means for the Republicans coming 00:02:19.920 --> 00:02:22.000 into the midterms, but first of all, let 00:02:22.000 --> 00:02:24.000 me just say [music] what a phenomenal 00:02:24.000 --> 00:02:26.080 job Caroline Levit has done. A 00:02:26.080 --> 00:02:27.760 28-year-old mom in one of the most 00:02:27.760 --> 00:02:30.800 high-profile communications positions in 00:02:30.800 --> 00:02:33.760 the world, always across the detail, an 00:02:33.760 --> 00:02:35.440 amazing, fearless voice for the Trump 00:02:35.440 --> 00:02:37.519 administration, and she was never afraid 00:02:37.519 --> 00:02:40.319 to shut down questions from journalists 00:02:40.319 --> 00:02:42.560 who were seriously Trump deranged. Just 00:02:42.560 --> 00:02:44.400 have a look at this. 00:02:44.400 --> 00:02:45.519 >> What question? So, if there were 00:02:45.519 --> 00:02:47.519 peaceful protests on Saturday for the 00:02:47.519 --> 00:02:49.280 military parade, President Trump would 00:02:49.280 --> 00:02:50.000 allow that. 00:02:50.000 --> 00:02:51.280 >> Of course, the president supports 00:02:51.280 --> 00:02:52.640 peaceful protest. What a stupid 00:02:52.640 --> 00:02:54.231 question, Raquel. 00:02:54.231 --> 00:02:54.800 >> [laughter] 00:02:54.800 --> 00:02:57.120 >> It really was. And here's Caroline Levit 00:02:57.120 --> 00:03:00.000 calling out the most unfunny comedian, 00:03:00.000 --> 00:03:02.159 Jimmy [music] Kimmel. 00:03:02.159 --> 00:03:04.239 ABC's late night host Jimmy Kimmel 00:03:04.239 --> 00:03:06.319 disgustingly called First Lady Melania 00:03:06.319 --> 00:03:09.280 Trump an expectant widow. Who in their 00:03:09.280 --> 00:03:11.519 right minds says a wife would be glowing 00:03:11.519 --> 00:03:13.680 over the potential murder of her beloved 00:03:13.680 --> 00:03:15.920 husband? And having experienced what I 00:03:15.920 --> 00:03:17.440 did with the first lady on Saturday 00:03:17.440 --> 00:03:19.200 night, I can tell you that she was 00:03:19.200 --> 00:03:21.760 anything but that. This kind of rhetoric 00:03:21.760 --> 00:03:23.599 about the president, the first lady, and 00:03:23.599 --> 00:03:25.599 his supporters is completely deranged, 00:03:25.599 --> 00:03:27.840 and it's unbelievable that the American 00:03:27.840 --> 00:03:30.000 people are consuming it night after 00:03:30.000 --> 00:03:32.640 night. As President Trump 00:03:32.640 --> 00:03:34.560 said on Saturday night at this podium, 00:03:34.560 --> 00:03:36.879 we as Americans must recommmit ourselves 00:03:36.879 --> 00:03:39.040 to resolving our differences peacefully 00:03:39.040 --> 00:03:41.120 and uniting around the shared values 00:03:41.120 --> 00:03:43.599 that make our country great. The 00:03:43.599 --> 00:03:45.599 deranged lies and smears against the 00:03:45.599 --> 00:03:47.840 president, his family, his supporters 00:03:47.840 --> 00:03:50.720 have led crazy people to believe crazy 00:03:50.720 --> 00:03:53.120 things and they are inspired to commit 00:03:53.120 --> 00:03:55.920 violence because of those words. It has 00:03:55.920 --> 00:03:57.680 to stop. 00:03:57.680 --> 00:03:59.840 So well said. And Caroline Levit would 00:03:59.840 --> 00:04:01.697 often have to tell journalists to do 00:04:01.697 --> 00:04:03.840 [music] their job, such as when the 00:04:03.840 --> 00:04:06.400 media basically went silent following 00:04:06.400 --> 00:04:09.360 the death of Arena Zerutska. 