SBA Chief: 90% Working from Home, “That Ends Monday”; Leavitt to Acosta: “At Least I Have a Job”

A compilation from February 2025 captured several memorable moments across the Trump administration. SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler filmed herself walking through a nearly empty headquarters on a Friday afternoon, discovering that “about 90% of our employees are working from home” and declaring “that ends Monday.” Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt delivered a viral quip aimed at former CNN anchor Jim Acosta: “Jim, at least I have a job.” Trump told the crowd-delighting story of meeting a Secret Service agent named “Razin Caine.” And at CPAC, Trump introduced his newest cabinet members — FBI Director Kash Patel, DNI Tulsi Gabbard, and HHS Secretary RFK Jr. — while summarizing first-month border achievements.

”You Could Hear a Pin Drop at SBA”

SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler posted a video of herself touring the Small Business Administration headquarters on her second day in the role, and what she found confirmed the administration’s claims about federal telework culture.

“Hi everyone, Kelly Loeffler. It’s my second day here at the SBA. I could not be more excited to be here, so I thought I’d take a walk,” Loeffler began. “And what I found is that exactly what’s been said is true. About 90% of our employees are working from home.”

The visual was devastating: empty hallways, vacant desks, and silent offices in a taxpayer-funded building that was supposed to house the agency serving America’s small businesses. Loeffler’s walking tour provided the kind of concrete evidence that abstract arguments about telework could not match.

“Well, that ends Monday with President Trump’s order to return to work,” Loeffler said. “It’s a tremendous waste of taxpayer dollars to be paying for people and offices that are not showing up for work.”

She drew a pointed comparison to the people the SBA was supposed to serve. “Monday morning, be back in the office, just like our small businesses that we serve every single day, that work seven days a week — we’re going to be here working for them,” Loeffler said.

The contrast was the message: small business owners worked seven days a week to keep their operations running, often without the luxury of working remotely. The federal employees paid to help them couldn’t be bothered to show up at the office on a Friday. Loeffler’s mandate to return full-time and in-person was framed not as a punishment but as a basic expectation that the government should work as hard as the people it served.

”Jim, At Least I Have a Job”

Press Secretary Leavitt delivered one of the most-shared lines of the week when a question about former CNN anchor Jim Acosta gave her an opening.

“Since you brought up Jim Acosta, he’s been saying some not-so-nice things about me online, and I’ve resisted responding,” Leavitt said. “But since you brought him up, I’d like to say: Jim, at least I have a job.”

The line drew an eruption from the audience. Acosta had recently departed CNN amid the network’s ongoing restructuring and ratings decline. Leavitt’s five-word comeback — “at least I have a job” — was simultaneously a personal jab, a commentary on CNN’s decline, and a reminder that the Trump administration’s press operation was ascendant while its media critics were being downsized.

The exchange illustrated the generational shift in White House communications. Leavitt, in her twenties, was going toe-to-toe with media veterans and winning the viral moments. Her willingness to punch back at critics — combined with the wit to do so effectively — had made her one of the administration’s most effective communicators.

”Razin Caine — I’ve Been Looking for You!”

Trump shared a story from a CPAC appearance that captured his gift for turning chance encounters into crowd-pleasing anecdotes.

“I’m standing on the top and I look down and there’s these handsome people, everybody’s like from a movie set, good-looking guys,” Trump began, describing his Secret Service detail. “I get down the stairs and — what’s your name?”

“My name is Caine, sir,” the agent replied.

“What’s your first name?”

“They call me Razin.”

“I say, ‘What’s your name? Your name is Razin Caine?’” Trump recalled. “I love you. I’ve been looking for you for five years!”

The crowd erupted. The story was pure Trump: taking a minor human interaction and transforming it into entertainment through timing, delivery, and genuine delight at an absurd coincidence. The name “Razin Caine” — raising Cain, an expression for creating chaos or trouble — was too perfect for the president who had built his political career on disruption.

New Cabinet Members: Patel, Gabbard, Kennedy

Trump used CPAC to formally introduce the newest members of his cabinet to a friendly audience.

“To stop the weaponization of federal law enforcement — I know about that, I think better than any human being on earth — this week we swore in a new director of the FBI, somebody that everybody wanted: Kash Patel,” Trump said. “Kash is great. He’s a popular guy.”

On intelligence reform: “To end the politicization of our intelligence agencies, we confirmed Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, who is something very respected, highly respected.”

On health: “To make America healthy again, we confirmed Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.”

The three confirmations in a single week — FBI, DNI, and HHS — represented the installation of reformers at three of the most consequential agencies in the government. Patel would restructure the FBI, Gabbard would overhaul intelligence community practices, and Kennedy would challenge pharmaceutical and food industry orthodoxy. Together, they embodied the administration’s argument that institutional reform required leaders who were willing to confront entrenched interests.

Border: “Best Numbers We’ve Ever Had”

Trump concluded with a first-month summary of border enforcement that had become a standard feature of his public appearances.

“On our first day in office, we declared a national emergency at our southern border,” Trump said. “After years of politicians using our military to defend foreign borders while leaving our country defenseless and helpless, we deployed active-duty troops to defend our border and repel the invasion of our country.”

He contrasted the second term’s results with his already-strong first term numbers. “We had a great first term, a really great first term, and I called it an invasion. We had great numbers. But now we have the best numbers we’ve ever had. We’ve never had numbers like this. We’ve done it all in four weeks,” Trump said.

He listed the specific actions: “Day one, I ended catch and release. I reinstated Remain in Mexico. I signed an order that will end birthright citizenship for the children of illegal aliens.”

The birthright citizenship order was among the most legally controversial of Trump’s executive actions, as the 14th Amendment had been traditionally interpreted to grant citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil. The order was certain to face legal challenges, but its announcement at CPAC signaled the administration’s willingness to push the boundaries of executive authority on immigration.

Key Takeaways

• SBA Administrator Loeffler discovered “about 90% of our employees are working from home” during a Friday walkthrough and declared “that ends Monday” under Trump’s return-to-office order.
• Press Secretary Leavitt responded to Jim Acosta’s online criticism with: “Jim, at least I have a job,” referencing Acosta’s departure from CNN.
• Trump delighted CPAC with the story of meeting a Secret Service agent named “Razin Caine,” saying: “I’ve been looking for you for five years!”
• He introduced three new cabinet members at CPAC — FBI Director Kash Patel, DNI Tulsi Gabbard, and HHS Secretary RFK Jr. — framing each as a reformer of a broken institution.
• Trump declared the border had “the best numbers we’ve ever had” after four weeks, citing the national emergency declaration, military deployment, end of catch and release, and Remain in Mexico reinstatement.