President Trump Says the Best Replacement for Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Is Himself

If you ask President Donald Trump, he can apparently do it all.

After White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced that she will be exiting her position at the end of the month, the 80-year-old president weighed in on who would be the best person to replace her.

In a post shared on Thursday, August 20, to his Truth Social account, the former reality TV star shared a photo of himself speaking to reporters at the White House and wrote on top: “The Best Press Secretary.”

At the time of publication, Trump’s post received nearly 10,000 likes on the platform.

As Globe previously reported, Leavitt — who just recently returned from maternity leave following the birth of her second child earlier this year — said the decision to leave her job came after she realized she couldn’t balance the professional demands while raising young children.

Leavitt — who shares son Nico, 2, and daughter Vivi, 3 months, with husband Nicholas Riccio — shared a lengthy statement to X, writing that serving as the White House press secretary “has been the honor and adventure of a lifetime.”

“I am incredibly grateful to President Trump for granting me so many extraordinary opportunities, such as working in the West Wing and spending countless hours in the Oval Office, flying around the world and meeting foreign leaders, and traveling across our beautiful country and meeting Americans from all walks of life,” she wrote.

“Most of all, I am thankful to the President for entrusting me with the distinct privilege of speaking on his behalf at the White House podium,” she continued. “I have spoken with great pride about the many historic accomplishments of this Administration, and I have relished holding the liberal media accountable and ensuring the American people hear the truth about President Trump’s successes.”

As for Trump, this is not the first time he has spoken incredibly highly of himself on his Truth Social account.

Earlier this year, he came under fire for sharing an AI-generated photo of himself in white and red robes, typically worn by Jesus Christ in historical depictions of the religious leader, and touching the forehead of a sick man.

Though Trump deleted the post after swift backlash, he said, “I did post it. I thought it was me as a doctor.”