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Trump's New Press Secretary Goes Full North Korea With Hilariously Fawning Rant On Fox News

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New White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt took her hyperbole to the max while praising President Trump on Fox News with an over the top claim about Trump's first day.

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By Peter KarlebyJan 23, 2025
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Peter Karleby is a writer, content producer and performer originally from Michigan. His writing has also appeared on YourTango, Delish and Medium, and he has produced content for NBC, The New York Times and The CW, among others. When not working, he can be found tripping over his own feet on a hiking trail while singing Madonna songs to ward off lurking bears.
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The second Trump Administration is off and running, and the whole dictatorship vibe? Well, they're not really making any bones about it.

Including new White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, who went on TV and went on a ludicrous and embarrassing diatribe about Donald Trump that felt like something right out of North Korea.

Leavitt took to state television—er, sorry, Fox News—to make several overwrought claims about the new president.

She told Fox:

"We have truth on our side at this White House.”

Does that include Trump seemingly admitting onstage at his January 19 rally that Elon Musk "rigged" the election for him, or...?

beyond parody

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) January 21, 2025 at 8:45 AM

She then went on to say:

“This man is already doing more in less than 24 hours than his predecessor did in four years."

Another stretch, since most of what he's "done" so far have been executive orders that are full-on unconstitutional like his attempt to end birthright citizenship, which many legal scholars say even our current far-right Supreme Court is unlikely to allow.

She then went on to tout Trump's announced infrastructure package, which gives multiple billions of dollars to private corporations to further develop AI rather than, you know, fixing bridges or whatever.

Leavitt's rhetoric surely pleased Trump's legion of fans, but she left many on social media less than convinced, especially because it felt oddly familiar.

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I swear we need to scan these people for chips.
— Tiff (@authenticallytiff.bsky.social) January 21, 2025 at 8:49 AM


Propaganda so blatant it would make the dictator of North Korea blush.
— Phil Strickland (@drphilstrickland.bsky.social) January 21, 2025 at 8:55 AM


Here's the extremely professional Leavitt saying something as absurd as anything Spicer ever said, about Trump doing more in one day for infrastructure than 4 years of Biden: bsky.app/profile/atru...

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— Dennis D. (@dennisdoubleday.bsky.social) January 21, 2025 at 9:53 AM


I swear we need to scan these people for chips.
— Tiff (@authenticallytiff.bsky.social) January 21, 2025 at 8:49 AM


This feels like manufactured dystopian state TV. I’m already so f-ing exhausted. I think I’m ready for the meteor or sudden death from the inevitable climatic event that’s coming.
— lawsdog.bsky.social (@lawsdog.bsky.social) January 21, 2025 at 8:50 AM


"We have truth on our side," hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
— David Jones (@adkdlj.bsky.social) January 21, 2025 at 8:46 AM


Hey, they've taken the North Korean media class. Impressive.
— Bob in Ky (@bobo59.bsky.social) January 21, 2025 at 8:48 AM


Just replace every interview with this. It's easier and saves time.

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— Pro-Democracy Warrior 🟧☮️🇺🇦❁ (@truthcomes1st.bsky.social) January 21, 2025 at 9:20 AM

Anyway, welcome to the clown show! It's gonna be a long four years.

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