During a White House meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, President Donald Trump froze when a reporter asked about affordability.
He sat still for several seconds, searching for an answer that never came. Then, breaking the silence, he called out, “Karoline, where is she?”
The 79-year-old president was asking for his 28-year-old press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, to help him. But she wasn’t in the room.
“She deserted me,” Trump said with a nervous laugh. “Our great Karoline superstar deserted me.”
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Leavitt soon walked back in and jumped right into defense mode. “Affordability is what the American people elected this president to do, and he is doing it,” she said as Trump watched closely, nodding with relief.
Trump looks for Leavitt to come in and talk about affordability: Could you discuss that question that was asked and how it was asked in such a fake disgusting manner by the fake news? pic.twitter.com/UrmS0h2t7z
— Acyn (@Acyn) November 7, 2025
She blamed the media for not giving Trump credit and said he had inherited “the worst inflation crisis in modern American history.” Trump nodded and looked at ease again.
“That’s what I’m talking about right now,” he said.
Orban decided to join in. “Can I get her to work for me in Hungary?” he asked with a grin.
Trump laughed. “Sure. Karoline, the prime minister would like for you to work for him in Hungary.”
The room broke into laughter, but the moment was still hard to miss. Trump had just been saved by someone young enough to be his granddaughter, and it happened right in front of another world leader.
The timing made it even more awkward. Only a day earlier, Trump had said, “I don’t want to hear about the affordability.” But now he was claiming prices were “far less expensive under Trump than under sleepy Joe Biden.”
That claim does not match the facts. Government data show food prices continue to rise, with grocery costs up another 0.3% from August to September, the biggest jump in three years.
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