Trump gives Karoline Leavitt a glowing assessment on her job as press secretary: 'We're very proud'

President Donald Trump gave precocious marks to his 27-year-old property caput Karoline Leavitt astatine the commencement of his archetypal ceremonial property league Tuesday.

Trump, who is known for heaping extravagant praise connected members of his furniture – adjacent earlier souring connected galore of them during his archetypal word – ran done immoderate of the VIPs successful attendance astatine the commencement of his property league with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu.

He began with Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, telling him 'what a occupation you've done.' He thanked nationalist information advisor Mike Waltz 'for moving truthful good with us.' 

Trump said Secretary of State Marco Rubio was connected the telephone ‘listening to each azygous connection that we say, and he’s going to beryllium great,' and offered 'congratulations' to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. 

But it was erstwhile helium got to Leavitt erstwhile Trump gushed successful idiosyncratic terms. 

‘Karoline has been doing a large job. She's truly astir apt talked astir much than anybody here,’ Trump quipped.

‘She's done a fantastic job. And convey you precise much, Karoline,’ Trump added. 'We're arrogant of you.'

'But we'll lone beryllium satisfied erstwhile each of these problems are solved and we person the squad to lick them,' Trump said, soon earlier outlining a stunning program to 'take over' the Gaza strip and crook it into the 'Riviera of the Middle East.'

Leavitt has held 2 property briefings truthful far, arsenic her brag continues to flood the portion – holding fundamentally 3 property league connected Tuesday alone.

At her archetypal briefing, the youngest ever White House property caput told reporters 'I tin guarantee you that you'll beryllium proceeding from some him and maine arsenic overmuch arsenic possible.'

Leavitt has clashed with members of the mainstream media during her aboriginal briefings, making a constituent of calling connected affable blimpish outlets and designating a spot successful the briefing country for them that had antecedently been utilized by White House staff.

She was a seasoned TV commentator earlier she took the job, and already worked successful Trump's White House property store during his archetypal term. 

She has besides taken clip to 'gaggle' with reporters aft conducting Fox quality TV hits connected the North Lawn of the White House. Enthralled online fans dubbed her the 'grim reaper' after 1 TV interrogation takedown. 

Even with each the efforts to speech up members of his team, 1 idiosyncratic Trump forgot to azygous retired astatine archetypal was Vice President JD Vance. ‘Please, vice president, basal up,’ Trump said astatine the commencement of a question-and-answer play aft praising the different members of his team.

Although she has exerted power implicit the briefing room, Leavitt has had a fewer stumbles. A national justice cited 1 of her online posts erstwhile considering a restraining bid to artifact a Trump medication frost connected trillions of funds of national spending.

Trump had 4 property secretaries during his archetypal term. His past one, Stephanie Grisham, ne'er held a briefing, and ended up endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris astatine the Democratic convention.