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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    17 days ago

    They just keep remaining the classiest, mature adults in positions of power over others.

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    What is it that makes 40 year old people think it’s totally okay to behave like an 8 year old?

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      16 days ago

      They have, but you can’t expect journalists to not ask the administration questions. It is literally their job.

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        There are tons of people in the white house they could call on or off the record. There is no reason to listen to Leavitts propaganda report on the regular. I am surprised they cover her as much as they do, I literally tune her out now because I know everything she says is a lie. Steven Miller is a ghoul, but even he is more honest about what they are doing… whether on purpose or Freudian slips…

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          It’s their job to get the shitty things they say on the record. That is important, too. I know it doesn’t make anyone feel good but it still has to be done.

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          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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            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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    Shoulda responded “Okay but, I am rubber and you are glue, so… Egg on your face!”

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    Really good opportunity for the reporter to say “My mother has dementia so I guess that tracks actually”

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      I don’t like conspiracy theories, but I’m going to put on my tinfoil hat and speculate that they all caught alien brain worms from RFK Jr.'s infection.

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        Lmaooo fr 🙃 There’s another conspiracy theory about trump that Stephen Miller just locks him in a room with a screen playing nonstop AI slop videos about himself which now seems completely logical. It’s why he’s so confused that his reality isn’t matching objective reality. Trump just watches AI videos.

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    I love news articles like these because I get to say how useless yellow press has been to actual politics. Don’t get me wrong the GOP is nothing but yellower than our sun.

    Get to telling the truth leavitt and you can say all the to momma jokes you want

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    Too bad women leaders are too emotional to be a true leader and we are left with, whatever this is. Its certainly not leadership.