Karoline Leavitt calls Americans lazy — ‘Send them to Iran’? They’re already there

Published July 6, 2026 1:11pm ET



Last Thursday night, the White House press secretary went on national television and diagnosed the problem with young Americans: They’re lazy.

“This generation, my generation, I hate to say it, Gen Z and those younger than me have been raised with just silver spoons in their mouths, just getting everything handed to them,” Karoline Leavitt told Fox News’s Jesse Watters. Asked whether the trouble was laziness, she agreed: “a little bit,” plus “the liberal indoctrination.” And her prescription for young Americans frustrated by the cost of living? “Send them to Cuba. Send them to Iran, they’re gonna want to come back real quick.”

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