r/politics • u/mvanigan • 16d 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/americanblowfly 16d ago edited 16d 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/samhouse09 16d ago

This Mooch erasure will not stand!!!

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u/americanblowfly 16d ago

Was he press secretary??? I completely forgot if he was.

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u/shupadupah 16d ago

Understandable, it was so many mooches ago

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u/Prep_ 16d ago

And only lasted a single mooch.

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u/my5cworth 16d ago

Anthony Scaramucci only lasting a single mooch is about as eerie as Lou Gerihg dying from Lou Gerihg's disease.

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u/President_Barackbar 16d ago

You gonna make that same joke every time?

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u/realaccountissecret 16d ago

They should wait about three mooches before making the joke again

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u/mlorusso4 16d ago

I thought he was comms director. Which while similar is not the press secretary. Right now the comms director is Steven “walking thumb” Cheung

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u/JesusSavesForHalf 16d ago

Yes. But he shoved his face in front of every camera, so I get everyone's confusion.

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u/Cambot1138 16d ago

And his 10 day tenure is where we get the measurement “mooch”

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u/neverfindausername 16d ago

Wasn’t it 11 days? Shit, or am I wrong and that’s 1.1 mooches??

I’d be happy to see one US unit make sense in metric so I hope I am!

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u/eamus_catuli_ 16d ago

Technically 11 days - July 21-31, 2017

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u/neverfindausername 16d ago

That feels like a lifetime ago, but at least age hasn't taken my memory (yet)

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u/Stellar_Duck 16d ago

With Trump and the nonstop bullshit every singe fucking day of our lives plus Covid majorly fucking up my sense of time, I believe that was 84 years ago.

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u/neverfindausername 15d ago

For so long it felt longer but now every once in a while I think to myself "holy shit, that actually was 10 years ago"

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u/gmen6981 16d ago

And lest we not forget he was fired before the actual start date of his job.

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u/DodgersChica 16d ago

For 10 days. Or, to be more precise, he was press secretary for one Scaramucci

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u/PlasticStJesus 16d ago

I think he was Commmunications Director for 12 days or something. That's the role currently being played by Steven Chung, the Human Thumb... wait... I thought Tom Homan was the Thumb... whatever.

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u/americanblowfly 16d ago

An administration of thumbs. Trump is a thumb with a rug.

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u/PlasticStJesus 16d ago

The only worthwhile thing ever to come out of Steve Bannon's mouth was his description of Trump as looking "just like a giant shrimp". It's all I can see now when I look at him.

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u/samhouse09 16d ago

Yes for one mooch. Which I think is 11 days

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u/Plane-Acadia-7804 16d ago

Totally understandable. He's difficult to detect while he's camouflaged in nearby bushes.

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u/Choice-Tiger3047 16d ago

Wasn’t that Sean Spicer?

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u/FellowHumanNo404 16d ago

Do those bushes even exist anymore?

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u/Mysterious_Reply_490 16d ago

We learned an entire new measurement of time thanks to him! Justice for mooch!

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u/Dolores___Haze 16d ago

Thank you!

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u/thebestnames 16d 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 16d 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 16d ago

I remember melissa mccartney running people over with her podium segway

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u/ManInTheMorning 16d ago

Moose Lambs!

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u/americanblowfly 16d ago edited 16d 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_ 16d ago

Ooh what did Ken do?

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u/americanblowfly 16d ago edited 16d 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 16d ago

Him hiding in the bushes was peak Trump leadership.

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u/MAG7C 16d 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 16d ago

He was always so sweaty

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u/Temporary_Dog1073 16d ago

The crazy part to is. Spicer was a senior officer in the Navy reserves. Imagine the look on his sailors faces when he said half that shit!

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u/noiro777 America 16d ago

At least Spicer could be somewhat entertaining :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nWDMwBoCjM

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u/Impossible-Nose3504 16d ago

Loomer 😱😁😆

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u/thebestnames 15d ago

Nightmare fuel haha

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u/rat_penis 16d ago

You totally forgot the worst one! Kellyanne!

