Top White House officials told a reporter, “Your mom,” when asked who picked the location for Donald Trump’s upcoming meeting with Vladimir Putin.

Trump announced Thursday that he will soon meet with Putin in Budapest, Hungary, to discuss an end to the war in Ukraine. The choice has raised questions, because Putin is wanted by the International Criminal Court. However, Hungary appears unlikely to cooperate with the warrant and is in the process of leaving the court, the Associated Press reports.

When HuffPost asked the White House who chose the location for the meeting, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt replied, “Your mom did.” White House Communications Director Steven Cheung also followed up with, “Your mom,” the outlet reports.

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[–] 159 points 1 year ago (5 children)

They just keep remaining the classiest, mature adults in positions of power over others.

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  • [–] 43 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    They picked her because of her Christianities.

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  • [–] 36 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    13 Then Pilate said to Him, “Do You not hear how many things they testify against You?” 14 But He answered him "Your Mom", so that the governor marveled greatly.

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  • [–] 99 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Not the onion. Yikes. What a shit show

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  • [–] 96 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    So glad the most armed nation is history is run by such mature level headed adults.

    Seriously, why does everything feel like fucking dumbass highschool bullies are running things? Was that Bowling for Soup song right??

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

    It is sad, and the people who made it happen are hiding. No more maga flags on trucks, don't see the hats around. They know what they did

    Edit: my statement is obviously anecdotal and I am speaking for what I see daily. Experience may vary

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  • [–] 26 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Why do I see comments like this all over Lemmy? Do people like you ever go outside?

    I’ve been traveling all over the south the last couple months, the MAGA folks are louder and prouder than ever.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Walking less than a mile around my neighborhood in a purple state proves you wrong many times over. There's at least 30 some households and vehicles with Trump or otherwise conservative paraphernalia scattered about that we see in our immediate area. Three of these houses are on my block.

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  • [–] 60 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    What is it that makes 40 year old people think it's totally okay to behave like an 8 year old?

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  • [–] 37 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I mean… Leavitt is 28… Hate makes you age like a smoker.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I'm a 45 year old smoker who regularly gets told that I look 25 by 20 somethings. Hate ages you faster than smoking.

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  • [–] 46 points 1 year ago

    Lol, wasn't even a good burn. Karoline, you suck! Booooo!

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  • [–] 43 points 1 year ago

    Wow, so Idiocracy then.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago

    Really good opportunity for the reporter to say "My mother has dementia so I guess that tracks actually"

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago

    “Oh yeah? Well, the jerk store called, and they’re all out of you!”

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  • [–] 31 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Trolls have taken over the White House.. time to stop feeding them.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    They have, but you can't expect journalists to not ask the administration questions. It is literally their job.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

    There are tons of people in the white house they could call on or off the record. There is no reason to listen to Leavitts propaganda report on the regular. I am surprised they cover her as much as they do, I literally tune her out now because I know everything she says is a lie. Steven Miller is a ghoul, but even he is more honest about what they are doing... whether on purpose or Freudian slips...

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    She is the White House Press Secretary. She is literally the primary interface between the Whitehouse and the press, and you're arguing the press should not ask her questions and report on her statements?

    This blaming the journalists for reporting what the White House Press Secretary says is really backwards.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago*

    She certainly doesn't act like it.

    If she had any modicum of honesty then that position would actually matter. It's like asking AI that has been trained to specifically avoid everyone's question, what's the point? I can predict her responses to every question with like over 90% accuracy, and when I am wrong it's because her response is a bizarre troll response like "your mom"

    Hell even Trump is more honest than her, if for no other reason than his dementia.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago

    Translation: Trump picked it.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago

    Jesus Christ. These belligerent idiots.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    Why is trump and gov so cringe and embarrassing? Ew

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I don't like conspiracy theories, but I'm going to put on my tinfoil hat and speculate that they all caught alien brain worms from RFK Jr.'s infection.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago*

    Lmaooo fr 🙃 There’s another conspiracy theory about trump that Stephen Miller just locks him in a room with a screen playing nonstop AI slop videos about himself which now seems completely logical. It's why he's so confused that his reality isn't matching objective reality. Trump just watches AI videos.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    I love news articles like these because I get to say how useless yellow press has been to actual politics. Don’t get me wrong the GOP is nothing but yellower than our sun.

    Get to telling the truth leavitt and you can say all the to momma jokes you want

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    WTF? Is America just a giant Middle School?

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Shoulda responded "Okay but, I am rubber and you are glue, so... Egg on your face!"

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    And how's the slander lawsuit going?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Hungary is a signatory to the Rome Statute and would legally have to arrest Putin if he set foot there…

    But watch as they do nothing.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Too bad women leaders are too emotional to be a true leader and we are left with, whatever this is. Its certainly not leadership.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    That's what she said.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    I can’t even

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