{"id":2368053,"date":"2024-11-12T20:40:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T01:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-shows-new-front-runner-for-trumps-press-secretary-spot-the-media-should-be-terrified\/"},"modified":"2024-11-12T20:41:04","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T01:41:04","slug":"report-shows-new-front-runner-for-trumps-press-secretary-spot-the-media-should-be-terrified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-shows-new-front-runner-for-trumps-press-secretary-spot-the-media-should-be-terrified\/","title":{"rendered":"Report Shows New Front-Runner for Trump&#8217;s Press Secretary Spot: The Media Should Be Terrified"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-shows-new-front-runner-for-trumps-press-secretary-spot-the-media-should-be-terrified%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2368053&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President-elect Donald Trump is reportedly considering Alina Habba, a lawyer known for her\u200b combative style with the media during Trump&#8217;s recent \u200clegal battles, for the role of White \u2062House press secretary. Sources indicate that Habba is \u200ca frontrunner, though no formal \u2062decision has been made. Discussions \u2063are ongoing regarding her potential appointment, with\u2062 expectations that she will meet with Trump at\u200b Mar-a-Lago \u200bsoon. Other candidates, such as Karoline Leavitt, a former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/23-year-old-republican-karoline-leavitt-launches-bid-to-flip-new-hampshire-house-seat\/\" title=\"23-Year-Old Republican Karoline Leavitt Launches Bid To Flip New Hampshire House Seat\">assistant press secretary<\/a>, are\u200c also in the mix.\u200b If\u2063 appointed, Habba is expected to\u200d bring a more confrontational tone\u200c to press \u200cinteractions compared to her predecessors, sparking \u2064media attention.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>President-elect Donald Trump is reportedly considering lawyer Alina Habba to be the White House press secretary.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-goes-war-fox-news-anchor-alina-habba-interview-naive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Habba<\/a> often spoke to the media while she was on the legal team representing Trump in his New York defamation and fraud civil lawsuits over the past two years.<\/p>\n<p>Her style with reporters was definitely combative.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I hear Alina Habba is being considered for White House Press Secretary. STOP all considerations and give it to her immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Seeing her cook the media for four years will be magnificent. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Fy0e0VwPdi\">pic.twitter.com\/Fy0e0VwPdi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; George (@BehizyTweets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BehizyTweets\/status\/1856455088614617525?\">November 12, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/trump\/scoop-alina-habba-emerges-as-front-runner-for-trump-press-secretary\/amp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mediaite<\/a> reported, based on four unnamed sources, that Habba is being considered for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/al-qaeda-is-back-in-afghanistan-already-biden-spox-john-kirby-faces-rapid-fire-questions\/\" title=\"Al Qaeda Is Back In Afghanistan Already? Biden Spox John Kirby Faces Rapid Fire Questions\">press secretary position<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There has been no formal decision as of yet, but Habba is the favorite for the role, insiders said,&rdquo; according to the news outlet.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;One source, granted anonymity to speak about internal deliberations, said there are ongoing discussions with Habba about the job but it remains unclear whether she will take it,&rdquo; Mediaite added.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She&rsquo;s expected to be at Mar-a-Lago this week for conversations regarding a potential role&rdquo; in the administration, a source said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/11\/06\/politics\/transition-donald-trump-jockeying\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a> reported that Trump campaign representative <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/flood-final-polls-released-history-holds-true-almost-good-news-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Karoline Leavitt<\/a> is also believed to be in the running.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">President Trump didn&rsquo;t just defeat Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n<p>He defeated the big tech oligarchs who tried to silence him, the weaponized system of justice against him, and the fake news that has lied about him and his supporters for years.<\/p>\n<p>Greatest political comeback in HISTORY! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SrXBU7dbS6\">pic.twitter.com\/SrXBU7dbS6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Karoline Leavitt (@kleavittnh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kleavittnh\/status\/1854143459004764240?\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Leavitt <a href=\"https:\/\/awpc.cattcenter.iastate.edu\/directory\/karoline-leavitt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">served<\/a> as an assistant press secretary in the first Trump administration, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KarolineLeavittNH\/videos\/i-am-proud-to-have-the-continued-support-of-my-former-boss-and-white-house-press\/1761243447550370\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">working for<\/a> then-press secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mcenany-says-god-calling-americans-fulfill-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kayleigh McEnany<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>McEnany (as Habba would) brought a legal background to the position, having graduated from Harvard Law School.<\/p>\n<p>No doubt that <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">skill set proved helpful<\/a> to McEnany in speaking to some of the complexities of the federal government that a White House press secretary must address.<\/p>\n<p>From Habba one would expect a generally more combative tone with the press than McEnany, who often confronted the media regarding how they were getting their facts wrong, but mostly from a happy warrior stance.<\/p>\n<p>Leavitt seems to be more in that vein.<\/p>\n<p>If Habba takes the position, it will no doubt be must-see television.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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