In the United States, Donald Trump continues to build his future team. The president-elect appointed Karoline Leavitt as White House spokesperson on Friday, November 15. An important position in any American administration, which she will occupy at just 27 years old: she will become the youngest in the history of the country to occupy the position, which leads daily conferences and question-and-answer sessions with the press.
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Donald Trump is half a century his senior. Karoline Leavitt beats, in this position of spokesperson for the White House, a record of precocity which dates back to the administration of Richard Nixon, at the beginning of the 1970s. But it is a rise as meteoric as it is logical.
“ Karoline is intelligent, strong and has proven to be a very effective communicator “, Donald Trump said in a statement. Already a member of the communications team for Donald Trump’s first term, this year she became spokesperson for the Republican campaign. A period that she describes as the most intense of her life. And for good reason: she gave birth to her first son in July. Pregnant during meetings across the country, her maternity leave lasted only nine days.
Karoline Leavitt managed the communication of an often outrageous campaign, but more disciplined than during the last two elections. Karoline Leavitt has “ did a phenomenal job as national spokesperson during my historic campaign », added Donald Trump, assuring that “ she will excel at the lectern and help us convey our message to the American people so that America can become a great nation again “.
She will work under the leadership of Steven Cheung, communications director for the campaign, who will take over this same title at the White House. Karoline Leavitt previously worked in Congress as communications manager for Elise Stefanik, a 40-year-old New York state representative. She was recently appointed by Donald Trump to the post of ambassador of UNITED STATES at the UN.
She also personally campaigned, in 2022, to become elected to the House of Representatives from her native New Hampshire. His victory in the Republican primary even defied his own party’s predictions. But his position against abortion and his alignment with Donald Trump over his lies about electoral fraud in 2020 ultimately cost him the election.
As with the choice of thunderous Trumpist Matt Gaetz for the Justice Department – himself being prosecuted, these appointments ” meet two criteria : loyalty and rupture », Analyzed Thursday, November 14 for AFP Todd Belt, professor of political science at George Washington University.
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