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Karoline Leavitt says ‘Your mom’ when asked who picked Hungary for Putin-Trump talks (www.independent.co.uk)
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Top White House officials told a reporter, “Your mom,” when asked who picked the location for Donald Trump’s upcoming meeting with Vladimir Putin.

Trump announced Thursday that he will soon meet with Putin in Budapest, Hungary, to discuss an end to the war in Ukraine. The choice has raised questions, because Putin is wanted by the International Criminal Court. However, Hungary appears unlikely to cooperate with the warrant and is in the process of leaving the court, the Associated Press reports.

When HuffPost asked the White House who chose the location for the meeting, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt replied, “Your mom did.” White House Communications Director Steven Cheung also followed up with, “Your mom,” the outlet reports.

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[–] 1 point 10 months ago (1 child)

She is the White House Press Secretary. She is literally the primary interface between the Whitehouse and the press, and you're arguing the press should not ask her questions and report on her statements?

This blaming the journalists for reporting what the White House Press Secretary says is really backwards.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago*

    She certainly doesn't act like it.

    If she had any modicum of honesty then that position would actually matter. It's like asking AI that has been trained to specifically avoid everyone's question, what's the point? I can predict her responses to every question with like over 90% accuracy, and when I am wrong it's because her response is a bizarre troll response like "your mom"

    Hell even Trump is more honest than her, if for no other reason than his dementia.

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