Insiders Reveal Karoline Leavitt Was Burned Out Long Before Announcing Her Exit

BREAKING: Insiders Reveal Karoline Leavitt Was Burned Out Long Before Announcing Her Exit Karoline Leavitt’s decision to step down as White House press secretary wasn’t a sudden one, according to new reporting, and insiders say it had little to do with the family focused explanation she gave publicly. Sources told the Daily Mail that Leavitt […]

BREAKING: Insiders Reveal Karoline Leavitt Was Burned Out Long Before Announcing Her Exit

Karoline Leavitt’s decision to step down as White House press secretary wasn’t a sudden one, according to new reporting, and insiders say it had little to do with the family focused explanation she gave publicly.

Sources told the Daily Mail that Leavitt realized within her first week back from maternity leave in July that she was done. One insider said she spent the following weeks quietly figuring out how to step down with Trump’s blessing rather than making a clean break right away. Another described her as dealing with real burnout, adding that she barely slept while trying to balance the job with two young children, all while refusing to let her performance slip.

Trump reportedly kept calling her even during her maternity leave, according to CNN’s Alayna Treene, leaving little room for the kind of break most new parents get. When Leavitt finally announced her departure, she framed it around wanting to be present for her kids, a sentiment that’s certainly understandable, but insiders paint a fuller picture of a job that ground her down long before that announcement.

One source close to Leavitt summed it up simply: “It’s a thankless job.” Trump, for his part, reportedly didn’t want her to go, trusting her more than he trusts bringing someone new into his circle this late in his term. A replacement has not yet been chosen.