WASHINGTON — Youngsters study the darndest issues on the White Home — like that President Trump has a candy tooth and is a hugger.
Press secretary Karoline Leavitt held a particular briefing Tuesday to mark “Take Your Child to Work Day” on the government mansion, fielding questions from intrepid baby reporters whose dad and mom are administration staffers and journalists.
“How much candy does he eat a day?” one teen requested Leavitt concerning the forty seventh president.
“A good amount of candy,” Leavitt laughed, including that the commander in chief “likes pink Starbursts and Tootsie Rolls.”
One other baby wished the news on Trump’s favourite order at McDonald’s.
“He loves McDonald’s hamburgers and French fries. Who doesn’t?” Leavitt responded, earlier than including that the president’s favourite meals can’t be discovered below the golden arches.
“President Trump loves a lot of different foods. I think his favorite is probably steak,” the press secretary mentioned.
The 78-year-old’s fondness for well-done steak with ketchup has been some extent of fascination — and horror amongst gourmands — since his first run for the presidency in 2016.
The briefing room’s 49 seats have been about half-full of kids ranging in age from infants to about 11 — with their proud dad and mom trying on from the facet aisles and rear of the room.
Among the many tykes current was Leavitt’s personal 10-month-old son, Niko.
Onlookers repeatedly erupted in laughter as the kids broached sensitive topics — with one boy asking Leavitt to establish the president’s favourite child and one other asking her to say which information outlet she likes least. (“Depends on the day,” was the press secretary’s reply to each questions.)
One tyke requested how many individuals Trump has fired, main Leavitt to acknowledged “one individual who did leave their job” in a potential reference to ex-national safety adviser Mike Waltz, whom Trump nominated to be UN ambassador earlier this month in what sources described as a inventive termination.
Different questions included whether or not Trump likes to present hugs — with Leavitt saying she’d seen the president give many hugs, together with to first girl Melania Trump — and his favourite ice cream, to which Leavitt answered a chocolate sundae.
