It was a bit of history, in minor fashion, that today marked the first-ever press conference for Donald Trump’s White House press secretary. As the new administration for the former and now current president continues to fire up, Karoline Leavitt staged her first meeting with the White House press correspondents, and it was a revealing event.
That there was interest from the journalism set was a given, just on the very nature of this being the debut of Leavitt. But factoring in that Trump has been standing on the executive throttle since he was inaugurated and has enacted a number of policies that clearly rankled the media and that Leavitt steps in as the youngest person to hold this position, the press was clearly chomping to attend. The press room was filled in a manner generally not seen for some time.
Most packed @WhiteHouse press briefing I’ve…
