Trump names Scott Jennings as potential press secretary successor

Conservative commentator Scott Jennings has emerged as a potential candidate to replace outgoing White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, with President Donald Trump publicly acknowledging him as a "good" option for the role. The development follows a week in which Jennings mounted a vigorous public defense of a senior White House aide, Natalie Harp, who became the subject of political controversy.

Leavitt, who is departing to spend more time with her children, is expected to leave her position by the end of August. When asked by reporters on Friday about possible successors, Trump pointed to Jennings, stating, "Scott Jennings is good," though he did not clarify whether he was formally considering him for the position.

The speculation around Jennings intensified after he spent the past week defending Harp, a special assistant to the president, following remarks by Senator Jon Ossoff at a campaign rally in Atlanta. Ossoff criticized the president, saying, "He wants to build his ballroom and travel with Natalie on their apparently defenseless flying palace gifted by the emir of Qatar." Harp, 35, has served as Trump's executive assistant since 2025 and is known internally as...