00:04:09.360 --> 00:04:11.519 Many outlets in this room decided that 00:04:11.519 --> 00:04:13.439 her murder was not worth reporting on 00:04:13.439 --> 00:04:15.680 originally because it does not fit a 00:04:15.680 --> 00:04:18.160 preferred narrative. Many of the 00:04:18.160 --> 00:04:20.400 journalists in this room spilled plenty 00:04:20.400 --> 00:04:22.960 of ink trying to smear Daniel Penny for 00:04:22.960 --> 00:04:25.120 defending a subway car from a deranged 00:04:25.120 --> 00:04:27.680 lunatic in New York City. But none of 00:04:27.680 --> 00:04:30.080 those same reporters lift a finger to 00:04:30.080 --> 00:04:33.280 write stories about an actual murderer. 00:04:33.280 --> 00:04:34.960 Here is the truth that every American 00:04:34.960 --> 00:04:36.880 must know. Too many innocent people 00:04:36.880 --> 00:04:39.280 across the country continue to pay the 00:04:39.280 --> 00:04:41.840 price of the failed experiment known as 00:04:41.840 --> 00:04:44.320 cashless bail that has been championed 00:04:44.320 --> 00:04:47.600 by the Democrat party for years. And he 00:04:47.600 --> 00:04:49.600 is one of Caroline Levit's exchanges 00:04:49.600 --> 00:04:52.960 with CNN's Caitlyn [music] Collins 00:04:52.960 --> 00:04:54.720 >> on the layoff of federal workers 00:04:54.720 --> 00:04:55.840 potentially. The president said 00:04:55.840 --> 00:04:57.440 yesterday that Democrats will be to 00:04:57.440 --> 00:04:59.440 blame if federal workers lose their 00:04:59.440 --> 00:05:01.199 jobs. Historically though, in past 00:05:01.199 --> 00:05:02.960 shutdowns, workers have been furled, but 00:05:02.960 --> 00:05:04.960 they have not been laid off in mass. So, 00:05:04.960 --> 00:05:06.720 wouldn't that be the president's call to 00:05:06.720 --> 00:05:07.360 lay people off? 00:05:07.360 --> 00:05:09.680 >> As I've said repeatedly, Caitlyn, this 00:05:09.680 --> 00:05:11.280 conversation about layoffs would not be 00:05:11.280 --> 00:05:12.880 happening right now if the Democrats did 00:05:12.880 --> 00:05:15.120 not vote to shut the government down. 00:05:15.120 --> 00:05:17.440 And as I also said last briefing as 00:05:17.440 --> 00:05:20.639 well, we are 37 trillion in debt and the 00:05:20.639 --> 00:05:22.479 government is not receiving any cash. 00:05:22.479 --> 00:05:24.240 So, someone has to look at the balance 00:05:24.240 --> 00:05:26.160 sheet and be good stewards of the 00:05:26.160 --> 00:05:28.240 American taxpayer dollar. 00:05:28.240 --> 00:05:30.720 >> And Carol Caroline Levit rather was not 00:05:30.720 --> 00:05:33.520 afraid to be fiery. 00:05:33.520 --> 00:05:35.120 agent acted recklessly until killed 00:05:35.120 --> 00:05:35.830 unjustified. 00:05:35.830 --> 00:05:35.840 unjustified. 00:05:35.840 --> 00:05:37.680 >> Oh, okay. So, you're a biased reporter 00:05:37.680 --> 00:05:38.960 with a leftwing opinion. 00:05:38.960 --> 00:05:40.000 >> What do you want me to do? 00:05:40.000 --> 00:05:41.919 >> Yeah. Because you're a left-wing hack. 00:05:41.919 --> 00:05:43.520 You're not a reporter. You're posing in 00:05:43.520 --> 00:05:45.360 this room as a journalist. And it's so 00:05:45.360 --> 00:05:47.280 clear by the premise of your question. 