(FILES) White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during a press briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on September 9, 2025. US President Donald Trump announced on August 12, 2026 in a Truth Social post that Leavitt would be leaving her position at the White House. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt takes questions during the press briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 1, 2025. US President Donald Trump announced on August 12, 2026 in a Truth Social post that Leavitt would be leaving her position at the White House. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks with the media outside West Wing of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 3, 2026. US President Donald Trump announced on August 12, 2026 in a Truth Social post that Leavitt would be leaving her position at the White House. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters alongside White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt before departing from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 11, 2026. Trump announced on August 12, 2026 in a Truth Social post that Leavitt would be leaving her position at the White House. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 12: The White House is visible as National Guard troops stand next to a military Humvee along Constitution Avenue on August 12, 2026 in Washington, DC. U.S. President Donald Trump is claiming credit for Washington's dramatic crime decline a year after Trump sent thousands of National Guard troops to the nation's Capitol, but the evidence shows crime was already falling before his federal intervention and the extent to which his policies accelerated that decline remains disputed. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 12: National Guard troops stand next to a military Humvee at The Park at LeDroit in Northwest on August 12, 2026 in Washington, DC. U.S. President Donald Trump is claiming credit for Washington's dramatic crime decline a year after Trump sent thousands of National Guard troops to the nation's Capitol, but the evidence shows crime was already falling before his federal intervention and the extent to which his policies accelerated that decline remains disputed. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 12: National Guard troops stand next to a military Humvee at The Park at LeDroit in Northwest on August 12, 2026 in Washington, DC. U.S. President Donald Trump is claiming credit for Washington's dramatic crime decline a year after Trump sent thousands of National Guard troops to the nation's Capitol, but the evidence shows crime was already falling before his federal intervention and the extent to which his policies accelerated that decline remains disputed. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 12: National Guard troops stand in the shade at The Park at LeDroit in Northwest on August 12, 2026 in Washington, DC. U.S. President Donald Trump is claiming credit for Washington's dramatic crime decline a year after Trump sent thousands of National Guard troops to the nation's Capitol, but the evidence shows crime was already falling before his federal intervention and the extent to which his policies accelerated that decline remains disputed. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)