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Trump's firebrand aide to be White House press secretary
November 17, 2024
|The Straits Times
President-elect Donald Trump reached into his inner circle on Nov. 15 and chose his transition spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt as his White House press secretary, putting a 27-year-old firebrand in position to aggressively defend him.
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Ms. Leavitt has endeared herself to Trump by her ardent defense of him in news interviews and her take-no-prisoners style, Trump advisers said.
The job of the White House press secretary typically is to help inform the American people about presidential activities without betraying the confidence of the boss.
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