00:05:47.280 --> 00:05:49.520 And you and the people in the media who 00:05:49.520 --> 00:05:51.840 have such biases, but fake like you're a 00:05:51.840 --> 00:05:52.960 journalist. You shouldn't even be 00:05:52.960 --> 00:05:54.720 sitting in that seat. But you're 00:05:54.720 --> 00:05:56.160 pretending like you're a journalist, but 00:05:56.160 --> 00:05:58.800 you're a left-wing activist. 00:05:58.800 --> 00:06:00.400 >> We are going to miss her, aren't we? 00:06:00.400 --> 00:06:02.080 Now, this is a bit more of what she has 00:06:02.080 --> 00:06:04.400 said publicly in her announcement. She 00:06:04.400 --> 00:06:06.240 said, "Serving as the White House press 00:06:06.240 --> 00:06:08.560 secretary over the past year and a half 00:06:08.560 --> 00:06:10.720 has been the honor and adventure of a 00:06:10.720 --> 00:06:13.440 lifetime. Most of all, I'm thankful to 00:06:13.440 --> 00:06:15.360 uh to the president for entrusting me 00:06:15.360 --> 00:06:16.960 with the distinct privilege of speaking 00:06:16.960 --> 00:06:19.199 on his behalf at the White House podium. 00:06:19.199 --> 00:06:20.720 The truth is since returning to the 00:06:20.720 --> 00:06:22.400 White House after the birth of my 00:06:22.400 --> 00:06:24.720 daughter, I have felt in my heart that I 00:06:24.720 --> 00:06:26.800 cannot be the best mom my two young 00:06:26.800 --> 00:06:29.120 children deserve. while devoting the 00:06:29.120 --> 00:06:31.360 constant time, energy, and attention 00:06:31.360 --> 00:06:33.120 required of the White House press 00:06:33.120 --> 00:06:35.280 secretary. And that is why I have 00:06:35.280 --> 00:06:37.600 ultimately made the bittersweet decision 00:06:37.600 --> 00:06:39.520 to depart the White House and embark on 00:06:39.520 --> 00:06:41.759 a new chapter in my life. President 00:06:41.759 --> 00:06:43.759 Trump has asked me to continue serving 00:06:43.759 --> 00:06:46.400 as a top adviser to him on the outside, 00:06:46.400 --> 00:06:48.560 and I will always remain a vocal 00:06:48.560 --> 00:06:50.880 advocate for MAGA and the Republican 00:06:50.880 --> 00:06:52.880 party. Our country is facing an 00:06:52.880 --> 00:06:54.720 existential [music] threat from an 00:06:54.720 --> 00:06:57.440 increasingly extremist Democrat party 00:06:57.440 --> 00:06:59.360 that seeks to destroy everything great 00:06:59.360 --> 00:07:01.440 about America. And I believe it is 00:07:01.440 --> 00:07:03.789 incumbent upon all of us who care 00:07:03.789 --> 00:07:05.440 [music] about this country to fight back 00:07:05.440 --> 00:07:07.440 against that threat. My fight is 00:07:07.440 --> 00:07:10.000 entering a new phase, but it is far from 00:07:10.000 --> 00:07:11.759 over. Thank you again to the president, 00:07:11.759 --> 00:07:13.599 the first lady, and the entire Trump 00:07:13.599 --> 00:07:14.400 family [music] 00:07:14.400 --> 00:07:16.720 for your kindness and generosity over 00:07:16.720 --> 00:07:18.720 the years. Thank you to our amazing 00:07:18.720 --> 00:07:20.639 chief of staff, Susie Wilds, for 00:07:20.639 --> 00:07:22.319 empowering [music] me since the day she 00:07:22.319 --> 00:07:24.479 hired me on the campaign. And to the 00:07:24.479 --> 00:07:25.919 president's cabinet, my staff 00:07:25.919 --> 00:07:27.599 