Trump’s new press secretary kicked off CNN

Ms. Leavitt had just returned from the hospital and was watching Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, when gunman Thomas Crooks fired a volley of bullets at the former presidentone of which grazed his ear.

“I looked at my husband and said, ‘Looks like I’m going back to work,’” Ms. Leavitt told The Conservateur, a website for conservative women.

“The president literally risked his life to win this election,” she added. “The least I can do is get back to work quickly.”

Days later, she received an “incredibly warm and friendly” phone call from Mr. Trump checking in after her birth.

Trump then passed the phone to his wife Melania, and the pair “talked about how great it is to be a mother to a boy.”

Ms. Leavitt added: “They talked about their love for Barron, and the president joked, ‘We have a little boy, but he’s not so little now!’”

Leavitt has a history of defending Trump

During the Trump campaign, national press secretary Ms. Leavitt became a fixture on the media circuit, often going on TV and radio to defend her boss.

Ms. Leavitt has stood by Trump’s side throughout the campaign, accompanying him to Manhattan Criminal Court his “hush money” lawsuitappeared ringside at a UFC fight with Dana White and toured the country attending rallies.

Just four days after giving birth to her son Nicholas, the MAGA loyalist styled her platinum blonde hair, fixed her makeup and went back on camera to explain the first assassination attempt.