Trump Spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt Wasted No Time In Dancing On BBC Boss Tim Davie's Grave

<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/6910e4941500006c2e9c2ad3.jpeg?ops=scalefit_630_noupscale" alt="White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt." data-caption="White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt." data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="via Associated Press" />White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.</div><div class="content-list-component text"><p>Donald Trump’s spokeswoman wasted no time in dancing on Tim Davie’s grave after he resigned as BBC director general amid a boas row.</p><p>Karoline Leavitt has previously <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/donald-trumps-spokeswoman-brands-bbc-100-fake-news-over-panorama-row_uk_690ee4c8e4b0dd4ea75bc269">described the corporation as “100 per cent fake news”</a> following claims its flagship news programme Panorama had doctored a speech by the US president.</p><p>Davie told BBC staff he was resigning in a note to the broadcaster’s staff on Sunday afternoon.</p><p>Deborah Turness, the chief executive of BBC News, announced that she was also resigning.</p><p>Within minutes, Leavitt took to X to revel in Davie’s downfall.</p><p>Above a screenshot of a Telegraph headline saying “Trump goes to war with ‘fake news’ BBC”, she wrote: “Shot.”</p><p>She added “chaser” above a second screenshot from the BBC website announcing Davie’s resignation.</p></div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" align="center"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Shot: Chaser: <a href="https://t.co/n0U08PnUJb">pic.twitter.com/n0U08PnUJb</a></p>&mdash; Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) <a href="https://twitter.com/PressSec/status/1987591745610359152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 9, 2025&lt