Karoline Leavitt shares photo of her one-year-old on Instagram

Politics
6 Aug 2025 • 6:47 AM MYT
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  • White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt posted a picture of her one-year-old son, Nicholas “Niko” Robert Riccio, on Instagram, showing his babygrow with the slogan “Home is where my mama is.”
  • The social media post follows recent reactions to comments made by Donald Trump about Leavitt, which many users described as “creepy.”
  • In a Newsmax interview, Trump offered praise for Leavitt, complimenting “that face” and “those lips,” stating they “move like she’s a machine gun.”
  • Trump's remarks were made in response to Leavitt's suggestion that he should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
  • Leavitt is Trump’s fifth press secretary overall, and the only one from his second term so far.

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