Press spokeswoman of the White House Karoline Leavitt The accused reporter of Associated Press, Josh Boak, who “did not fail” to see President Trump’s “long -term economic strategy” in a Sunday interview, days after he had spoken out about tariffs during a press conference.
“He (Boak) clearly does not see it to see President Trump’s long -term economic strategy, which should bring so much income to our country through tariffs that we can give the American people larger tax cuts to return more money in their pockets,” said Leavitt Maria Bartiromo on “Sunday morning Futures”.
Leavitt’s comments came after the press conference on Tuesday when Boak asked the Business Roundtable (BRT) quarterly meeting after Trump’s address, which should take place shortly afterwards.
Karoline Leavitt concludes the AP reporter about “insulting” question about tariffs
The press spokesman for the White House, Karoline Leavitt, speaks on March 11, 2025 during the daily briefing in the Brady briefing area of
He claimed that despite Trump the tax reductions during the tax scale during His last BRT meeting in 2024He is now driving “tax increases” through tariffs.
Despite Leavitt’s appeal, Boak continued to press and said: “I am excited to see why he prioritizes this before tax cuts.”
“He actually does not change tax increases,” replied Leavitt. “Tools are a tax increase abroad, which in turn demolished us. Customs are a tax cut for the American people, and the president is a convinced supporter of tax cuts.”
The spit escalated when Boak insisted that importers, non -foreign companies, carry the main burden of tariffs and asked: “I’m sorry, you paid a tariff? Because I have it.”
Associated Press said it was excluded from the Oval Office because of the use of “Golf of Mexico”
Leavitt shot back and called it “insulting” so that Boak “” tested “her knowledge of economics and the decisions that (Trump) have made”.
Leavitt visited the spit on Sunday the wider mainstream media because he focused on “sensationalism” … Instead of asking difficult questions with honest integrity and journalistic curiosity. “
“Hence that Trust in the mainstream media It has fallen to the low stalls, and that’s why we are very proud of the changes that we have made in the briefing room in the White House, and also to the press coverage about this president, who are welcomed in independent voices and new media, which really take care of the truth, honesty and accuracy. ”
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Lindsay Kornick from Fox News contributed to this report.
