Karoline Leavitt has been a polarizing figure since she joined the White House in 2025 as Donald Trump's press secretary. She's drawn criticism for everything from her frumpy outfits to her shady side , but there's one thing in particular that really gets her haters riled up. On May 19, 2025, she took to the podium to brief the press on Trump's new tariff policy and the One, Big, Beautiful Act. Viewers of the live broadcast couldn't help but notice how she wouldn't stop fussing with her hair during the briefing. "Can someone tell us why she is playing with her hair?" one critic asked on X , formerly Twitter. Another tried to read into her body language. "I wonder if there's a correlation between her lies and when she plays with her hair," a second user posited .
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