White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt shared a screenshot of a text message conversation between herself and HuffPost White House correspondent S.V. Dáte — and many people slammed her for her bizarre response.

The White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt recently boasted about responding to a journalist’s concerns with a ‘your mom’ joke. Leavitt shared the interaction herself on social media and immediately faced backlash over the ‘childish’ lack of professionalism.

The White House has revealed why President Trump cancelled his planned meeting with Vladimir Putin in Budapest over the Ukraine War, emphasizing the need for a “tangible, positive outcome” before proceeding.

The exchange is the latest example of rising tensions between the press and the Trump administration, which has taken an adversarial approach to the White House press corps, seeking to ban some reporters from covering President Trump, restricting access to the Pentagon, and openly insulting journalists.

White House communications director Steven Cheung gave the same response, saying, “Your mom,” according to the outlet. Reactions on X to the incident varied widely across party lines. Conservatives hailed the president’s team for trolling the left-wing outlet.

Trump administration ‘driving Democrats crazy’ as it ramps up its trolling efforts, rebutting requests from Left-wing reporters

The White House has suspended plans for a summit between United States President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Budapest, Agence France-Presse (AFP) has reported. An anonymous White House official told AFP that there were “no plans” for Trump to meet Putin “in the immediate future”,

President Trump said last week that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin would meet in Budapest, Hungary, though he did not say when.