Nicolai Haugsted
Karoline Leavitt could be preparing to reveal what really happened during her 19 months inside Trump’s White House.
Karoline Leavitt may have surrendered the White House podium, but she apparently has plenty left to say about what happened behind it.
Barely a month after finishing her tenure as Donald Trump’s press secretary, Leavitt is reportedly shopping a book about her experience inside the administration.
Several publishers are reviewing a proposal from the 29-year-old former spokeswoman, according to Page Six, with the project expected to offer behind-the-scenes stories from her 19 months in Trump’s orbit.
Leavitt has not publicly confirmed the proposed book, and crucial details — including precisely how candid she intends to be about Trump — remain under wraps.
Recent interviews, however, have already provided a taste of the stories she is willing to tell now that she no longer occupies the briefing room.
From the podium to the publishing world
Leavitt completed her final day as White House press secretary on August 27, ending a tenure that made her the youngest person ever to hold the position.
She left after the birth of her second child, saying she wanted to devote more time to her family. Trump publicly praised her departure and called her “one of the best White House Press Secretaries in the History of the Office.”
Leaving Washington altogether was never part of the plan.
Leavitt returned to MAGA Inc., the Trump-aligned super PAC where she had worked before joining his 2024 presidential campaign, and remained an outside adviser to the president.
A reported book deal could now give her another platform — and potentially a much larger canvas for stories that never made it into the daily White House briefings.
Reporters apparently apologized behind the scenes
Leavitt has already started discussing some of those encounters publicly.
During a recent interview with Sean Hannity, she claimed journalists occasionally approached her privately after confronting her publicly with questions they had been instructed to ask.
“There’s been times reporters have even said to me, ‘I’m sorry I had to ask that today, you know, my bosses really wanted me to ask that,'” Leavitt said.
Her relationship with the press was hardly gentle during her tenure.
Leavitt frequently sparred with journalists from the podium and aggressively defended Trump’s attacks on traditional news organizations. Her departure nevertheless included a surprisingly warm farewell.
“I’ll miss you guys. I know that’s probably not something anyone would expect me to say, but obviously it’s been great working with all of you,” she told reporters on her final day.
Leavitt has already started opening the vault
Perhaps the clearest indication of what a Leavitt memoir might contain came from another story she recently shared.
Speaking about a private lunch involving Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Leavitt described watching the president unload on his host over immigration.
“We’re sitting around the table, and we’re all enjoying lunch, and we’re in this beautiful place, and the president just starts ripping into him for his policies,” she said.
Leavitt recalled exchanging glances with White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller as the conversation unfolded.
“Oh boy, here we go,” she remembered thinking.
Sharing details from the private meeting drew criticism from Newsmax host Greg Kelly, a Trump supporter who accused Leavitt of gossiping about confidential presidential conversations and called the disclosure a “breach of trust.” Reports about the proposed book have consequently arrived just as questions are already being raised inside Trump-friendly media about how much she should reveal.
Trump still has no permanent replacement
Leavitt’s old job has meanwhile remained vacant.
Trump did not immediately choose another permanent press secretary after her departure, and the White House has operated without a formal successor while other communications officials have handled parts of the workload.
Leavitt’s own advice to whoever eventually takes the position was characteristically Trump-centric.
“I think it’s most important in this job to understand that President Trump is his own best spokesperson,” she said before leaving.
Trump, she added, is effectively “the true communications director and press secretary here at the White House.”
Publishers may now get the opportunity to discover what working for that particular boss looked like from the other side of the podium.
Leavitt has not announced a book, revealed a title or promised any White House bombshells.
For now, the only reported pitch is the proposal itself.
But judging by the private stories she has already begun telling, 19 months beside Trump could provide plenty of pages to fill.
