Fox News senior White House correspondent Peter Doocy zinged President Donald Trump over the cratering stock market with a brutal wisecrack to Trump White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt during the briefing.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped over a thousand points Monday and closed at -890 points amid fears fueled by Trump’s repeated refusal to rule out the possibility of an impending recession over the weekend. The freefall continued Tuesday as Trump ratcheted up his trade blood feud with Canada.
During Tuesday’s White House press briefing, Doocy opened up his questioning by twisting the knife — noting the stock market is “dropping and dropping and dropping,” and throwing her own words back at her.
Doocey then dropped a vicious one-liner on Leavitt that even she had to laugh at:
KAROLINE LEAVITT: Peter Doocy.
PETER DOOCY: Thank you, Karoline. So you said that the Dow dropping and dropping and dropping is a period of transition.
You’re sure nobody here …