00:00Spending evenings with my kids is completely unacceptable.
00:04So my president, excuse me, my husband, that's a good one.
00:09My husband is out here, is out here for the week.
00:14Good morning.
00:16Good morning.
00:19I am so honored to work for President Trump and the American people
00:25as the new White House press secretary.
00:30I want to thank President Trump for his trust that he has placed in me.
00:36I have wanted to work for him for a very long time.
00:42I'm looking forward to working with each of you as well,
00:46especially as we are in the middle of the midterm blitz with energy and excitement
00:53never seen before in the history of midterms thanks to President Trump.
00:58Just look no further than last night in Youngstown, Ohio,
01:02where President Trump delivered another blockbuster rally out on the trail.
01:09The arena was overflowing with enthusiasm as thousands came out to support President Trump,
01:16as well as special guest Jake Paul and football legend John Gruden.
01:22The president also announced the Department of War
01:25has officially selected Cleveland, Ohio
01:28as the new home for the U.S. Navy's submarine component repair center.
01:33This massive 46,000 square foot facility will manufacture, repair,
01:41and maintain key parts for virtually all new and existing submarines.
01:48This is historic.
01:50Everyday Americans are showing up in droves to attend these rallies
01:54because of President Trump's America First agenda
01:58of lower taxes, higher wages, and one of my favorite, secure borders.
02:07But it doesn't stop there.
02:10President Trump is planning to hold rallies in Alaska, Arizona, Montana,
02:17where I will be with him,
02:19and Georgia, building off of the incredible momentum
02:24generated over the last several days
02:27from his stops in Tennessee, New York, Texas, and Nebraska.
02:33He is an energetic president.
02:36Attendance is at record highs as enthusiastic, hard-working Americans
02:40are lining up and packing arenas
02:44to support President Trump and Republicans.
02:49It's not hard to see why.
02:53President Trump is fighting and delivering
02:55for American workers every minute of every day.
03:00Real wages are up 1.2% since President Trump took office,
03:06with average annual earnings outpacing inflation by $800.
03:12Under Biden, real wages fell nearly 4%,
03:16with the average private sector worker's annual purchasing power
03:20declining by nearly $3,000 annually.
03:25President Trump is the first president in modern history
03:29to actually lower prescription drug prices,
03:33delivering the biggest drop in 63 years.
03:37President Trump has created more than 1 million private sector jobs
03:42in his second term,
03:44including nearly 112,000 factory construction jobs
03:48and 72,000 manufacturing jobs this year alone.
03:53And thanks to President Trump,
03:55we are once again bringing back American energy dominance
03:59because energy security is national security.
04:05President Trump secured the biggest oil deal in world history,
04:11delivering the U.S. majority control
04:13of more than 65 billion barrels
04:16of proven oil reserves in Venezuela.
04:20He had a historic one-day war,
04:22and now we have a booming economy
04:25and a great relationship with Venezuela.
04:29The U.S. achieved record domestic oil and gas production
04:33in 2025
04:34and record crude and petroleum product exports in 2026.
04:40Building off of his historic boom in energy production
04:43in the first 15 months of this administration,
04:46we have secured trillions of dollars in new investments,
04:50trillions of dollars.
04:52Including $1.4 trillion from the United Arab Emirates,
04:57$600 billion from Apple,
04:59and $340 billion from Amazon.
05:02No other president could have gotten these deals done.
05:06Just weeks ago,
05:08President Trump announced that
05:09Masabi Metallics will build
05:11a massive $15 billion steel complex in Iowa,
05:16the largest steel plant ever built in the United States.
05:23This facility,
05:24a historic facility,
05:26will create 1,750 new permanent jobs
05:30and support up to 6,000 construction jobs
05:34and generate an estimated $95 billion in economic output.
05:42In addition,
05:43President Trump and Endural announced Arsenal 2,
05:46the biggest American shipyard push since World War II in Maryland.
05:51This new facility will create about 3,100 direct jobs
05:56and support more than 11,000 indirect jobs.
