# Karoline Leavitt (and her successors) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [May 9, 2025, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karoline-leavitt-and-her-successors/1018138 "2025-05-09T06:40:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karoline-leavitt-and-her-successors/1018138/181 "2026-08-14T21:23:37Z")
Jen Psaki has a great view on Karoline’s leave, also how poorly Karoline did her job. > **[As Karoline Leavitt leaves, I have thoughts as a former White House press...](https://www.ms.now/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/karoline-leavitt-resigns-white-house-press-secretary-trump)** > > Jen Psaki reflects on White House press secretary Karoline tenure in the briefing room and how she changed the role. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karoline-leavitt-and-her-successors/1018138/182 "2026-08-14T21:57:29Z")
> [@XOldiesJock](#): > > This just occurred to me this morning. She reminds me of “Chatty Cathy.” [![](https://i.etsystatic.com/50235498/r/il/11a738/5979574073/il_794xN.5979574073_1avs.jpg) ](https://i.etsystatic.com/50235498/r/il/11a738/5979574073/il_794xN.5979574073_1avs.jpg) [![](https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA1QPPCg.img?w=1920&h=1080&m=4&q=89) ](https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA1QPPCg.img?w=1920&h=1080&m=4&q=89) Yeah, that works. ---
**Author:** ![Jihi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jihi/32/17768_2.png) [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karoline-leavitt-and-her-successors/1018138/183 "2026-08-14T22:34:05Z")
The dead, soulless eyes are what really sells it. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karoline-leavitt-and-her-successors/1018138/184 "2026-08-14T22:47:42Z")
To me her nose always looks like it’s atrophied and about to fall off, giving her a vaguely corpse-like appearance. Perhaps she’s one of the first instances of sympatric speciation, the precursor of an emerging new species that no longer needs to breathe air. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karoline-leavitt-and-her-successors/1018138/185 "2026-08-14T23:31:25Z")
The speculation I heard is that it could be Scott Jennings who will take Leavitt’s spot, or Kari Lake. The person they thought most likely, however, is Natalie Harp. She already works with Trump on a daily basis, is a true believer, and is superficially attractive enough. [![](https://images.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/08252020_harp-pic_170332.jpg?d=2040x1148) ](https://images.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/08252020_harp-pic_170332.jpg?d=2040x1148) ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2026, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karoline-leavitt-and-her-successors/1018138/186 "2026-08-15T00:13:10Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > The person they thought most likely, however, is Natalie Harp. That’s ridiculous. She is way too busy. And no way would Trump give up having her on hand 24/7. I previously linked to an article saying Jennings was the frontrunner though. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2026, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karoline-leavitt-and-her-successors/1018138/187 "2026-08-15T02:54:31Z")
Yes, your observation is the correct one. Reading this thread I’m always hearing Yes sing it with their slightly different pronuncation. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2026, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karoline-leavitt-and-her-successors/1018138/188 "2026-08-15T03:23:40Z")
Let’s just say he’s not conventionally handsome. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2026, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karoline-leavitt-and-her-successors/1018138/189 "2026-08-15T03:36:00Z")
You have to plump those Chatty Cathy lips…a lot. Also, where is the golden cross that is threatening to set those clothes on fire from all the non-stop lying? ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2026, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karoline-leavitt-and-her-successors/1018138/190 "2026-08-15T04:31:32Z")
But if Natalie Harp becomes Press Secretary, who is going to change Donald’s dirty diaper? ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2026, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karoline-leavitt-and-her-successors/1018138/191 "2026-08-15T08:04:08Z")
Holy crap, me too since her first appearance! She’d talk shit for Trumpy and I’d be think-humming, “Ah-aaaaah… Leave it!” 🤣 Let’s just face it. Karoline could wait a few months and campaign for office with nothing more than a slogan of “MILF! - Karoline for Congress!” merch and promises to keep Trump family value alive! ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2026, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karoline-leavitt-and-her-successors/1018138/192 "2026-08-15T12:03:20Z")
What’s arguably worse is that I tend to hear the xylophone intro to “[**Changes**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh1dVptApmc)” despite knowing full well that it’s not _even_ the correct Yes song. I won’t be sorry to see Ms. Karoline go. That’s not the _only_ reason, but … yeah: it’s one of the reasons. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2026, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karoline-leavitt-and-her-successors/1018138/193 "2026-08-15T15:10:51Z")
Walt Nauta. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2026, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karoline-leavitt-and-her-successors/1018138/194 "2026-08-16T01:30:30Z")
Nauta already does dirty shit for Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2026, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karoline-leavitt-and-her-successors/1018138/195 "2026-08-17T15:43:45Z")
What about Erika Kirk? ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2026, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karoline-leavitt-and-her-successors/1018138/196 "2026-08-17T18:07:15Z")
If I may, _what about_ eriKa KirK? ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2026, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karoline-leavitt-and-her-successors/1018138/197 "2026-08-17T18:23:48Z")
Doesn’t she make more money where she is now? Seems like it would reduce her grifting opportunities, which seems to be primary motivation in that group ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2026, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karoline-leavitt-and-her-successors/1018138/198 "2026-08-18T09:00:52Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Steven Cheung looks like Kim Jong Un cosplaying as Humpty Dumpty, so he doesn’t have the shallow traits that Trump looks for, but he’s a bootlicker who Trump trusts and he does not shy away from attacking people, so I could actually see Trump putting him in as press secretary to go after reporters that Trump doesn’t like. > [@TroutMan](#): > > For people not inclined to make fun of someone’s appearance, there still seems to be plenty of exactly that. Let’s be better. The problem with Stephen Cheung isn’t that he’s overweight or unattractive; it’s that he’s far uglier on the inside than on the outside _and it shows_. We have a WH Communications Secretary who thinks “Your mom” is an acceptable answer to a question from the press. His qualifications appear to be moral turpitude and the maturity level of an eight-year-old. So in the same vein as Cheung’s rhetoric, and for those who _do_ enjoy seeing petty abuse heaped onto what is already a streaming pile of garbage, I give you [the efforts of historian Kevin M Kruse on Bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/kevinmkruse.bsky.social/post/3mtcpiw7gi22j). It’s quite a long thread, but here are a few examples: > [@](#): > > My man looks like an enforcer for the Egg Council > [@](#): > > My man looks like a blobfish making a Ted Talk > [@](#): > > My man looks like he thinks this stripper is really into him > [@](#): > > My man looks like Gru explaining why he had to euthanize all the Minions > [@](#): > > My man looks like Patrick Star fell into a QAnon conspiracy > [@](#): > > My man looks like he played Henchman #3 in an old Steven Seagal flick > [@](#): > > My man looks like he played Steven Seagal in a recent Steven Seagal flick > [@](#): > > My man looks like the dolphin all the Sea World trainers say is an asshole Sometimes I don’t wanna be better. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2026, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karoline-leavitt-and-her-successors/1018138/199 "2026-08-18T09:06:02Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > The problem with Stephen Cheung isn’t that he’s overweight or unattractive; it’s that he’s far uglier on the inside than on the outside _and it shows_. Note that I was suggesting **who Trump would choose and why**. If you think Trump cares about how ugly Cheung is on the inside, you haven’t been paying attention. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2026, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karoline-leavitt-and-her-successors/1018138/200 "2026-08-18T09:08:26Z")
Oh, Cheung’s inner ugliness is definitely a positive for Trump. See also: every other person in his adminsitration. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karoline-leavitt-and-her-successors/1018138.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karoline-leavitt-and-her-successors/1018138.md?page=11)