{"id":2756,"date":"2026-04-03T18:22:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T18:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/?p=2756"},"modified":"2026-04-03T18:22:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T18:22:03","slug":"trump-claims-in-a-surprising-statement-that-his-negative-press-is-karoline-leavitts-responsibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/?p=2756","title":{"rendered":"Trump claims in a surprising statement that his negative press is Karoline Leavitt\u2019s responsibility"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/659039825_122286615068238462_5336675347039869355_n_cleanup.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/659039825_122286615068238462_5336675347039869355_n_cleanup.png 600w, https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/659039825_122286615068238462_5336675347039869355_n_cleanup-250x300.png 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>During a recent meeting with reporters, Donald Trump jokingly suggested that White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was responsible for much of the negative publicity surrounding him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump\u2019s approval rating has been declining, hitting a new low for a second term amid tensions in the Middle East, particularly regarding the U.S.-Israel-led operations in Iran. Two weeks ago, Silver Bulletin reported his approval at -13.9, and it has since dropped to -16.7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While signing an executive order in the Oval Office, Trump commented that 93% of his 2024 election coverage was negative, jokingly noting, \u201cSome people say 97\u2026 maybe Karoline\u2019s doing a poor job, I don\u2019t know,\u201d before turning to Leavitt and quipping, \u201cYou\u2019re doing a terrible job.\u201d He immediately followed with a lighthearted remark: \u201cShall we keep her? I think we\u2019ll keep her.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This wasn\u2019t the first time Trump has joked about Leavitt\u2019s role; during an October diplomacy meeting, he teased about possibly replacing her but quickly dismissed the idea, citing her presence and rapid speech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response to concerns about his approval ratings, White House spokesperson Davis Ingle emphasized that Trump\u2019s focus remains on decisive national security actions, highlighting Operation Epic Fury aimed at limiting Iran\u2019s nuclear capabilities. Ingle stated that the President makes decisions based on the country\u2019s best interest, not on polling numbers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During a recent meeting with reporters, Donald Trump jokingly suggested that White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was responsible for much of the negative publicity surrounding him&#8230;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2756"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2758,"href":"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2756\/revisions\/2758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}