When a HuffPost reporter asked who chose Budapest for the upcoming meeting between US and Russian Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, senior White House officials responded: “Your mother“, the publication reports.
“Who chose Budapest for the meeting?“, the reporter asked. White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt replied: “Your mother did.“ A short time later, communications director Stephen Chung repeated her joke while speaking to reporters.
After the reporter asked Levitt if he found her answer funny, the press secretary replied: "I find it funny that you (HuffPost) even consider yourself a publication." Levitt called the reporter "a far-left writer who no one takes seriously" and asked him to stop sending her "ridiculous" questions.
Trump has repeatedly criticized the liberal American media "for unfairly covering Republicans." For example, in August he called NBC and ABC "the two worst and most biased television networks in history." "Ninety-seven percent of the time they show me negative news," he stressed.
Before his meeting with Putin in Alaska in August, Trump said that a "dishonest media" had been involved in covering the summit. According to the American leader, the media he was referring to "constantly quotes fired losers and completely stupid people."
"We will continue to ask Trump's spokespeople questions - especially the ones they don't want to answer. Schoolyard taunts will not stop us. Join us today and stand behind a fearless, free and honest press," HuffPost urged.