06:01President Trump also unveiled a South Korea energy investment package
06:06of up to $200 billion in the United States.
06:10This is an amazing deal.
06:12This includes as much as $120 billion
06:15to build eight large-scale nuclear power plants.
06:20Something we've needed as the United States
06:22and something President Trump promised on the campaign trail
06:25and something President Trump is delivering on
06:28just like he delivers on every promise.
06:32In addition to that,
06:35there is $54 billion tied to the Alaska LNG pipeline
06:42and terminal to service the Pacific Rim
06:45and sell fuel to our allies,
06:47as well as $22.3 billion
06:50for a 6-gigawatt natural gas power facility in Texas.
06:56Not only is the Trump administration
06:58bringing in trillions of dollars
07:00to invest throughout the country,
07:02but we are also protecting your tax dollars
07:05by addressing fraud head-on.
07:08Since taking office,
07:09the Trump administration has uncovered
07:11over $260 billion of fraud,
07:15stopped $72 billion of fraud
07:19annually through administrative actions,
07:22and recovered $58.9 billion
07:25through indictments, settlements,
07:28and civil monetary penalties.
07:31Above all,
07:33President Trump is working to secure
07:35the Western Hemisphere
07:37for centuries to come.
07:40President Trump signed an unprecedented agreement
07:43giving the United States lasting control
07:46over security interests in Greenland.
07:50President Trump has used the power of tariffs
07:52to stop China
07:55from producing fentanyl precursor chemicals.
07:59The fentanyl killed many of our citizens,
08:01and he is hard at work
08:03in ensuring that that won't happen.
08:05And here at home,
08:07fentanyl trafficking across the southern border
08:10is down 56%,
08:12and fentanyl-linked deaths plunged 22%
08:16in a single year
08:18because of President Trump.
08:20This is a president and administration
08:23that is looking out for you,
08:25the American people,
08:27and I'm thrilled
08:28to officially be part of this incredible journey together.
08:33And with that,
08:35I will take your questions.
08:38Here in our new media seat,
08:40we have Nick Gilbertson from Breitbart.
08:43Hi, Katie.
08:43Welcome to the briefing room,
08:45and congrats on the new position.
08:47One of the things
08:48that your predecessor, Caroline Leavitt,
08:49did is open this room up
08:51to more voices, not less.
08:53At Breitbart,
08:54that's something our founder, Andrew Breitbart,
08:56certainly believed in,
08:57and whether that's adding this new media seat,
09:00adding new media voices to the pool,
09:01can you tell us what you plan to do
09:04to continue to ensure
09:05that new media voices continue to be heard
09:08here at the White House?
09:08Yeah, well, firstly,
09:09my predecessor, Caroline Leavitt,
09:11did an incredible job,
09:12and I completely agree
09:14with the choice of new media seat.
09:16We are absolutely going to keep it,
09:18and we're going to expand on it
09:20to the extent possible.
09:21We love new media,
09:22and we want to be able to embrace it.
09:25Absolutely.
09:26And then just to follow up, too,
09:27you did touch on presidential travel.
09:29The president's been all over the place,
09:31and he kind of laid out his schedule
09:33over the next couple days,
09:34but is it only going to intensify
09:36here in the next couple of weeks
09:37up to midterms?
09:39Absolutely.
09:39You can expect more of the midterm blitz.
09:42Just now, we've added Kentucky,
09:45and we have a few other stops
09:47as he goes down to Florida.
09:49So it'll be Georgia, Kentucky, and Florida.
09:52Katie.
09:52Hi, Katie.
09:54Hello.
09:55We will take Peter Ducey.
09:56Thanks, Katie.
09:57Yes.
09:58Nice to meet you.
09:59You're starting as White House press secretary
10:02three weeks before a midterm cycle
10:04that President Trump himself says
10:05will be very tough for Republicans.
10:09Is your job, just to speak about
10:12White House matters,
10:13or is it to make things less tough
10:15for Republicans in the midterms?
