Will Trump’s next press secretary be a better liar than the first five?
As Karoline Leavitt plans to step down, it’s apparent how the president above all values a readiness to twist the truthAs Karoline Leavitt prepares to step down from her role...
By Robert Mackey · The Guardian World
As Karoline Leavitt plans to step down, it’s apparent how the president above all values a readiness to twist the truth As Karoline Leavitt prepares to step down from her role as Donald Trump ’s fifth White House press secretary, a brief review of her tenure , and that of her predecessors, makes clear that the most fabulist president in US history prizes one quality above all else in the women and men who speak for him: a willingness to tell outrageous lies. Leavitt started her tenure by telling a wild falsehood at her very first news conference, when she claimed that the Biden administration had planned to use $50m in taxpayer dollars to send condoms to Gaza. Later the same day, the Guardian reported that the claim was directly contradicted by USAID records. Continue reading...