colleagues, and friends at the White 00:07:27.599 --> 00:07:30.639 House who work so hard on behalf of our 00:07:30.639 --> 00:07:32.800 nation. It has been a privilege to serve 00:07:32.800 --> 00:07:35.039 alongside so many accomplished and 00:07:35.039 --> 00:07:36.720 impressive people, and I look forward to 00:07:36.720 --> 00:07:38.400 cheering them on over [music] the next 00:07:38.400 --> 00:07:40.240 two and a half years. And of course, 00:07:40.240 --> 00:07:43.039 thank you most, especially to my loving 00:07:43.039 --> 00:07:44.960 and supportive husband and family for 00:07:44.960 --> 00:07:47.020 the sacrifices they made for me to serve 00:07:47.020 --> 00:07:48.800 [music] in this role. This is certainly 00:07:48.800 --> 00:07:50.720 going to be very difficult for Donald 00:07:50.720 --> 00:07:52.479 Trump, I have to say. He's previously 00:07:52.479 --> 00:07:54.225 said that no one can replace Caroline 00:07:54.225 --> 00:07:55.919 [music] Le. 00:07:55.919 --> 00:07:59.039 >> How's Caroline doing? Is she doing good? 00:07:59.039 --> 00:08:01.039 >> Should Caroline be replaced? 00:08:01.039 --> 00:08:02.000 >> No. 00:08:02.000 --> 00:08:04.800 >> That's up to you, sir. 00:08:04.800 --> 00:08:07.440 >> Nobody wants to see a great job. 00:08:07.440 --> 00:08:08.960 >> Thank you. Um, do you want to do you 00:08:08.960 --> 00:08:10.319 want to elaborate on the 00:08:10.319 --> 00:08:12.080 >> skating and those lips? They move like a 00:08:12.080 --> 00:08:13.120 machine gun, right? 00:08:13.120 --> 00:08:14.560 >> Do you want to? 00:08:14.560 --> 00:08:16.240 >> He's not wrong. That was Donald Trump 00:08:16.240 --> 00:08:18.080 speaking in October last year and he is 00:08:18.080 --> 00:08:20.639 praising her again today, saying that he 00:08:20.639 --> 00:08:22.639 respects the decision that she has made. 00:08:22.639 --> 00:08:24.800 He posted, "Our wonderful White House 00:08:24.800 --> 00:08:26.400 press secretary and one of my most 00:08:26.400 --> 00:08:28.400 trusted aids, Caroline Lever, will be 00:08:28.400 --> 00:08:30.080 departing her role at the end of the 00:08:30.080 --> 00:08:31.759 month so she [music] can spend more time 00:08:31.759 --> 00:08:33.440 with her beautiful young children and 00:08:33.440 --> 00:08:35.360 family. A decision I totally understand 00:08:35.360 --> 00:08:37.839 and respect. Caroline will now be one of 00:08:37.839 --> 00:08:40.320 my top outside advisers and an 00:08:40.320 --> 00:08:42.080 influential voice within the Republican 00:08:42.080 --> 00:08:44.480 party as we work to defy history and 00:08:44.480 --> 00:08:47.120 conclusively win the midterm elections. 00:08:47.120 --> 00:08:49.279 Caroline has been a real leader in the 00:08:49.279 --> 00:08:50.880 White House and has done a phenomenal 00:08:50.880 --> 00:08:53.440 job fighting for justice, liberty, and 00:08:53.440 --> 00:08:56.480 freedom since 2018, including our 00:08:56.480 --> 00:08:59.120 historic re-election campaign of 2024. 00:08:59.120 --> 00:09:01.839 Caroline has been one of the best White 00:09:01.839 --> 00:09:03.839 House press secretaries in the history 00:09:03.839 --> 00:09:06.080 of the office. Thank you, Caroline, for 00:09:06.080 --> 00:09:08.800 a job well done, President Donald J. 00:09:08.800 --> 00:09:11.800 Trump.