President-elect Donald Trump chose this Friday (15) and chose his transition spokeswoman, Karoline Leavitt, as White House press secretary.
Leavitt, 27, endeared herself to Trump for her ardent defense of him in interviews with news channels.
The press secretary’s job is typically to help inform the American people about presidential activities without betraying the boss’s trust.
“I have the utmost confidence that she will excel at the pulpit and help deliver our message to the American people as we make America a great nation again,” Trump said in a statement.
The challenge for Leavitt will be to provide reliable information and gain credibility with reporters – while maintaining a strong loyalty to .
Leavitt will be the youngest person to hold the title of White House press secretary. Ron Ziegler was the youngest press secretary at age 29 when President Richard Nixon gave him the position in 1969.
A New Hampshire native, Leavitt was a press secretary during the latter part of Trump’s first term, from 2017 to 2021.
When Trump was defeated by Democrat Joe Biden in 2020, Leavitt became communications director for the Republican U.S. congresswoman at the United Nations.
Leavitt ran for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives from New Hampshire in 2022, winning the Republican primary. She lost the general election to Democrat Chris Pappas.
She joined Trump’s 2024 campaign and was the top spokeswoman for the president-elect’s transition team.
