Is Trump's press secretary pick just a shameless ploy to "Make America Hot Again?" "The View" hosts went scorched earth in their opinion on Karoline Leavitt.
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00:00She's probably been put in there because, according to Donald Trump, she's a 10.
00:04You know that's what it is."
00:05That's the views Joy Behar weighing in on Donald Trump's new White House press
00:09secretary's qualifications — or lack thereof, according to the co-host.
00:14Caroline Leavitt made her big debut in the briefing room on January 28th
00:18as the youngest person to ever hold the position at just 27.
00:22I commit to telling the truth from this podium every single day."
00:25Her first press briefing made major headlines. The New York Times even
00:29called her steely and unflinching. But, as Behar suggested,
00:32she's also getting a lot of attention for her appearance.
00:35"'You're looking great. You're doing a great job.'"
00:37On X, supporters were quick to call Behar out for her remark.
00:40"'She got the job because she is qualified,' read one comment.
00:43"'They are just jealous,' read another."
00:45Fellow View host Alyssa Farrah Griffin, a former Trump staffer, also came to Caroline's defense.
00:50"'It's not her first job. It was her first press briefing.
00:53She worked in the previous Trump administration.'"
00:55Backlash from MAGA insiders was fierce.
00:57Podcaster Charlie Kirk called Behar's comment idiotic and bitter.
01:01Former Fox News host Megyn Kelly called the remark,
01:04"'not true,' but also added that the new Trump administration is,
01:07indeed, making America hot again."
01:09Caroline's high-profile debut has also drawn attention to her personal life,
01:13including the massive age gap between her and her business tycoon husband.
01:18Caroline recently married 59-year-old Nicholas Riccio, a real estate mogul 32 years her senior.
01:24The two were set up by a mutual friend at a political function,
01:27according to one of Caroline's Instagram posts.
01:29Nicholas doesn't use social media, and according to his wife,
01:33he's her complete opposite — an introvert and the best man she's ever met.
01:37Here's the big proposal on Christmas Day 2023,
01:40and here's Caroline showing off her ring to her hundreds of thousands of Instagram followers.
01:45The two share a son, Nico, born in July 2024.
01:48Caroline's Instagram also has plenty of flirty selfies and workout clips,
01:52which definitely sets the Gen Z-er apart from previous press secretaries.
01:56There's also this — Caroline at a shooting range in 2022.
02:00The caption?
02:01"'Joe Biden, come and take it.'"
02:02So how qualified is Caroline?
02:05The former Fox News intern was an assistant press secretary during Trump's first term
02:09and his national press secretary during the 2024 campaign.
02:13Between Trump gigs, she was communications director for Republican Representative
02:17Elise Stefanik of New York and launched an unsuccessful bid for Congress herself in 2022
02:22in her home state of New Hampshire.
02:24But her dogged dedication to President Trump might be the most important qualification.
02:29It's essential to our team that we share President Trump's message everywhere."
02:34Caroline went back to work for Trump only days after giving birth,
02:37after witnessing the first assassination attempt against him in July.
02:41She told The Conservator,
02:42I looked at my husband and said,
02:44"'Looks like I'm going back to work.'"