15 minutes were enough: Donald Trump's new embarrassment
New White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt faced harsh criticism after her first briefing, which lasted less than 15 minutes and was marked by a stammering delivery. Leavitt, a former Fox News commentator, spent eight minutes nervously reading from a prepared script and only took questions from three reporters. Further embarrassment arose over her legal credentials, after Trump called her a 'lawyer' but she refused to answer where she passed the bar exam.
New White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt faced harsh criticism after her first briefing, which lasted less than 15 minutes and was marked by a stammering delivery. Leavitt, a former Fox News commentator, opened by thanking President Trump for his trust, then spent eight minutes nervously reading from a prepared script, occasionally glancing up at the cameras. During the Q&A, she only took questions from three reporters, representing Breitbart, Fox News, and the Daily Mail. The briefing was also widely covered by the New York Times. Further embarrassment arose over Leavitt's professional credentials. Trump called her a 'lawyer' in the post announcing her appointment, and Leavitt herself identifies as one. However, when a reporter asked the president in which state she passed the bar exam, Trump looked at her, and she gave a puzzling answer: 'When I moved to China.' White House officials refused to clarify whether or where she passed the exam.