Trump isn’t making a Super Bowl pick, but his press secretary isn’t staying impartial: ‘Go Patriots!’

Trump isn’t making a Super Bowl pick, but his press secretary isn’t staying impartial: ‘Go Patriots!’




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New Hampshire native Karoline Leavitt let her allegiances known at a White House press briefing on Thursday.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt arrives to speak with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026, in Washington. Alex Brandon / AP

Despite recently rubbing elbows with Patriots owner Robert Kraft, President Donald Trump isn’t making a Super Bowl LX prediction, according to his press secretary, Karoline Leavitt.

But Leavitt, on the other hand, is letting her rooting interests be known.

“Happy Super Bowl weekend,” Leavitt closed Thursday’s White House press briefing. “The president has wisely chosen not to make a prediction in Sunday night’s game.

“But as a native girl from New Hampshire, go Patriots!”

The 28-year-old Leavitt grew up in Atkinson, New Hampshire. She attended Central Catholic High School in Lawrence, Massachusetts, before graduating from Saint Anselm College in Goffstown, New Hampshire.

Per CNN, Trump isn’t attending the Super Bowl but is sitting down with NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Llamas for an interview, part of which will air before Sunday’s game.

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John Waller is a deputy editor overseeing news coverage on Boston.com. He is a Lexington native and Colby College graduate.

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