The goodbye party also included an elaborate podium-shaped cake complete with a White House seal
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- Karoline Leavitt marked her final days as White House press secretary with a goodbye party featuring a lectern-shaped cake and “no more questions” cookies
- Leavitt, 28, is set to leave the role at the end of August after becoming the youngest White House press secretary in history and Trump’s second-longest-serving press secretary
- She plans to return to the Trump-affiliated MAGA Inc. super PAC after taking time off with her family
Karoline Leavitt is celebrating her final days as Donald Trump’s White House press secretary with themed baked goods.
Leavitt, who is scheduled to depart the role at the end of August, shared a photo and video from a goodbye party on her Instagram Stories on Sunday, Aug. 23.
Leavitt, 28, first shared a video of an elaborate cake in the shape of the press secretary’s lectern, complete with a White House seal.
“@katiemiller knows how to throw a party,” she wrote over the clip, referring to former White House aid and political strategist Katie Miller, adding, “@fluffythoughtscakes made the coolest cake ever!!!”
Credit: Karoline Leavitt/Instagram
She followed the post up with a photo of two cookies: one decorated with an image of a lectern and another emblazoned with the phrase “no more questions” in blue icing — a nod to an oft-repeated phrase during typical White House press conferences.
She also gave a shoutout to custom cookie maker @leslie.pizarro.
Credit: Karoline Leavitt/Instagram
Leavitt is Trump’s second-longest-serving press secretary to date and the youngest press secretary in White House history.
Trump, 80, shared news of Leavitt’s departure in a Truth Social post on Aug. 12.
“Our wonderful White House Press Secretary, and one of my most trusted aides, Karoline Leavitt, will be departing her role at the end of the month so she can spend more time with her beautiful young children and family, a decision I totally understand and respect!” the president wrote in his post.
She announced she is planning to return to MAGA Inc., the Trump-affiliated super PAC where she worked before joining Trump’s White House staff in 2024, per NBC News.
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She additionally said she would be back with MAGA Inc. in September for the Republican midterm convention after taking time off to spend with her family, according to USA Today.
Leavitt welcomed her second child with husband Nicholas Riccio, 60, in May.
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