A routine question posed to the White House over US President Donald Trump's proposed meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin has left Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt red-faced, with the 28-year-old's childish response going viral on the internet.

It all began on Thursday when New York-headquartered news outlet HuffPost inquired as to why Budapest had been picked for the proposed summit between Trump and Putin . Also Read | ‘Never trust an Indian’: Trump nominee's racist views, ‘Nazi streak’ revealed

Minutes later, the White House Press Secretary responded, "Your mom did".

But that wasn't all: after HuffPost published an article titled 'White House Gives Wild Response To A Simple Question Asked By HuffPost Reporter', Leavitt went a step further, uploading a

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