Washington:
White Home Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, the youngest individual to carry the position, is about to go away the Donald Trump administration on the finish of the month. The 28-year-old, who earned a fame for acid putdowns of journalists, will go away her position to spend extra time together with her younger household, President Donald Trump has introduced, including that she would stay a senior advisor.
“Karoline will now be certainly one of my high outdoors advisors and an influential voice inside the Republican Occasion,” Trump stated on social media.
The president referred to as Leavitt a “actual chief” and certainly one of his “most trusted aides,” saying she would stay an influential voice inside the Republican Occasion forward of the midterm elections. He stated he “completely” understands her determination and respects it.
Leavitt gave start to her second youngster — a woman named Viviana — in Could, simply days after delaying her maternity go away following an alleged assassination try on Trump when a gunman tried to storm the White Home correspondents’ dinner.
Her departure, simply weeks after returning to the job, comes as Trump faces steadily sinking ballot numbers and the Republican Occasion dangers defeat within the November midterm congressional elections.
Leavitt was not a policymaker. However the Trump veteran who served in his press workplace throughout his first time period, emerged as one of many administration’s most seen public messengers throughout Trump’s second time period on the White Home on all points, together with people who mattered on to India and Indians, together with tariffs, Russian oil, immigration, and the India-Pakistan battle.
On US Tariffs
In February 2026, after the Trump administration diminished its tariff on Indian items from 25 per cent to 18 per cent as a part of a brand new commerce association, Leavitt applauded the transfer, saying New Delhi has dedicated to “now not” buying Russian oil, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi additionally agreeing on investments of $500 billion throughout key American sectors and power, transportation and agriculture.
She claimed that India has dedicated to ending its purchases of Russian oil and can as a substitute supply crude oil from america, probably from Venezuela below the newly introduced commerce settlement between the 2 nations.
“The President struck one other nice commerce cope with India. He spoke with Prime Minister Modi instantly. They share an excellent relationship. India is dedicated to not solely now not buying Russian oil, however shopping for oil from america, additionally maybe from Venezuela too, which we all know will now have a direct profit on america and the American individuals,” she instructed reporters on the time.
On India-Pak Battle and Op Sindoor
Leavitt additionally emerged as probably the most vocal voices peddling america’ declare that Trump brokered a peace deal between India and Pakistan throughout the Could 2025 battle. In July 2025, she stated that Trump must be awarded the “Nobel peace prize” for ending a number of conflicts, together with between New Delhi and Islamabad, ever since he got here to energy.
Since Could 10, Trump, in addition to his administration, has repeated the declare a number of occasions on varied events that the U.S. President “helped settle” the tensions between India and Pakistan and that he instructed the nuclear-armed South Asian neighbours that America will do a “lot of commerce” with them in the event that they cease the battle.
New Delhi, nonetheless, has maintained that it was clearly conveyed to Washington that Islamabad wished the ceasefire and emphasised that no mediation could be tolerated. The US declare contradicts India’s narrative on the ceasefire settlement.
