When Associated Press reporter Josh Boak asked about tariffs in the White House press briefing March 11, the exchange with White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt quickly became testy. It also produced a sentence that left economists’ heads spinning: "Tariffs are a tax cut for the American people," Leavitt said.

During yesterday's White House press briefing, press secretary Karoline Leavitt got into a heated exchange with a reporter after he asked "I'm sorry, have you ever paid a tariff?"

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt spars with reporter over whether tariffs are ‘taxes’ -

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt reacted negatively to a loaded question from an Associated Press reporter about tariffs. Leavitt was answering questions from journalists on Tuesday during a news conference at the White House when Associated Press reporter Josh Boak inquired about the administration’s trade policies as President Donald Trump was preparing to address the Business Roundtable.