Washington:
President-elect Donald Trump introduced Friday that 27-year-old marketing campaign spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt will function his White House press secretary.
Leavitt “is sensible, robust, and has confirmed to be a extremely efficient communicator. I’ve the utmost confidence she is going to excel on the podium, and assist ship our message to the American People,” Trump mentioned in a press release.
Leavitt is claimed to be the youngest particular person to take the important thing place, performing because the face of the White House and fielding questions from the media.
She acted as nationwide press secretary for Trump throughout his marketing campaign, giving start in July to her first youngster forward of the election, she informed a Fox News podcast posted on-line on Friday.
After working as an assistant press secretary for Trump throughout his first time period in workplace, she ran unsuccessfully for a seat within the House of Representatives from her dwelling state of New Hampshire in 2022.
She has additionally labored as a communications director for Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, whom Trump has nominated to be UN ambassador.
“I did not develop up in a political household. I grew up like most Americans in a middle-class enterprise household right here in my dwelling state of New Hampshire,” she informed the Fox News podcast. “I simply dove into politics at my faculty, Saint Anselm College, in Manchester (New Hampshire).”