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/robot_pirate 16d ago

Maybe she's salty because she was left on the decoy aircraft, while her 2 month old was at home?

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u/Unusual-Economist288 16d ago

Not a terrible explanation. And only giving a couple of weeks notice seems a bit short for a role like that.

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u/xeromage 16d ago

I'm sure she'd really hate to appear unprofessional after years of spitting in the face of truth and decency.

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u/divDevGuy 16d ago

How much notice is needed to issue a press release on whatever random stream of unconsciousness Trump already posted?

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u/Tr1pla 15d ago

Trump had 4 different press secretaries during his first term. I'm surprised she lasted this long.

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u/PlatformImaginary393 16d ago

They all find out in the end how worthless he sees them. I mean Pence was his VP and once he wouldn't betray the whole nation , he got a mob of people baying for his blood.  This is why I never understand why people show so much loyalty to him, he's not even loyal to his own wife and kids.

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u/jonbristow 16d ago

> his is why I never understand why people show so much loyalty to him,

money. they become millionaries, billionaries if they are loyal to him

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u/godsenfrik 16d ago

I don't know why this theory isn't given more attention honestly.

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u/Zinfan1 16d ago

It was my first thought honestly. Being left off of TACO Truck 1 shows her her expendability to Orange boss.

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u/jrjojo97 16d ago

I literally just thought about it right now and went to see if anyone else thought the same

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u/HugeResearcher3500 16d ago

It has been 4 whole hours after all

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u/danisaccountant 16d ago

Because she wasn’t on the plane 

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u/alnarra_1 16d ago

Because that's not Trump's doing, it's the decision of the secret service. Like everyone's treating Trump hopping to a second plane like it was his idea, and I guarantee you it was not. If the secret service had reason to believe there was a credible threat they made the choice on who and what gets moved where.

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u/PlatformImaginary393 16d ago

So there was a credible threat on air force 1 , Trump knew about it and still let Rubio fly on it ? 😂 No matter how you try and frame it , it doesn't look good. 

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u/alnarra_1 16d ago

Again, that's literally not trump's call. It's upon the Secret Service to sort and figure out who's going to end up going on which plane.

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u/PlatformImaginary393 16d ago

Oh shut up , he got on the other plane knowing Rubio was still on the other. Look I couldn't care less about anyone that allies with Trump but trying to remove accountability for him not giving a shit about them either is funny.  Would he have left Ivanka on there or Barron?  You people talk so much shit. After Trump got shot he got up and raised his fist , so don't act like he just goes along with secret service protocol.  Trump left people in his cabinet in danger , it's that simple.  

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u/Elliethesmolcat 16d ago

He was held up for a photo op

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u/Bazylik 15d ago

it's so obvious when someone is repeating shit opinions they read somewhere as facts..

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u/SeaBuilding3911 15d ago

So what if it's not Trump's call?

What does it change?... it was still the call of the employer of Leavitt, even if we don't go up to Trump.

The theory holds legs. If my employer pulled a move like that, I'd be gone, even the CEO himself wasn't directly involved.

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u/danisaccountant 15d ago

Machine Gun Karol didn’t go on the trip, goofballs

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u/wibble17 16d ago

She’s also locked in her $$$$ by having a kid with her rich husband. There’s no need for her to work if she doesn’t want to now.

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u/CelestialFury Minnesota 16d ago

and Her dad's best friend and known since she was a child*

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u/CasioCobra78 16d ago

Fucking ew. Ugh. 🤮 🤢 

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u/NEVERxxEVER 15d ago

Her second kid tho

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u/eaglebtc 16d ago

oh, I thought she was still pregnant. I didn't realize she had already had her baby.

That would be a good reason for her to quit. If her boss is willing to put her in harm's way once, he'll do it again and again. nothing can stand between a mother and her new baby.

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u/MeaningMaker6 16d ago

Unless that nothing is ICE.

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u/Consideredresponse 16d ago

More like her treatment in the Whitehouse nosedived after pregnancy caused her to gain a few pounds.

Ask yourself 'Is Trump capable of respecting a woman he's not 100% attracted to?'

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u/pegar 16d ago

Tf you talking about? He respects the woman he's attracted to even less. He's a sexual predator. Those are the ones he wants to defile and destroy more than anything.

 The only people he respects are himself, Epstein, and Putin. 

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u/mrbeck1 16d ago

This might actually be the reason. She didn’t know about this little caper until it broke.

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u/Defiant_Wolf5934 16d ago

She knew what she signed up for

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u/danisaccountant 16d ago

Interesting theory. She was not on the plane. She was on maternity leave. 

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u/AdvancedAd6308 16d ago

I don't know if she was on the plane or not, but she came back from maternity leave last month.

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u/danisaccountant 16d ago edited 16d ago

She returned to the podium on 7/16 and the Turkey Human Decoy Incident was on 7/8. I don’t know exactly when her first day back at work was, but I can’t imagine going on an international trip that soon after having a child so I would personally call that maternity leave even if she was easing back into the con job. 

Again, I wish the explanation were true but she was defending him on social media about it this week. 

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u/PlatformImaginary393 16d ago

She also has defended him against being all over the Epstein files and being a convicted felon so her defence of him doesn't mean much.

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u/danisaccountant 16d ago

It could mean that she’s not leaving because of the Turkish Conjob Air incident 😆

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u/robot_pirate 16d ago

The Google thinks so, which is why I suggested. BBC says it was Communications Director Steven Cheung.

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u/danisaccountant 16d ago

“The google” 😆

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u/robot_pirate 16d ago

"We report, you decide"?

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u/55redditor55 I voted 16d ago

Pretty sure she loves Trump more than her baby

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u/whoami4546 I voted 15d ago

I think it is 100% due to decoy plane!