Overview
- At Mount Airy Casino Resort in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, President Trump lauded press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s “beautiful face” and “lips that don’t stop,” mimicking machine-gun sounds during a speech billed as an economic address.
- Critics on social media called the comments “creepy” and “gross,” with users and commentators posting derisive reactions on X shortly after the rally.
- Mediaite noted the rally came just before Federal District Court Judge Rodney Smith ordered the release of grand jury transcripts from Jeffrey Epstein’s 2019 sex trafficking case.
- The episode fits a pattern, as Trump made similar remarks about Leavitt’s lips in an August Newsmax interview and again in October during an exchange aboard Air Force One.
- Leavitt appeared to downplay the moment with a 13-word Instagram Story from the event that read, “Incredible energy tonight in Pennsylvania! Feels good to be out with the PEOPLE!”