"But when asked on Wednesday about Trump's recent post concerning control of the Diego Garcia island, Levitt touted Trump's transparency on Truth Social, claiming posts on the platform come directly from the president. The post should be taken as the policy of the Trump administration. It's coming straight from the horse's mouth, she said. When you see it on Truth Social, you know it's directly from President Trump. That's the beauty of this president in his transparency in relaying this administration's policies to the rest of you and to the rest of the world."
"Trump sparked outrage in early February when he posted a video to Truth Social that included a depiction of former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama as apes. Leavitt initially defended the post, claiming the president was merely sharing an internet meme. But after widespread criticism from members of Congress on both the right and the left, the post was deleted and blamed on an unnamed White House staffer."
Karoline Leavitt presented President Trump’s Truth Social posts as direct communications from the president, calling them a transparent expression of administration policy. Earlier in February, a Truth Social video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes provoked bipartisan outrage and was defended as an internet meme before being deleted. The deleted post was subsequently attributed to an unnamed White House staffer, creating a contradiction with the claim that Truth Social posts come straight from the president. Media figures and politicians quickly highlighted the inconsistency and mocked the apparent discrepancy between accountability for different posts.
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