10:17Well, Peter, I get to do what I was doing
10:21on the outside already,
10:23which was hoping to amplify, multiply,
10:26and expand upon President Trump's
10:28incredible agenda for the American people.
10:30And what I hope to do in this position
10:32is to take that into an official capacity
10:35and only build on, only amplify,
10:37and only multiply, to the extent possible,
10:40all of the wins he's making for Americans.
10:43For Americans to understand
10:45how much has changed
10:47in this brief period of time,
10:48what he's been able to accomplish,
10:50my goal is to be able to communicate that
10:52in complete tandem with the President,
10:55as he is his own best spokesperson,
10:57and will absolutely be leading the way
11:00with that.
11:01And I want to ask you a policy question.
11:04Has the U.S. stopped sharing intel with Ukraine?
11:08I'll have to get back to you on that.
11:10I'll have to get back to you on that.
11:12Yes.
11:15Alina Shirazi.
11:17Hi.
11:18Congrats on the job, first of all.
11:20And I have two questions for you, if I can.
11:24First of all, on Kimberly Gilfoyle,
11:26the Daily Mail has been reporting on her
11:27since last year.
11:28The President said yesterday to reporters
11:30that he is considering firing her.
11:33Do you know a timeline for that?
11:35And also, potentially, who could be on the shortlist
11:37to replace her if he does?
11:39We have asked Ambassador Gilfoyle to resign.
11:43She has been a wonderful asset to the team,
11:45and we wish her well.
11:47Okay.
11:49Second question for you, if I may.
11:51A personal question.
11:53Your family is in California.
11:54Your husband, you have four children.
11:58I'm wondering how you manage,
11:59how are you going to manage that?
12:01Caroline Levitt left because she wanted to spend
12:02more time with her family.
12:04And also, did she give you any advice
12:06on how to handle this job
12:07and the people in this room?
12:10Well, first of all,
12:11I want to give my husband an amazing shout-out.
12:13We have four kids,
12:14ranging from 12, 10, 8, and 6.
12:17Three of them are boys,
12:18so we have a handful.
12:20And I adore my family.
12:22I love them.
12:23They are my priority.
12:24I love being with my kids.
12:27The idea of not spending evenings with my kids
12:29is completely unacceptable.
12:32So my president,
12:33or excuse me,
12:34my husband,
12:36that's a good one.
12:37My husband is out here,
12:40is out here for the week
12:42because we have two birthdays in our family,
12:44and we are very, very protective
12:46of celebrating birthdays as a family.
12:48So he brought the entire crew out here.
12:50Bless him.
12:51It's a lot.
12:52And we will be moving out here.
12:53And as far as your second question is,
12:57yes, Caroline has been an incredible support.
13:00She gave me great and wonderful feedback
13:03on how to balance.
13:04I think this job is not one you necessarily balance,
13:07and I would love to share that in my career,
13:10I stayed home with my kids from 2014 to 2020
13:13in the process of having them.
13:15And then when I started working again,
13:17I was able to integrate them into my life.
13:19There are many photos of which are not public.
13:22The kids and I at Fox Bureau,
13:24where they are sitting with me in the pod before a hit.
13:27So I intend to, to the extent possible,
13:30include my family,
13:31include my kids in my work.
13:33Though my work will be demanding,
13:35they will always be a priority.
13:36And I, I,
13:37President Trump
13:38is the most family-friendly president we've ever had.
13:41He has hired more women with families,
13:43and the fact that he knew I had four kids
13:45and he knew that this job would be demanding
13:48and still place his trust in me
13:49shows that I know I'm capable of being able to step up to that.
13:53So thank you for that question.
13:54In fact,
13:55I am going to end it
13:56because President Trump is heading out to Marine One
13:59for our historic trip to Alaska.
14:02And we can ask him all of the questions out there.
14:05So thank you so much.
14:06Did you come back on Friday with Gilfoyle?
14:09Did the President speak with Ambassador Gilfoyle?
14:12To the question on,
14:14the President will be back on Thursday.
14:16And that's what I will answer.
14:17I'll leave it there.
14:20He will answer those questions out in Marine One.
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