Given Donald Trump’s background as a former television personality, it’s not too surprising that the president has turned to other former television personalities for key positions throughout this administration.

Predictably, most of the Republican’s selections have come from Fox News. In fact, a couple of months ago, I put together a tally of the number of Fox News veterans who have joined Trump’s team during his second term, and I counted 26 people — enough to field a full football team, offense and defense, with a few additional folks on the bench.

But the notable thing about revolving doors is that they can be used to go in both directions: As a wide variety of figures leave Fox to join Team Trump, plenty of others have left Team Trump to join Fox.

The latest is Karoline Leavitt, who served as Trump’s press secretary, and who’s now slated to join Fox early next month.

“Karoline’s firsthand experience in the White House and on the presidential campaign trail gives her a distinct understanding of today’s political landscape,” Suzanne Scott, the chief executive of Fox News Media, said in a statement.

Leavitt’s tenure on the president’s team, which included routine clashes with the press corps, was not without controversy. In fact, MS NOW’s Jen Psaki, herself a former White House press secretary, took Leavitt to ask during a recent on-air segment, making the case that the Republican failed to serve the American people during Leavitt’s tenure in the West Wing.

Nevertheless, the latest announcement was not altogether surprising: As recently as a few weeks ago, about a month after Leavitt officially left the White House, Fox host Sean Hannity had her on his show as a guest, and joked on the air about the former White House press secretary and failed GOP congressional candidate joining the Fox family.

In August, Leavitt accepted a role with MAGA Inc., the super PAC controlled by the president, suggesting she’ll have to split her time between the two roles.

Once Leavitt begins her tenure at Fox — her first day will reportedly be Nov. 1, two days before Election Day — she will find a variety of familiar faces around the network offices. Earlier this year, for example, Dan Bongino joined Fox following a difficult tenure as the deputy director of the FBI, which roughly coincided with the announcement that Lara Trump, the president’s daughter-in-law, would also host a program on the network.

Kayleigh McEnany, a former White House press secretary from Trump’s first term, joined Fox five years ago.

This post updates our related earlier coverage.

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