Critics of President Donald Trump are running wild with theories about who will replace Karoline Leavitt.
The White House press secretary under Trump is poised to depart. Leavitt, now 28, will create an opening on the president’s communications team.
After coming back from maternity leave in mid-July, the mother of two announced she would permanently bow out of her post later this month.
Yet many observers remain curious: who will step into Leavitt’s role as the 80-year-old president’s spokesperson?
Trump reportedly intends to have several senior aides take turns leading future press briefings on his behalf.
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Jimmy Fallon, 51, used his “The Tonight Show” monologue on Aug. 18 to weigh in with comedic insight on Trump’s choice for a new press secretary.
“Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt is on her way out,” the late-night host told his live studio audience.
Then he added, “But I read that instead of naming one person to fill the job, Trump might rotate a cadre of officials to handle briefings, which is code for nobody wants that role.”
Fallon drew light laughter from the crowd before delivering his customary set of barbs in the cadence associated with Leavitt’s soon-to-be-former boss.
“Honestly, he could save everyone a lot of time by just putting an Alexa up there and saying, ‘That’s fake news. Quiet, piggy,’” he quipped.
At that moment, the Fallon show clip cuts to a shot of an Amazon Alexa device on the White House podium. The device repeats Trump’s infamous “fake news” and “quiet, piggy” jabs.
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