THE White House press secretary has revealed what she really thinks of her stand-ins while on maternity leave.
Karoline Leavitt, 28, welcomed her second baby with husband Nicholas Riccio, 60 on May 1, stepping away from her White House duties on April 27.
She had already delayed her maternity leave after the attempted assassination at the White House Correspondent’s Dinner.
While Leavitt and her family enjoy the first new weeks as a family of four with newborn Viviana, she has been replaced by other top members of the Trump administration as a rotation of stand-ins is planned.
So far since her absence, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance have taken to the press pit at the White House.
Rubio, who held a briefing on May 5 was a surprise hit when he cracked jokes and spoke in both English and Spanish.
Similarly, when Vance held his briefing on Tuesday, he too made jokes, but this time, about the press secretary herself.
The Vice President revealed that he would cover for Leavitt if she filled in for him when he goes on paternity leave, when he and wife Usha welcome their baby in July.
Now they’ve both had their turn at the podium, Leavitt has taken to social media to have her say and give her rating on their performance.
Taking to Instagram, Leavitt wrote a simple three word statement summing up her thoughts.
“Best team ever! Thankful,” she wrote under a shared post of Rubio and Vance’s briefings.
Leavitt has not said the exact date that she will be returning to the White House but she did say it would be “very soon.”
In the meantime, she will continue to be replaced by stand-ins rather than a more permanent replacement.
“We are enjoying every moment in our blissful newborn bubble,” she wrote on Instagram.
Leavitt made history as the first White House spokesperson to become pregnant while in office, and Vance’s wife, Usha, is simultaneously making history as the first second lady in modern history to be pregnant while in the role.
Vance, 41, and Usha, 40, announced in January that they were expecting their fourth child, another baby boy.
Meanwhile, an expert has told The U.S. Sun of the secret briefing tactics deployed by Rubio and Vance as they emerge as central figures in a rapidly intensifying trial by social media to see which of the two MAGA heavyweights will lead the Republican Party, post-Donald Trump.
President Trump has publicly acknowledged the simmering clash between his cabinet members and even polled a crowd during a Rose Garden appearance about whether they preferred Rubio or Vance.
Trump teased the pair as the “dream team” ticket for a possible 2028 presidential campaign.
