White House Pers Secretary Karoline Leavitt closed the behavior of an Associated Press Reporter after the tense exchange of the couple over rates.
During a press conference on 11 March, reporter Josh Boak with Leavitt about whether President Donald Trump's rates are tax increases or tax cuts.
The 27-year-old took the position that rates are 'a tax reduction for the American people' and said that Boak's question was 'offensive' because, according to her, he tried to 'test her knowledge of economics'.
Leavitt joined Maria Bartiromo on her Fox News show 'Sunday Morning Futures' when she doubled her fiery reaction, adding that Boak clearly does not see President Trump's economic strategy.'
She said that Trump's rates 'will yield so much income' and 'so much wealth in our country' that the Republican party will be able to fulfill its promise to pursue additional tax cuts.
'[Boak] Didn't understand that very simple idea, “Leavitt said, before accusing the associated press and the rest of the regular media of pursuing viral moments instead of” asking difficult questions with fair integrity. “
The comments from Leavitt are because the AP was banned from 'pooled' Oval Office visits and Air Force One Trips After the news thread service refused to rename Trump's from the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.
Boak's interaction with Leavitt did nothing to restore the relationship between the White House and the almost 180-year-old news exit.
Karoline Leavitt is depicted on the Testy 11 March Witte Huis Press briefing, where she was fighting with an Associated Press reporter about President Donald Trump's rates
Josh Boak, the Associated Press reporter, interviewed Leavitt about her understanding of who pays rates – American importers or abroad – something she felt it was 'offensive'
Boak had asked Leavitt for a upcoming Trump speech to the Business Roundtable on that day, where he would later say that his rates 'have a very positive impact'.
“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.
'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 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.
Trump spoke at the Business Roundtable meeting in Washington, DC on March 11, on the same day Leavitt came in with Boak. In Trump's comments, he said that rates 'have a very positive impact'
'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.
After postponing 25 percent rates on Canada and Mexico twice, once in February and once in March, Trump is planning to resume the import tax on 2 April.
He has already hit China with the first rate of 10 percent, which he then doubled and brought it to 20 percent.
As Trump's frustration increases with the media, his administration has tried to sharpen who is returned to set the press briefings.
At the end of February, Leavitt also announced that the White House itself would choose which points of sale in the presspool would be represented.
This broke for more than 100 years of precedent, since the Association of De Witte Huis, a group of journalists who cover the president, has determined which reporters have gained access since its founding in 1914.
