Karoline Leavitt is stepping down from her role as White House press secretary under President Donald Trump, a departure that has drawn swift and varied reactions from administration critics.

President Trump announced her resignation on Wednesday in a post on Truth Social. Leavitt is reportedly leaving to focus on caring for her children, having given birth to her youngest child in May. She became the youngest White House press secretary in history when Trump tapped her for the role at age 27, following her service as national press secretary for his 2024 campaign and a stint in the White House press office during his first term.

Critics of the administration and of Leavitt herself responded to the news across social media platforms.

"Good riddance!!!!" wrote Jamie Bonkiewicz, a Nebraska activist who was visited by federal law enforcement in January after posting a social media message critical of Leavitt. (X post) (New York Post coverage)

"Very big deal," wrote White House reporter Andrew Egger on X. "Leavitt was very good at what she did — arguably Trump's best flak ever." (X post)

"Karoline Leavitt is abandoning a sinking ship," reacted podcaster and filmmaker Sabby Sabs. "The 'family time' comment is an excuse that unfortunately some will believe." (X post)

Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) wrote: "Karoline Leavitt is leaving the White House to spend a little more time...with the truth." (X post)

"When even Karoline Leavitt can no longer lie for you, things have gone terribly wrong," remarked progressive news personality Alex Cole. "I'm sure it's just a coincidence that Karoline Leavitt resigned as White House press secretary after being an unwitting decoy on Air Force One." (X post)

"Karoline Leavitt is being fired? (Oh, did I mean 'leaving'?)" posted activist Renee Libby. "And HOW will Trump replace her with a BETTER liar? What a sad loss for Fascism." (X post)

Novelist Paul Rudnick humorously speculated: "Karoline Leavitt is leaving her job at the end of the month because: she wants to spend more time with her hair; she's tired of being called smart and beautiful by her parents; Natalie Harp pepper sprayed her; Bari Weiss offered her an anchor position on 60 Minutes." (X post)

Anthony Scaramucci, Trump's former communications director, joked that she lasted "50.7 Scaramuccis. Surprised by this, I thought she was going to last longer." (X post)

The reference invokes Scaramucci's own famously brief 11-day tenure in the same building during Trump's first term, a yardstick that has since become informal shorthand for measuring staff longevity in an administration marked by outsized communications-shop turnover.