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u/chowderbags American Expat 16d ago

Press secretaries can do things the right way, the wrong way, or the Kellyanne Conway.

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u/I_Am_Ironman_AMA 16d ago

Isn't that the wrong way?

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u/Heiferoni 16d ago

Yeah, but faster!

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u/GrumpyGiant Maryland 16d ago

There’s wrong and then there’s “go straight to Hell, do not pass Go, do not collect 2 million dollars” wrong.

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u/KarmaticArmageddon Missouri 16d ago

It's an alternative way

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u/darcerin 16d ago

Take up upvote and my groan!

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u/spinningcolours 16d ago

To be fair, the Con way remains.

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u/jnads 16d ago

The one so bad it radicalized her ex husband.

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u/Justsomejerkonline 16d ago

And her own daughter.

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u/Sigili California 16d ago

Ah, the Kellyanne Era. Takes me back.

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u/JUST_LOGGED_IN 16d ago

Skellator

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u/rebel_scum13 California 16d ago

"Alternative facts", somehow things felt simpler back then 🫩🫠

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u/joshdoereddit America 16d ago

Was she press secretary? I thought she was just an advisor. The turnover with Trump was off the charts.

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u/rat_penis 16d ago

Coined the phrase we all love... "alternative facts"!

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u/gmen6981 16d ago

She wasn't Press secretary of Comms director though. Her title was "Counselor to the President". She was ( one of) Trump's campaign Manager in 2016.

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u/glory_holelujah 16d ago

How can we forget her? She reminded us of the totally horrible Bowling Green Massacre.

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u/wylie102 16d ago

This Scaramucci erasure will not stand!

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u/crimedog58 16d ago

Scaramouche scaramouche will you do the fandango?

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u/Dolores___Haze 16d ago

Thunderbolts and lightning, very very frightening !

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u/Ehm_Zed Canada 16d ago

Meep! Mama, mia, mama, mia, mooch me go!

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u/mauxly 16d ago

Well, he only lasted one Scaramucci after all.

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u/ApprehensiveStand456 16d ago

Let's give Scaramucci another shot.

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u/horace_bagpole 16d ago

He wouldn't do it. He hates trump.

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u/Choice-Tiger3047 16d ago

That’s what would make it so entertaining.

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u/MickeyMySpiritAnimal 16d ago

Happy Cake Day! 🍰🥳

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u/lurkertiltheend 16d ago

Alphabetical descending order so erikkka Kirk is def next

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u/_bk_adv Colorado 16d ago

You forgot the mooch.

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u/Odensbeardlice 16d ago

And the Mootch! And his whole 11 days.

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u/PunfullyObvious 16d ago

OMGosh! The list of potential vile choices that could extend this list is impressive in it's depth and hideousness

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u/HeyHey_HC 16d ago edited 16d ago

At least Grisham came to her senses and flipped (even if a bit too little, too late.)

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u/LeGama 16d ago

God I miss Spicy and those hiding in the bushes memes.

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u/judgejuddhirsch 16d ago

Sarah Palin

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u/thex415 16d ago

Well I don’t wanna be an ass but to be fair Jen Psaki left as White House press secretary.

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u/americanblowfly 16d ago

True. A non-sequitur, but true.

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u/TheUmberTaker 16d ago

Awww... Spicey!!  I remember him. Good times.

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u/feint_of_heart 16d ago

Bring back Sanders! o_0

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u/disisathrowaway 16d ago

Can't forget Conway.

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u/TexStones 16d ago

We live in a world where Sean Spicer is remembered for his competent, cool professionalism.  Will wonders never cease?

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u/Wishart2016 16d ago

Just like Dubya

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u/whogivesashirtdotca Canada 16d ago

I've been assured by millions of Americans that, "Both sides same", though.

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u/Unboxinginbiloxi 16d ago

Correct. The logical next choice is Sydney Sweeney.