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755<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Karoline Leavitt is resigning from her post as White House Press Secretary. She says it is to spend more time with her family. TDS sufferers say it is because Trump exposed her to an Iranian assassination plot.</p>
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759<figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><a href="https://andrewaustin.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/260814-karoline-leavitt-ch-1002-0cff75.webp"><img data-attachment-id="41446" data-permalink="https://andrewaustin.blog/2026/08/17/why-did-leavitt-resign-her-post-as-white-house-press-secretary/260814-karoline-leavitt-ch-1002-0cff75/" data-orig-file="https://andrewaustin.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/260814-karoline-leavitt-ch-1002-0cff75.webp" data-orig-size="560,373" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-title="260814-Karoline-Leavitt-ch-1002-0cff75" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-large-file="https://andrewaustin.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/260814-karoline-leavitt-ch-1002-0cff75.webp?w=560" width="560" height="373" src="https://andrewaustin.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/260814-karoline-leavitt-ch-1002-0cff75.webp?w=560" alt="" class="wp-image-41446" style="width:690px;height:auto" srcset="https://andrewaustin.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/260814-karoline-leavitt-ch-1002-0cff75.webp 560w, https://andrewaustin.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/260814-karoline-leavitt-ch-1002-0cff75.webp?w=150 150w, https://andrewaustin.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/260814-karoline-leavitt-ch-1002-0cff75.webp?w=300 300w" sizes="(max-width: 560px) 100v
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763<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Maggie Haberman and White House spokespeople have stated that Karoline Leavitt was not on the decoy flight out of Turkey. Supposing she was, that would not explain her resignation.</p>
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783<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The President’s life must be safeguarded above all others. Moreover, since the President was the target of the plot, his presence on board would have exposed others to greater danger. Hegseth is another prime target, so naturally he went with Trump.</p>
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1262		loadScript: (handle) => {
1263			if (!loaders[handle]) {
1264				console.error('WP_Enqueue_Dynamic_Script: unregistered script `' + handle + '`.');
1265			}
1266			return loaders[handle]();
1267		}
1268	};
1269
1270	function fetchExternalScript(handle) {
1271		if (!urls[handle]) {
1272			return Promise.resolve();
1273		}
1274
1275		fetches[handle] = fetches[handle] || fetch(urls[handle], { mode: 'no-cors' });
1276		return fetches[handle];
1277	}
1278
1279	function runExtraScript(handle, type, index) {
1280		const id = 'wp-enqueue-dynamic-script:' + handle + ':' + type + ':' + (index + 1);
1281		const template = document.getElementById(id);
1282		if (!template) {
1283			return Promise.reject();
1284		}
1285
1286		const script = document.createElement( 'script' );
1287		script.innerHTML = template.innerHTML;
1288		document.body.appendChild( script );
1289		return Promise.resolve();
1290	}
1291
1292	function loadExternalScript(handle) {
1293		if (!urls[handle]) {
1294			return Promise.resolve();
1295		}
1296
1297		return fetches[handle].then(() => {
1298			return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
1299				const script = document.createElement('script');
1300				script.onload = () => resolve();
1301				script.onerror = (e) => reject(e);
1302				script.src = urls[handle];
1303				document.body.appendChild(script);
1304			});
1305		});
1306	}
1307
1308	function loadExtra(handle, pos) {
1309		const count = (scriptExtras[handle] && scriptExtras[handle][pos]) || 0;
1310		let promise = Promise.resolve();
1311
1312		for (let i = 0; i < count; i++) {
1313			promise = promise.then(() => runExtraScript(handle, pos, i));
1314		}
1315
1316		return promise;
1317	}
1318
1319	function loadWPScript(handle) {
1320		// Core loads scripts in this order. See: https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/blob/a59eb9d39c4fcba834b70c9e8dfd64feeec10ba6/wp-includes/class-wp-scripts.php#L428.
1321		return loadExtra(handle, 'translations')
1322			.then(() => loadExtra(handle, 'before'))
1323			.then(() => loadExternalScript(handle))
1324			.then(() => loadExtra(handle, 'after'));
1325	}
1326} )();
1327</script>
1327
1328
1329</body>
1330</html>

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