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Karoline Leavitt will resign as the youngest White House Press Secretary in history at the end of August. Trump shared the news on his social media platform Truth Social earlier this week. Trump indicated it was a family decision. Leavitt, 28, has two children with her husband Drew. Viviana, their daughter, was born in May after Leavitt returned to the White House podium in late June.
Leavitt's statement was frank. "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."
Trump applauded her with great detail. "Karoline has been one of the best White House Press Secretaries in the History of the Office," he wrote, adding she "will continue as one of my top outside advisors" as the MAGA movement prepares to campaign for the 2026 midterms. Vice President JD Vance echoed the sentiment, saying: "We're sad to see her go."
Washington currently has no replacement for Leavitt. A New York Post source said the administration has been caught by surprise and is scrambling. Alina Habba — Trump's former personal attorney and briefly a White House counselor before being tapped as acting U.S. attorney for New Jersey — and Breitbart Washington Bureau Chief Matthew Boyle are widely expected to fill the spot. Others in consideration include Communications Director Steven Cheung, who manages much of the White House press operation but has avoided on-camera briefings, along with former deputy chief of staff Taylor Budowich and principal deputy press secretary Anna Kelly.
Karoline Leavitt stepped to the podium on Inauguration Day 2025 and spent the next 18 months facing a press corps that largely despised the administration she defended. She held her ground — and was better known before that as Trump's 2024 campaign National Press Secretary, on the campaign the establishment said he would never win.
The departure signals real pressure inside the Trump White House. This is more than a standard personnel rotation. Leavitt was a true believer who shaped how the administration communicated with the public. Whoever fills that chair next will face the same unrelenting media environment with the 2026 midterm campaign season already heating up.
Trump said Leavitt will remain a "vocal advocate for MAGA." The race to fill one of the most visible and consequential jobs in Washington is now wide open.
