NEW: Trump Announces His Pick For White House Press Secretary

President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that former congressional candidate Karoline Leavitt — who was narrowly defeated in her quest to flip New Hampshire’s 1st Congressional District in 2022 — will serve as his White House press secretary.

Leavitt, 27, who has been working as a Trump Campaign spokesman over the last two years, is set to become the youngest White House press secretary in American history. The distinction was previously held by Ronald Ziegler, who was tapped for the position by then-President Richard Nixon in 1969. Ziegler was 29-years-old at the time of his appointment.

“Karoline Leavitt did a phenomenal job as the National Press Secretary on my Historic Campaign, and I am pleased to announce she will serve as White House Press Secretary,” Trump said in a statement. “Karoline is smart, tough, and has proven to be a highly effective communicator. I have the utmost confidence she will excel at the podium, and help deliver our message to the American People as we Make America Great Again.”

Leavitt soon thanked the president-elect in an X post. “Thank you, President Trump, for believing in me. I am humbled and honored. Let’s MAGA,” she wrote.

Thank you, President Trump, for believing in me. I am humbled and honored.

Let’s MAGA!🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/UF1ljE1r9R

— Karoline Leavitt (@kleavittnh) November 16, 2024

Leavitt speaks at the 2022 Student Action Summit

Trump went through four White House press secretaries in his first term and expressed satisfaction with all of them. The position was first held by current Newsmax contributor Sean Spicer before he was replaced by current Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who left the White House in 2019.

The position was briefly filled by First Lady Melania Trump’s spokesperson Stephanie Grisham before current Fox News contributor Kayleigh McEnany replaced her and served through the remainder of Trump’s first term.

Trump deviated from typical White House norms by opting to hold a number of press conferences himself, where he would take questions from reporters at random. Biden, on the other hand, has rarely held press conferences and has been caught getting questions in advance on numerous occasions.

The president-elect has vowed to continue the practice of impromptu press conferences, as well as extensive White House briefings, in his second term.

“I will give you total access and you’ll have a lot of press briefings and you’ll have, uh, from me,” Trump told reporters during a press conference this past August.

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