Overview
- During a Cabinet Room luncheon with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, President Trump labeled an NBC reporter "fake news" and declined to take her question.
- Trump summoned Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt to address the press, and she defended his record on inflation and tax cuts while criticizing coverage of affordability.
- Orbán jokingly suggested hiring Leavitt after her remarks, as Trump encouraged the quip before urging her not to leave his team.
- Leavitt later posted on X that she was "staying right here," effectively declining Orbán's lighthearted offer.
- Trump also indicated he may exempt Hungary from Russia-related oil sanctions, though no formal policy change was announced.