Overview
- Karoline Leavitt answered the inquiry with "Your mom did" and then published the exchange on X while defending her response.
- HuffPost reporter S. V. Dáte rejected the partisan label and said he will continue asking questions.
- White House communications director Steven Cheung also replied with "Your mom," according to the coverage.
- A Pentagon spokesperson delivered a similar retort in a separate exchange over Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s tie, reports say.
- Budapest remains the proposed site for a Trump–Putin meeting with no date set, a selection viewed through Hungary’s ties to Moscow and the Budapest Memorandum’s symbolism.