Karoline Leavitt Cuts Off Fox’s Jacqui Heinrich Mid-Question in Testy Exchange Over Trump Boast

Isaac Schorr Aug 19th, 2025, 2:21 pm

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt turned the tables on Fox News’ Jacqui Heinrich by cutting her off mid-question at a briefing on Tuesday.

The testy exchange began with Heinrich setting the stage by noting that President Donald Trump has often boasted that Vladimir Putin never would have invaded Ukraine on Trump’s watch.

“Since the president often says that this war would not have started if he were in office, and Putin confirmed that-” began Heinrich before Leavitt interjected to declare “It’s true” and ask Heinrich: “Do you accept that as true?”

“Probably,” conceded the visibly irritated Heinrich.

“The European leaders do. An

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