Why Trump may struggle to find another Karoline Leavitt | About That

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is leaving her role at the end of the month, a move that will leave President Donald Trump without one of his most trusted advisers ahead of the November midterm elections. Leavitt will be 28 years old when she departs, making her the youngest person to hold the position. She has been in the job for over a year and a half, where she transformed the administration's posture towards the media by implementing a new system that hand-picks which journalists receive access to the president. The change was met with both praise and criticism from free press advocates, who argue that it undermines the independence of the White House Correspondents' Association. Trump praised Leavitt as "one of the best White House Press Secretaries in the History of the Office" and described her role at the White House as "the honor and adventure of a lifetime." Leavitt will be taking on an outside communications adviser role, where she will help shape the future contours of Trump's "Make America Great Again" movement.