Karoline Leavitt says Trump taught her a lot and shares why she left White House

Published September 22, 2026 4:28pm ET | Updated September 22, 2026 5:35pm ET



Former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt shared her playbook for handling bad press and lessons she learned from President Donald Trump.

“He’d be like, ‘Honey, I’ve been spinning up the press longer than you’ve been alive,” Leavitt said on Fox News Media’s Hang Out with Sean Hannity. “And he is right.”

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