An Associated Press reporter taxes the patience of the White House Pers Secretary Karoline Leavitt when he asked her on Tuesday if she had ever paid a rate.
The collision came in the midst of the tank stock market and a battle with the press about the 'Gulf of America', while the press conference assumed a personal tone.
It happened when Leavitt called on the reporter from the AP -an outlet that the White House banned from 'played' Oval Office -visits and Air Force One trips in the midst of anger about the refusal of the wire service to adopt Trump's name of the Golf.
By the time it ended, an 'offended' Leavitt said that she was sorry that she had recalled the reporter in the first place.
The reporter, Josh Boak, was one of the many that Leavitt pressed on the Kelmmarkt, in the midst of massive uncertainty about Trump's rates – one day the president said that he would double levies on steel and aluminum and ontario and then suspended a rate on the energy.
He asked Leavitt for an upcoming Trump speech to the Business Roundtable.
“He goes there today because he proposes tax increases in the form of rates. And I am curious that he is not why he prioritizes that above tax cuts, “the reporter asked what, following business criticism that has been discussed in the midst of market jiters.
“Not true – he doesn't,” Leavitt interrupted the question.
White House Pers Secretary Karoline Leavitt said that she was 'offended' by a reporter who asked her: “Have you ever paid a rate?”
'Rates are a tax increase for abroad that have re -broken down. Rates are a tax reduction for the American people and the president is an avid supporter of tax cuts, 'Leavitt, 27, told him.
'I'm sorry. Have you ever paid a rate? Because I have, “the AP reporter tried to need her. 'They are not charged on foreign companies. They are loaded on the importers. '
Leavitt started her reaction by talking the policy.
In the end, when we have honest and balanced trade that the American people have not seen in decades. As I said in the beginning, the income will remain here, wages will rise and our country will be rich again, “Leavitt said.
Some economists have argued that there may be downward risks, such as higher inflation, slower growth, an escalating trade war or even a recession.
'And I think it is insulting that you are trying to test my knowledge of economics and the decisions that this president has made. I now regret that I have given the Associated Press a question, “she said.
The tense exchange came one day that Trump had tackled the business round table after the markets were treated again
Trump's White House has put the AP on the blacklist about its style book and the refusal to hurry up Trump's 'Gulf of America'
Leavitt's deputy, Harrison Fields, later went to X to share: “@joshboak = activist not a journalist”, indicating that everything is not forgiven.
Economists claim that importers will usually pass on a lot of the costs of the rates that they have to pay to the treasury to consumers, although Trump and his team say that it will force more production back to the country, deposit a new 'Golden Age'.
The emotion in the exchange echoed the collision between Trump and Canadian officials, where both Trump and Leavitt repeatedly say that Canada should become an American state.
After Ontario had announced the tax on electricity, Trump hit back: “They will pay a financial price so great for this that it will be read in history books for many years to come!”
Shortly after the Kerfuffle in the briefing room, the president explained that further rates he threatened to hit Canada would no longer continue.
The White House took the rate collision of the day as a victory.
“After President Trump threatened to use his executive powers to take revenge with a colossal rate of 50 percent against Canada, Ontario Prime Minister Doug Ford said with [Commerce] Secretary Lutnick to convey that he will withdraw over the implementation of a cost of 25 percent on the export of electricity to the United States. President Trump has again used the leverage of the American economy, which is the best and largest in the world, to win a victory for the American people, “said Witte Huis SPOkesman Kush Desai.
The industrial average of Dow Jones ended with 1.14 percent for the day, with the wider S&P 500 down three -quarters of one percent, after having had the worst week of the year last week.
