Karoline Leavitt Announces Powerful Post-White House Job
“Karoline will now be one of my top outside advisors, and an influential voice within the Republican Party,” President Donald Trump said in a statement earlier this week announcing the departure of White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt. Turns out, he was right.
Leavitt told reporters on Friday that she is returning to work for Trump’s super PAC, MAGA Inc. She was the spokesperson for the PAC before joining the Trump campaign. Reporting last month from Politico put the organization’s war chest at $350M.
When she announced her departure, Leavitt indicated her tenure would end with the month of August. On Friday, she confirmed to reporters aboard Air Force One that their trip that day to Myrtle Beach for a campaign rally would be her last as press secretary.
She also indicated that she would join Trump for the Republican Convention in September.
“You guys will still see me all the time,” she told reporters.
Commenting on her departure earlier this week, Leavitt said her recent maternity leave left her with a new perspective.
“The truth is since returning to the White House after the birth of my daughter, I have felt in my heart that I cannot be the best mom my two young children deserve while devoting the constant time, energy, and attention required of the White House Press Secretary — and that is why I have ultimately made the bittersweet decision to depart the White House and embark on a new chapter in my life,” wrote Leavitt on X.
No successor has been named. When she was on maternity leave, various administration figures including Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent led the briefings.
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Fairly sure the real turning point was that she was left on AF1 when POTUS was secretly carted off. I would be mad too!
I wish the very best for her. She was the best I’ve ever watched.
Assume you are a huge fan of Pinocchio, too.
So it wasn’t about her children after all. Typical MAGA.
That’s sad you have a negative response for the reason she is leaving. Do you have children? Do you ship them off to daycare and depend on someone else to raise them. Parenting is the most rewarding and challenging a person can undertake. Try empathy and understanding.
How about some common sense. A leopard doesn’t change spots.
I don’t believe the negative comments were about her reason for leaving, it was that she’s already signed on the another job with Trump. Try thinking before you speak. As the famous saying goed: ‘Tus better to say nothing and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.”
You should take that advice yourself since it’s obvious to anyone who takes a second to think about the situation that not all jobs require the same amount of time away from family.