据三位了解相关筹划的消息人士向 CNN 透露，白宫新闻秘书卡罗琳・莱维特本月底离职后，特朗普正考虑在一段不确定时期内，让多名内阁官员轮值主持新闻简报会。
目前，莱维特继任人选的竞争局面完全开放，特朗普还处在挑选这一白宫最核心、曝光度最高岗位人选的最初阶段。莱维特表示，计划在 8 月底卸任。
一名白宫高级官员称，总统 “确实不知道该选谁，对此事完全不着急”。
虽然特朗普迟迟拿不定主意，但他身边一众盟友已经开始四处活动，力推自己看好的继任者。有知情人士透露，部分特朗普阵营的参选意向者已经联系白宫基层工作人员，请他们帮忙美言。
另有消息称，还有人直接向特朗普为潜在候选人游说，其中就包括前模特、共和党全国委员会发言人伊丽莎白・皮普科的支持者，总统过渡时期，皮普科就曾被纳入新闻秘书人选的考量范围。
但特朗普无意迅速敲定莱维特的接替者。莱维特是他十分信任的助手，卸任之后仍会是核心顾问。白宫内部对外部的种种角逐不以为意，强调最终决定权完全掌握在特朗普本人手中。
近日，多名特朗普盟友被传有望接任该岗位，包括曾短暂担任哥伦比亚特区代理联邦检察官的阿丽娜・哈巴，小布什政府前幕僚、特朗普的公开拥护者斯科特・詹宁斯。白宫首席副新闻秘书安娜・凯利、前国土安全部发言人特里西娅・麦克劳克林也在十多位潜在候选人名单当中。
不过外界尚不清楚特朗普看重哪些任职条件，甚至无法确定他是否认为这个岗位必须找人填补。正如莱维特与其他助手经常提到的，特朗普一直习惯自己充当发言人：他会不分昼夜在真相社交平台发帖，也愿意接听私人手机，接受简短采访。
而在特朗普第二任期，传统新闻简报会本身就时断时续。今年早些时候莱维特休短暂产假期间，就由国务卿马尔科・卢比奥、副总统 J・D・万斯、联邦医保与医疗补助主管穆罕默德・奥兹博士等官员代为主持，各人表现参差不齐。媒体 Semafor 最先报道了内阁官员轮值主持简报会的方案。
CNN 援引知晓私下谈话的消息称，在这些被点名的候选人当中，不少人对这份岗位的繁重任务心存顾虑。
“这份工作简直折磨人，出力不讨好。而且继任者还要一直被拿来和卡罗琳做对比。” 该消息人士表示。
Trump weighs a plan for press briefings when Leavitt leaves， sources say
President Donald Trump is weighing relying again on a rotating cast of Cabinet officials to handle press briefings for an indefinite period following the departure of press secretary Karoline Leavitt later this month， three sources familiar with the planning told CNN．
The tentative plan comes amid a seemingly wide－open race to fill Leavitt’s role， with Trump still in the earliest stages of deciding who should take one of the White House’s most critical and visible posts． Leavitt has said she plans to vacate the position at the end of August．
The president “genuinely doesn’t know who to pick and has expressed zero urgency” on the matter， one senior White House official said．
Trump’s indecision has not slowed the jockeying among allies to promote their preferred replacement for Leavitt． Some Trumpworld hopefuls have already been in touch with junior White House staffers to ask them to put in a good word， according to a person familiar with those conversations．
Others have pressed Trump directly on behalf of potential contenders， according to another person familiar with the matter， including advocates for Elizabeth Pipko， a former model and Republican National Committee spokesperson who was considered for the press secretary job during the presidential transition．
But Trump has shown little inclination to move quickly to replace Leavitt， who is a trusted aide and is expected to remain one of his closest advisers． Inside the White House， officials laughed off much of the outside jockeying for the position， noting that ultimately one person — Trump himself — will make the choice．
Several Trump allies have been floated for the job in recent days， including Alina Habba， who briefly served as acting US attorney for the District of Columbia， and former George W． Bush aide and outspoken Trump advocate Scott Jennings． White House principal deputy press secretary Anna Kelly and former Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin are also among the roughly dozen possible candidates seen as in the mix．
But it remains unclear what specific qualifications Trump is looking for and even whether he’ll see a need to fill the job． As Leavitt and other aides frequently note， Trump has always served as his own spokesman through his all－hours Truth Social posts and willingness to give brief interviews to those who call his personal cell phone．
The traditional press briefing schedule， meanwhile， has been sporadic throughout Trump’s second term． When Leavitt took a brief maternity leave earlier this year， other Trump officials — including Secretary of State Marco Rubio， Vice President JD Vance and Medicare and Medicaid chief Dr． Mehmet Oz — filled in， to varying levels of success． Semaforfirst reportedon the plans to have Cabinet officials host press briefings again．
And among some of those whose names have been floated for the role， there are concerns over the demands of the job， one source with knowledge of these private conversations told CNN．
“It’s an insane job． It’s a thankless job． And now they’ll have to follow and be constantly compared to Karoline，” that source said．
