Washington: White House Printing Secretary Karoline Leavitt is resigning at the end of August, but will still work for the US President Donald Trumpas an outside adviser. Leavitt, who is youngest to hold such an esteemed post, said that she is leaving this taxing White House job to devote herself to her two children.
Why is she leaving?
Leavitt, during her 18 months in office, gained the reputation of fierce Trump supporter and moreover for her fierce conflicts with reporters during White House printing conferences.
Karoline Leavitt, who returned to White House without maternity leave in May having given lineage to her second daughter.
What is there in the post?
Leavitt, who is a staunch supporter of Trump, wrote in a post on X that “the honour and venture of a lifetime” was her wits as Printing Secretary, but that “it was getting harder and harder to have a family and one of the most taxing jobs in the Administration.”
Once she started working then without having a daughter, she realized she wouldn't be worldly-wise to be the mother she wanted to be if she was still spending the “constant time, energy and attention” the Printing Secretary's job demands,” she said.
Serving as the White House Printing Secretary over the past year and a half has been the honor and venture of a lifetime. I am incredibly grateful to President Trump for granting me so many no-go opportunities, such as working in the West Wing and spending myriad hours… https://t.co/4jyW61DGGh pic.twitter.com/xny1yccuBn
— Karoline Leavitt (@karolineleavitt) August 12, 2026While not in the White House, Leavitt is likely to stay on in Trump's political enterprise as an outside communications consultant, and as a freelancer to the larger “Make America Great Again” campaign.
What did Donald Trump say?
Writing on Truth Social, Trump extolled Leavitt's “one of the weightier White House Printing Secretaries in the History of the Office”. She has been a leader of his wardship and an important part of his 2024 re-election campaign," he said.
"Karoline has been a real leader in the White House, and has washed-up a phenomenal job fighting for Justice, Liberty, and Freedom, since 2018, including our Historic Re-Election Wayfarers of 2024," he said.
