Trump’s 27-year-old press secretary announces ‘No More Condoms for Gaza’ in new briefing

Donald Trump’s 27-year-old press secretary announced that USA stopped shipments of condoms to Gaza Under her first new look-briefing.

Karoline Leavitt Told journalists that the briefings will no longer be reserved for members of Legacy Media, but will be opened to tictokers, influence social media and podcasters.

Mrs. Leavitt informed journalists that the newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and the White House Office for Management and Budget (OMB) found “There was a $ 50 million taxpayers dollars that went out the door to finance Condoms in Gaza ”.

“It’s an inappropriate waste of taxpayer money. So that’s what this break is focused on being good managers of tax dollars, ”she said.

The Trump administration has also blocked a pending payment of $ 37 million to the World Health Organization. On his first day in office, the president signed an executive order that cuts ties with the body.

Another 30, Mrs. Leavitt is the youngest person in the story of holding the role of press secretary – two years younger than Richard Nixon’s press secretary Ron Ziegler was when he was appointed in 1969.

Mrs. Leavitt promised to open seats next to her podium for “new media voices”, with Breitbart, a right-right news site, given a space by the preliminary briefing of Mr. Trump’s second period.

She added that “independent journalists, podcasters and influencing social media” would be welcomed to future briefings, and suggested journalists who lost their press passes in the White House under the Presidency of Joe Bid could regain their access.

A recently invited member of the press thanked Mrs. Leavitt for “giving votes to media representing millions and millions of Americans”.

In an ironing on traditional media, Mrs. Leavitt promised to “call you out” for reporting Incorrect information.

The comments increase fears that access to briefings in the White House can be withdrawn for journalists whose cover reflects poorly over the president.

On Tuesday, the White House issued a memo that temporarily suspended federal grants, loans and other financial assistance programs for domestic executive departments.

Federal agencies “must temporarily put all activities related to the obligation or payment of all federal financial assistance,” said OMB -functioning director Matthew Vaeth in the document.

It burned concern for a sweeping ban on all federal assistance, including Social Security and Medicare.

Mrs. Leavitt told journalists that it was “not a blanket break” but designed to ensure that federal expenses were adapted to the “American people’s priorities”.

Despite her insistence on the fact that Medicaid payments would not be affected, state programs across the country reported that they had been blocked to access online portals that give them federal funding.

Late on Tuesday, a US judge temporarily blocked Mr. Trump’s plans to put federal loans, grants and other financial assistance on break and hand over a victory to advocates that said the policy would have a “devastating influence”.

US district judge Loren Alikhan remained the cut of funding to existing programs until at least 3 February, in an attempt to “maintain the status quo” after an 11 -hour legal challenge from opponents.

It marks the second time a federal judge has intervened to block Mr. Trump’s political agenda Since returning to Embed, after a judge laid out last week that his plans to end Birthright -State Citizenship is “obviously constitutional”.

The new press secretary aimed at the previous administration’s expenses for climate protection, which she called “Green New Scam”, as well as diversity, justice and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.

In practice, Mrs. Leavitt said the break would mean “no more funding for transgenderism and wokeness”.

“President Trump is looking for you by issuing this break because he is a good steward for your taxpayers,” she said.

Elsewhere, Mrs. Leavitt said New Jersey -Drone observations that triggered widespread conspiracy last December were “authorized” and “not the enemy”.

“After research and study, the drones who flew over New Jersey in large numbers were authorized to be flown by a few research and various other reasons,” said Mrs. Leavitt.

She added that many of the drones were “hobbyists” and that the situation “got worse because of curiosity”.

Drone observations caused extensive speculation about foreign interference.

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