The mask slipped during Karoline Leavitt’s press conference on Iran
The Independent • • nation
Key Points:
- White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt made her first public appearance in five days amid escalating conflict in the Middle East, delivering a forceful defense of the Trump administration’s actions against Iran.
- Leavitt framed the US strike as a justified response to longstanding Iranian hostility, asserting that President Trump acted on a "good feeling" of an imminent Iranian threat, despite no concrete evidence supporting this claim.
- During the press briefing, Leavitt became visibly frustrated when questioned about the six American service members killed and accused the media, particularly CNN, of bias and attempting to undermine the president.
- She avoided directly addressing concerns about rising oil prices and the possibility of regime change in Iran, only vaguely stating that Trump is "actively
