From Overton News:
Next up was Shawn McCreesh from The New York Times.
McCreesh, who writes ENDLESS hit pieces attacking the president for every move he makes, tried to stir up more doubt…but this time, Leavitt didn’t let it slide.
He questioned Trump’s strategy for brokering peace...because journalists are much better at diplomacy than the president of the United States.
McCreesh:
“If the point is to get anybody on the same page, why wouldn’t Trump just take the call from Putin while the other leaders were in the room? He said it would be ‘disrespectful’ to that, but why is that disrespectful?”
Leavitt had him pegged from the moment he opened his mouth.
“With all due respect, only a reporter from ‘The New York Times’ would ask a question like that, Shaun.”
It was a haymaker…and he knew it.
But Leavitt continued by giving McCreesh a quick lesson in how diplomacy actually works:
“The president met with all these European leaders at the White House 48 hours after sitting down with President Putin on American soil.”
“In fact, there was so much progress in the readout given to these European leaders immediately following his meeting with President Putin that every single one of them got on a plane 48 hours later and flew to the United States of America.”
“These leaders, who this war is in the backyard, are very grateful that the president took that call, and that he was there to provide them with a readout of Russia’s thinking on this.”
“Something that was not done by the previous administration at all.”
Masterclass. (Read more.)
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