White House communications director Steven Cheung gave the same response, saying, “Your mom,” according to the outlet. Reactions on X to the incident varied widely across party lines. Conservatives hailed the president’s team for trolling the left-wing outlet.

The White House has revealed why President Trump cancelled his planned meeting with Vladimir Putin in Budapest over the Ukraine War, emphasizing the need for a “tangible, positive outcome” before proceeding.

Karoline Leavitt and Steven Cheung dove back into the middle school well to respond to a question from HuffPost on Friday.

The White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt recently boasted about responding to a journalist’s concerns with a ‘your mom’ joke. Leavitt shared the interaction herself on social media and immediately faced backlash over the ‘childish’ lack of professionalism.

President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are no longer scheduled to meet for a second time.

President Trump said last week that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin would meet in Budapest, Hungary, though he did not say when.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he would be ready to join Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin at a proposed summit in Hungary if he were invited. The US and Russian presidents announced on Thursday they planned to hold talks on the war in Ukraine in Budapest, possibly in the coming weeks.

President Donald Trump canceled his planned meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Budapest, Hungary, due to insufficient progress toward peace negotiations, the White House said.