Bobbing and Weaving

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt is quitting, and according to The New Republic, it's because Donald Trump was driving her crazy. I can see that.

CNN White House correspondent Alayna Treene reported Wednesday that Trump had repeatedly called Leavitt while she was on maternity leave to have her second child. Trump was apparently desperate to know when she would leave her children and return to her podium, Treene said, citing anonymous sources.

Leavitt left for maternity leave on April 27, three days later than she initially planned to leave. The spokesgoon gave birth to her daughter on May 1, and returned to work just nine weeks later on July 1. Federal employees are typically entitled to 12 weeks of paid parental leave.

Two sources told the Daily Mail that Leavitt’s decision had been months in the making. “She was just trying to figure out how to politely step down with [Trump’s] blessing,” one of the sources said.

Another source told the Mail that Leavitt realized she needed to leave after returning from maternity leave. “First week back she realized she wasn’t feeling it anymore,” the source said.

Yet another source told the Mail that Leavitt had been experiencing severe “burnout” from her job.

Lying your balls off repeatedly can wear a person down. Trump has had five press secretaries during his combined six years in the Oval Office: Sean Spicer, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Stephanie Grisham, Kayleigh McEnany, and Karoline Leavitt. They were all liars.

Leavitt’s greatest hits include the time when she told the press that the big beautiful bill would not add to the deficit despite the fact that policy experts estimate it will add up to $4 trillion to the deficit.

Then there was the time she said, “Tariffs are a tax cut for the American people.” Tariffs are actually a tax on the American people.

On another occasion, when she was asked about high egg prices, which Donald Trump promised he would reduce when he entered office, she claimed it was due to a shortage of eggs because Joe Biden “directed the mass killing of more than 100 million chickens.” According to Leavitt, it was a real Khmer Rouge for chickens.

But perhaps Karoline's greatest hit was when she defended the Trump administration’s freeze on U.S. foreign development assistance in early 2025, saying Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) “found that there was about to be $50 million taxpayer dollars that went out the door to fund condoms in Gaza.” as with most things that come from the podium and press room during Donald Trump's presidency, this was a lie.

With two babies at home, it is probably a relief to Karoline that she will no longer have to change Trump's diapers. I highly encourage her to change her phone number. Speaking of numbers, I plan to have the number of the liar who will replace her.

Perhaps the next time we see Karoline, it'll be on Dancing with the Stars.

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