Overview

• During a late‑night press gaggle on Air Force One Monday, Trump pivoted from a question about Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the Russia‑Ukraine war to discuss press secretary Karoline Leavitt.
• He asked whether she should be replaced before saying "It'll never happen," offering a public show of support.
• He added, "That face... and those lips — they move like a machine gun," repeating a similar compliment he made in August on Newsmax.
• Politico’s Dasha Burns answered his replacement query, and Fox contributor Katie Pavlich praised Leavitt, with the exchange captured on C‑SPAN.
• The moment came as Trump returned from a summit in Egypt, was reported by Mediaite, and there has been no indication of staffing changes.