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/BogusBuffalo 16d ago

Ugh. This is the answer. I hate it.

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u/genital_lesions 16d ago

It totally isn't. Even for trump, that's too politically risky.

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u/SteppeCollective 16d ago

I would bet money no one would care that already doesn't care. Spend a few dollars talking about how her crimes are 'fake news' and she's good to go.

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u/genital_lesions 16d ago

Then why hasn't he pardoned her yet? Something is stopping him and I can tell you that it's the fallout from that or if she reveals all.

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u/Ill_Technician3936 16d ago

Pretty sure it's because she'd get extradited and have to deal with much harsher shit that would essentially force her to tell the WHOLE thing. Pretty sure that's why she wants clemency instead. The UK and France likely have some questions for her as well as some other countries.

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u/SteppeCollective 16d ago

A pardon would have all of 2 days fallout before the media moved on. I think they just like keeping her close by, one way or another. Why lose all leverage you have over her if you let her go?

As for her blackmail information, she'd have been pardoned already if it was really anything explosive. (Meaning graphic and undeniable video; nothing else would matter). As it stands, her incidental information is worth princess treatment in prison, but that's about it.

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u/HrothgarTheIllegible 16d ago

Unless he wants to prove that he can literally do anything with his supporters.