Karoline Leavitt at age 27, has secured a prominent position as US President-elect Donald Trump‘s press secretary in his upcoming term. Her professional path started with modest jobs at an ice cream stand and a used car dealership. Following her university education, she successfully obtained a White House internship, which evolved into full-time employment. She gained experience in communications whilst working under Kayleigh McEnany during Trump’s final year as president.
Leavitt garnered attention following a contentious interview with CNN’s Kaisie Hunt in June. She expressed concerns about potential moderator bias against Trump in presidential debates. The interview concluded abruptly after a tense discussion, demonstrating Leavitt’s composure and resilience under pressure.
During the confrontation, she said that the forthcoming Trump-Biden presidential debate would present a “hostile environment” for Mr Trump, suggesting that moderators Jake Tapper and Dana Bush had shown “biased” behaviour towards him previously.
In the heated discussion, Ms Hunt warned Ms Leavitt about terminating the interview “if you continue to attack my colleagues”.
Shortly afterwards, Ms Hunt ended their discussion.
Subsequently, Ms Leavitt demonstrated her commitment by returning to broadcasting merely four days after experiencing challenging labour and delivering her son.
Ms Leavitt had recently left the hospital and was viewing Mr Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, when assailant Thomas Crooks discharged multiple shots at the former president, with one bullet grazing his ear.
“I looked at my husband and said, ‘looks like I’m going back to work'”, Ms Leavitt told The Conservateur, a website for conservative women.
“The president literally put his life on the line to win this election,” she added. “The least I could do is get back to work quickly.”
Following this, she received an “incredibly warm and kind” telephone call from Mr Trump enquiring about her after the birth.
Mr Trump then connected his wife, Melania, who joined the conversation, and they “talked about how wonderful it is to be a mother to a boy”.
Ms Leavitt added, “They spoke about their love for Barron, and the president cracked a joke, ‘We have a little boy, but he’s not so little now!'”