"It’s Those Lips" – Donald Trump, 79, discovers the machine-gun lips of his press secretary

It was one of those moments when American politics effortlessly slips into a grotesque. Donald Trump, 79 years old and unshakably convinced of himself, sat in the Newsmax studio and spoke about what excites him the most - this time not about tariffs, opponents, or alleged election fraud, but about the face of his 27-year-old press secretary Karoline Leavitt. "It’s that face. It’s that brain. It’s those lips - the way they move. They move like she’s a machine gun," he declared with an expression somewhere between infatuation and reality TV show.

Leavitt, the youngest press secretary in the history of the White House, likely felt in that moment how narrow the line is between professional loyalty and involuntary inclusion in Trump’s show world. Instead of sober communication, the president turned her work into a personal tribute. The "machine-gun lips" - a phrase that simultaneously evokes her quick-wittedness and exposes Trump’s penchant for exaggeration - suddenly placed Leavitt at the center of a spectacle that smelled less of politics and more of tabloid. Typical Trump: where other heads of state act with restraint, he turns even an interview into a theatrical play in which his staff become characters. The mix of personal admiration and public staging creates an image that undermines every classical notion of political professionalism. Leavitt is thus no longer merely the voice of the White House - she herself becomes part of the show, a living accessory in the endless production of a president who seamlessly merges politics and entertainment.

In the end, the impression remains of a man who sees his office as a stage and never misses an opportunity to perform on it. World politics may be waiting for decisions, the nation may be hoping for leadership - Donald Trump, meanwhile, discovers the poetic quality of lips that, to him, sound like machine guns. In this America, even political communication is nothing more than a mirror of self-staging, and every moment can become a scene in an endless reality show.

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