President Trump nominates Caroline Levitt as White House press secretary

President-elect Donald Trump has announced that he will appoint campaign spokeswoman Caroline Leavitt as the next administration's press secretary.

“Caroline Leavitt did a phenomenal job as national press secretary during my historic campaign, and I am happy to announce that she will serve as White House press secretary,” President Trump said in a statement Friday night. I'm happy,” he said.

“Caroline has proven to be smart, tough, and a highly effective communicator. I am confident she will excel on the podium and deliver the message to the American people that we will make America great again. I have great confidence in that.”

At 27, Leavitt will become the youngest White House press secretary in U.S. history, surpassing Ron Ziegler, the 29-year-old Nixon administration press secretary who held the position from 1969 to 1974.

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Mr. Levitt served as the campaign's national press secretary, rallying support for Mr. Trump and also acting as a strong defender of Mr. Trump amid political attacks from the Harris campaign and Democrats.

“They forced him to have his mugshot taken. They tried to remove his name from the ballot. They made him sit in a dirty courtroom for six weeks. ,” Leavitt said last week. After the election, on “Fox & Friends.” “And the American people clearly understand that Donald Trump is the leader who, even in the darkest of times, will raise his fist in the air and yell for this country, 'Fight, fight, fight.' is.”

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“Democracy appears to be the top issue for voters. It is clear that the American people believe that President Trump is the best candidate to preserve democracy. And it is clear that President Trump is a threat to the people. “Democracy was not working in the eyes of the American people,” she added.

Trump campaign press secretary Caroline Leavitt in New York City on May 29. (Doug Mills/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)

Levitt previously served in Trump's first administration as assistant press secretary during Kayleigh McEnany's tenure. In 2022, the New Hampshire native launched a campaign to represent the state's 1st Congressional District, winning the primary but not the general election.

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There had been growing speculation that Mr. Trump was likely to nominate Mr. Levitt for the role, but Mr. Trump's legal press secretary and adviser Alina Haba, a close aide to President George W. Bush and a CNN contributor, Other names that have come up include Scott Jennings, Trump's longtime adviser and ally, and Jason Miller, Trump's longtime adviser and ally. , or campaign spokesperson and advisor Stephen Chan.

President Trump appointed Chung as communications director early Friday. Other potential candidates include former ESPN host Sage Steele, RNC press secretary Elizabeth Pipko and former Trump administration official Monica Crowley.

Former Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event in Mint Hill, North Carolina, on September 25. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

In 2016, President Trump announced Sean Spicer as his first press secretary, a position he held from January 20, 2017 to July of the same year. During the first Trump administration, current Arkansas governors Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Stephanie Grisham, and McEnany also took office.

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“The American people re-elected President Trump by a wide margin and empowered him to deliver on the promises he made during his campaign, and his Cabinet selections reflect President Trump’s America First priorities.” President Trump continues to appoint talented people. “And these are the women who have the talent, the experience, and the skill sets we need to make America great again,” Levitt said earlier this week when asked about President Trump's quick Cabinet announcements. He told Fox News Digital at the time.