The White House press office turned a routine press inquiry into a full-blown playground moment Friday when HuffPost reporter S.V. Dáte asked why President Donald Trump had chosen Hungary as the site for his upcoming meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt fired back with the unexpected: “Your mom did.”

Minutes later, Communications Director Steven Cheung echoed Leavitt when asked the same question, replying simply: “Your mom.”

From there, it got worse. When HuffPost followed up to ask whether her response was intended as a joke, Leavitt doubled down like “Mean Girls.”

“It’s funny to me that you actually consider yourself a journal [sic]. You are a far left hack who nobody takes seriously, including your colleagues in the media, they just don’t t

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