White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt became the subject of much social media mockery on Wednesday for her explanation behind President Donald Trump’s recent decision to bomb Iran.
The administration has offered a series of shifting reasons for the strikes, but Leavitt added one more to the mix: vibes, basically.
During Wednesday’s press briefing, a reporter from The Independent asked why the administration “can’t say what the imminent threat against the United States was” that required the U.S. to launch Operation Epic Fury.
The press secretary declared that she would “explain to you exactly what led the president to make the decision” — and it seemed to boil down to feelings.
“This decision to launch this operation was based on a cumulative effect of various direct threats that Iran posed to the United States of America, and the president’s feeling, based on fact, that Iran does pose an imminent and direct threat to the United States of America,” she said.
