Another day, another weird comment from Donald Trump about White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt's lips that has left us cringing. In an October 13, 2025, press gaggle on Air Force One as Trump returned from the Middle East, Trump, unprompted, brought up Leavitt. He asked the reporters if she should be replaced, and when the question was returned back to him, he said that's something he'd never do. He then followed up with a now familiar (and still awkward) refrain about her, saying, "That face ... and those lips. They move like a machine gun, right?" (via The White House ).
The relationship between Trump and Leavitt certainly seems to be close , and this commentary focusing on her lips is not one we'd expect from most (or any) professional relationships. But to say that Trum