Overview
- At a White House press event with Argentina’s President Javier Milei, Trump ignored a question on China’s role in Latin America and said, “I just like to watch her talk,” before adding, “Good job… Thank you, darling.”
- Video of the exchange circulated widely online, with coverage noting that Trump did not answer the reporter’s substantive question as he and Vice President JD Vance laughed.
- Two days earlier aboard Air Force One, Trump praised press secretary Karoline Leavitt with, “That face… and those lips, they move like a machine gun,” repeating phrasing he used in an August Newsmax interview.
- Leavitt, who is 28 and the White House press secretary, posted from the Air Force One gaggle confirming she was present during the exchange.
- Outlets framed the moments within a broader pattern, citing his “beautiful” remark about Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, as critics condemned the behavior and some conservative commentary minimized it as harmless praise.