Karoline Leavitt’s rise from small-town New Hampshire to Trump’s inner circle has been meteoric. Yet her latest quip about President Joe Biden—”I thought his bedtime was earlier”—has overshadowed her policy critiques, leaving even supporters divided.
The remark, made after Biden’s Social Security speech, was meant to needle, but it also shifted focus away from Leavitt’s substantive points about Trump’s record. Online, reactions ranged from applause for her boldness to dismay over what some called “unpresidential” behavior. “He was our president—show some respect,” one user wrote.
Biden, meanwhile, used his platform to warn against threats to Social Security, framing it as a moral issue. The contrast—Leavitt’s personal jab versus Biden’s policy focus—has reignited debates over how politics should be waged in an era of deep division.
