The President-elect of the United States, Donald Trump, designated this Friday as White House spokesperson to Karoline Leavittwho was the face of his campaign as spokesperson and was also part of the White House communications team during his first term (2017-2021).
“Karoline Leavitt did an exceptional job as national press spokesperson for my historic campaign, and I am pleased to announce that she will serve as White House spokesperson,” Trump said in a statement .
The president described Leavitt as “smart” and “tough” and said that “she has proven herself to be an extremely effective communicator.”
“I am confident that he will excel on the podium and help us deliver our message to the American people as we make America great again,” he said, repeating the motto “Make America Great Again.” all his presidential campaigns.
When Trump takes office on January 20, 2025, Leavitt will become 27 years old, youngest White House press secretary. Before her, Ron Ziegler, 29, was spokesperson under the presidency of Richard Nixon (1969-1974).
Leavitt worked as a press secretary in the first Trump administration and, in 2022, ran for Congress in the state of New Hampshire. He won the 1st District Republican primary, but lost in the general election to Democrat Chris Pappas.
He also served as a spokesperson for Republican Congresswoman Elise Stefanik of New York, a Trump ally, who was recently chosen by the former president as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
During the campaign, Leavitt stood out as a recurring figure on conservative channelsstrongly defending Trump’s controversial policies and statements, and showing his willingness to take on media outlets like cnncriticism of the former president.
Additionally, this year she welcomed her first child and is known for her fervent Catholic devotion.
The position of press secretary is one of the most important in the White House, since the one who occupies it becomes the face of the Administration and has the duty to answer questions from journalists during press conferences which, sometimes , become quite combative.
Under the Joe Biden administration, press conferences have been almost daily, as they were during the administrations of Barack Obama (2009-2017) and George W. Bush (2001-2009).
However, during his tenure in the White House, Trump, who had a contentious relationship with the press and called the media “enemies of the people” and “fake news,” ordered his communications team to break with the tradition of everyday life. press conferences.
As a result, press conferences have become sporadic in the Trump era, according to the press secretary in office at the time. In fact, a record of more than 300 days without an appearance of the spokesperson between March 2019 and January 2020.
