 "Who picked Trump-Putin meeting spot? ‘Your mom did,’ Karoline Leavit fires back at reporter")
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Monday fired back at a journalist after he questioned her about the location of a potential meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The exchange unfolded amid reports that the leaders plan to meet soon to discuss ending the war in Ukraine.
When the reporter texted Leavitt asking who selected the venue for the upcoming summit, she curtly replied, “Your mom did.” Leavitt later shared a screenshot of the conversation, accusing the journalist—identified as S.V. Date from the Huffington Post—of bias against the President.
In her post, Leavitt wrote that Date’s messages “read like an anti-US President Donald Trump diary,” and branded him “a left-wing hack.” She alleged that he had consistently attacked President Trump and filled her inbox with “Democrat talking points,” adding that activists posing as journalists “do a disservice to the profession.”
For context, S.V. Dáte of the Huffington Post is not a journalist interested in the facts. He is a left-wing hack who has consistently attacked President Trump for years and constantly bombards my phone with Democrat talking points.
— Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) October 20, 2025
Just take a look at @svdate’s feed, it reads… https://t.co/NxWn2mdUsa pic.twitter.com/v7owI5N4us
Trump-Putin summit
Reports suggest that while no date has yet been confirmed, the Trump-Putin summit is expected to take place in Budapest, the Hungarian capital, in the coming weeks. Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has expressed willingness to attend the talks if invited. Speaking to reporters on Monday, Zelenskyy said he would join the summit “in one format or another,” provided the meeting allows for direct or shuttle diplomacy involving all parties.
However, Zelenskyy voiced caution over the “Budapest scenario,” a reference to the 1994 Budapest Memorandum, under which Russia and other nations had guaranteed Ukraine’s security in return for relinquishing its inherited nuclear arsenal.
President Trump has continued to advocate for a resolution to the conflict that began in February 2022 when Russia invaded Ukraine.
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