White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt defended President Donald Trump as a “builder-in-chief" amid backlash from critics over the demolition of a part of the East Wing.

The youngest press secretary in history, Karoline Leavitt, sparked controversy with her response to HuffPost reporter S.V. Dáte's questions about Trump.

The exchange is the latest example of rising tensions between the press and the Trump administration, which has taken an adversarial approach to the White House press corps, seeking to ban some reporters from covering President Trump, restricting access to the Pentagon, and openly insulting journalists.

Press secretary Karoline Leavitt is the latest addition to the list of MAGA members to step up in the defense of critical commentary, both implied and direct, regarding Donald Trump destroying the White House for the construction of his $250 million Ballroom project.

Your mom did,” Leavitt texted, in response to a question from Date about who picked Budapest for the site of the next Trump-Putin summit.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt wasted no time in responding to her predecessor's insults, delivering a well-deserved smackdown.

Karine Jean-Pierre, former White House press secretary for Joe Biden, delivered a scathing assessment of Karoline Leavitt. The 51 year old political advisor appeared on The View on Tuesday, October 21. During her appearance on the program, she discussed her new book Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is firing back after House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries criticized her during a press conference on Friday.