Trump’s New Press Secretary Is Already Making His Life Hell

Donald Trump recently named his campaign communications director Karoline Leavitt as his incoming Press Secretary, and she’s already causing problems for him. During an appearance on Fox News this week, Leavitt falsely claimed that no one has ever been more in favor of an open and free press than Trump, which forced everyone on social media to remind the world that Trump is actively suing MULTIPLE news outlets for being mean to him. He’s also threatened to pull broadcast licenses for networks in addition to calling for criminal investigations into them. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins explains what’s happening.

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*This transcript was generated by a third-party transcription software company, so please excuse any typos.

Earlier this week, Donald Trump announced that his incoming press secretary for his, uh, second term in the White House is going to be none other than Caroline Levitt. Levitt served as a comms director for his, uh, 2024 presidential campaign. She is only 27 years old, so she will be the youngest press secretary that the White House has ever seen. And if what she did on Fox News this week is any indication, holy hell, we are in for a wild ride. Because shortly after she was announced as the incoming press secretary, Caroline Levitt went on Fox News and immediately caused some problems for Donald Trump. Here is what she said. There is no greater advocate for a free and fair, fair press than Donald Trump during his first term as the president. He was the most transparent president in American history that continued on the campaign trail. So Trump loves the media.

He loves the First Amendment, and he loves being transparent, which is why we are still waiting for the release of those tax returns, right Caroline? You see, Caroline, let, let me just explain this to you because you know, I've been through a lot of Donald Trump's press secretaries over the years, so I'll just give you a little advice if you're gonna tell a lie. Make it at least somewhat believable. Right? You know, you could have said that Donald Trump loves a free and open press. However, we cannot allow the rampant spread of misinformation, right? That that would still be a lie. 'cause he doesn't want an open press. But, you know, you make it believable by putting a caveat or two in there. But you didn't do that. You're like full tilt. Let's just lie our faces off. This is what we can expect for the next four years from you.

Because listen, Donald Trump does not love a free and open press. When he was president, he wanted Jimmy Kimmel censored because Jimmy Kimmel made jokes about him. He also wanted that to happen while he was on the campaign trail, which you mentioned. He also wanted Chrissy Teigan booted off of Twitter because she made fun of him. He is currently involved in multiple different lawsuits against media outlets because he doesn't like the mean things they said about him. He has threatened other media outlets with lawsuits in the last month. He is threatening criminal investigations into CBS for the 60 Minutes interview with Vice President Kamala Harris. He has threatened to pull the broadcast licenses of both CBS and A BC and he's currently suing a, B, C and George Stephanopoulos, by the way, that doesn't sound like somebody that is a, a free speech warrior or somebody who even cares about the independence of the media and on the transparency issue, as I mentioned, still waiting on those tax returns. Oh, and do you know what else? We're still waiting on his health records. Harris released hers. Trump threw a hissy fit about it, but he refuses to release his. We have

No, no idea what's going on. The only thing we know is according to him, he aced his cognitive exam, uh, six years ago, seven years ago, whatever it was. Yeah. Not exactly a, you know, vote of confidence there. He hid everything. He stole things from the White House documents. You remember that, right? This is not a transparent guy. This is not a guy that cares about the freedom of the press. He's not an advocate for freedom of speech either. You're only free to speak your mind in this country if you have something nice to say about Donald Trump, which of course is why Caroline Levitt is gonna have the job that she's gonna have, at least for now, right?