Fox Host Congratulates Trump Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Historic First: ‘We’re So Proud of You!’
Fox & Friends host Ainsley Earhardt congratulated Karoline Leavitt — President Donald Trump’s new White House press secretary — on achieving a historic first for her position on Tuesday.
Prior to Leavitt, the youngest person to hold the chief spokesperson’s job was Ron Ziegler — who was press secretary for former President Richard Nixon. Ziegler was 29 years old when he took the job.
On Tuesday’s edition of Fox & Friends, Earhardt and her co-hosts scored Leavitt’s first interview after assuming the job, and asked her about things like “controversy” over Trump’s pardons, his play for “unity,” and her “personal reflection” on seeing Trump behind the desk in the Oval Office again.
And Earhardt made sure to congratulate Leavitt for becoming the youngest press secretary at 27:
EARHARDT: So Karoline, a lot of people — we — we’ve known you. We’ve known you for a while. We’re so proud of you. But a lot of the American public doesn’t, and they’re going to be watching you every day, basically. You’re twenty-sev- — 27 years old, the youngest press secretary ever. Congratulations on that.
I know you served as the assistant press secretary and a presidential speech writer. You were under Kayleigh McEnany when she was there. Then communications director for Elise Stefanik. What is different about Trump going forward versus when you worked for him four years ago?
LEAVITT: The — it’s just very surreal to be back here. I’m so proud of President Trump, proud to work for him and our team here in the White House.
President Trump has faced more adversity than any political candidate who has ever run for office in this great country. He survived two assassination attempts. And watching him swear in yesterday in the Capitol Rotunda was a very surreal moment for myself and my colleagues who worked so hard alongside President Trump over the past couple of years on the campaign trail. And it’s just a great day for our country. The Golden Age of America has begun, and I’m blessed to be here.
KILMEADE: Hey, Karoline, just real quick, president of the United States back in the Oval Office. You’ve known him for a while. What’s your personal reflection on seeing him behind the desk for the first time in four years just hours ago?
LEAVITT: It was an amazing sight to watch, to see him go back into the Oval Office for the first time. All of his decor is there once again. It’s the same. You see those family photos behind him at the Resolute Desk, and President Trump has been here before. So we got right to work, and as he said in his more-than-60-minute press conference, I may add, last night in the Oval Office, the most transparent president in history. He talked about how he has arguably more experience than anyone who has sat behind that desk. He is ready to get to work, no doubt.
KILMEADE: And also, we’re going to look forward to that infrastructure comment, the infrastructure announcement…
EARHARDT: What — what time is that?
KILMEADE: … that you have this afternoon. Yeah, what time will that be?
LEAVITT: Four P.M. this afternoon. You won’t want to miss it.
EARHARDT: OK.
JONES: All right.
DOOCY: All right.
EARHARDT: Well, Jacqui and Peter Doocy — he’s — they’re going to be asking you a lot of questions over the next four years. They’re happy that they’ll be called on.
DOOCY: He’s (inaudible) — no kidding.
LEAVITT: And I — I look forward to taking those questions.
KILMEADE: Do you think the president’s doing this…
(LAUGHTER)
All right, thanks so much, Karoline.
JONES: Thanks, Karoline.
EARHARDT: Thank you, Karoline.
KILMEADE: Congratulations.
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