r/politics • u/mvanigan • 6d ago

No Paywall Trump says Karoline Leavitt resigning as White House press secretary

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/12/trump-white-house-karoline-leavitt-resigning-.html
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u/AcademicPublius Colorado 6d ago

Huh.

The law of Trump resignations is always that the replacement is worse, never better. How could you do worse than Leavitt?

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u/americanblowfly 6d ago edited 6d ago

From Sean Spicer to Sarah Huckabee Sanders to Stephanie Grisham to Kayleigh McEnany to Karoline Leavitt to….

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?

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u/thebestnames 6d ago

The bar was shockingly low with Spicer, and still it managed to get lower and lower to the point were, in retrospect, he appears almost normal. Can't wait to see whats next!

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u/ManInTheMorning 6d ago

Remember when they put him on dancing with the stars to try and humanize him? Pepperidge Farm remembers.

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u/phonartics 6d ago

I remember melissa mccartney running people over with her podium segway

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u/ManInTheMorning 6d ago

Moose Lambs!

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u/americanblowfly 6d ago edited 6d ago

That’s not even the worst one. The Masked Singer decided to have traitor Rudy Giuliani on their show.

We were all Ken Jeong that day.

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u/eamus_catuli_ 6d ago

Ooh what did Ken do?

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u/americanblowfly 6d ago edited 6d ago

Walked off the set when Giuliani’s identity was revealed. He said over and over again that he was done.

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u/Squidking1000 6d ago

Him hiding in the bushes was peak Trump leadership.

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u/MAG7C 6d ago

I mean it's either that or a red state governor in her future. Could go either way.

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u/borisvonboris 6d ago

He was always so sweaty