💥 BREAKING NEWS: White House Meltdown — Caroline Leavitt’s Disaster Presser Fuels Fresh Fears About Trump’s Health and Grip on Reality⚡NN

The mood in the briefing room was tense before Caroline Leavitt even stepped to the podium. Reporters could feel it — something was off. The president had been spiraling on Truth Social for days, rumors were swirling about his health, and now the White House had rushed out a last-minute press conference that felt more like crisis control than routine messaging.

Within minutes, it became clear why:
this wasn’t a briefing — it was a slow-motion car crash.

The first crack came with a simple question:
Why is Donald Trump constantly appearing in public with bandages on his hands?

Leavitt’s answer should’ve settled it. Instead, it made everyone’s alarms go off.

She calmly insisted the president’s hands are bruised and bandaged because he “shakes so many hands” every day — and because he’s on a daily aspirin regimen. The Oval Office, she said, is “like Grand Central Terminal,” packed with visitors, meetings, and nonstop greetings.

No mention of a medical incident.
No timeline.
No doctor’s explanation.

Just: too many handshakes.

In a White House already plagued by secrecy and bizarre health rumors, the “handshake bandage” defense landed like a bad joke. Something was clearly wrong — and the press knew it.

Then came the moment the entire briefing started to unravel: inflation.

A reporter calmly pointed out that inflation was 3% when Trump took office and 3% in the most recent data. Leavitt snapped back:

“No, it’s 2.5%. I have it right here on my paper.”

It didn’t matter that official CPI data showed 3%. She clung to her talking points as if reality itself was negotiable. The press pushed back. She doubled down. The facts weren’t changing — but neither was she.

And that set the tone for the rest of the disaster.

CNN’s Caitlin Collins pressed her on affordability, asking the obvious:
If the economy is supposedly “booming,” why is Trump telling parents two weeks before Christmas to buy their kids only “two or three dolls” and “a couple pencils”?

Leavitt’s spin was surreal. Trump wasn’t warning about hardship, she claimed — he was promoting “buy American” values. Maybe you’ll pay a bit more, she argued, but it’s worth it. She rattled off cherry-picked metrics: real wages “up $1,200,” gas “down,” inflation “trending in the right direction.”

But everyone watching knows what groceries cost. They know what rent looks like. They know what they’re paying at the pump. The disconnect between her words and reality was jarring.

Then things took a darker turn.

A reporter asked why Trump was allowing advanced Nvidia H200 chips — one of America’s most critical technological advantages — to be shipped to China. Leavitt insisted everything was under control, that only “approved customers” under “strict conditions” would receive them, and that national security was protected.

What she really admitted was this:
Trump is allowing cutting-edge U.S. tech to flow into the hands of a strategic rival — while pretending he’s being tough on Beijing.

Minutes later, she bragged about the U.S. seizing a Venezuelan oil tanker and hinted that the captured oil could factor into Trump’s affordability push, as if confiscating foreign resources is just another line item in his domestic economic plan.

And then came the truly unhinged stuff.

Asked whether Trump’s military actions could jeopardize his Nobel Peace Prize hopes, Leavitt claimed Trump has “solved nine conflicts” and has been nominated “almost 100 times.” This, while wars rage in Ukraine, Gaza, Africa, and Southeast Asia — and global tensions are closer to World War III than at any point in recent history.

She defended Trump’s attacks on CNN and even tied their tough questions to his threat to block major media mergers unless CNN is sold off — an open admission that the president is using state power and regulatory leverage to punish outlets that challenge him.

By the time she was challenged on Obamacare subsidies set to expire — which could send health costs soaring for 20+ million Americans — her answer was just blame and deflection. Democrats created the system, she said. Trump will offer “creative solutions.” No details. No plan. Just vibes.

The most chilling moment came when she publicly branded a migrant, Abrego Garcia, a “proven human trafficker” and gang member — despite a judge ordering his release and no criminal prosecution for trafficking. Legal experts immediately flagged the remark as a possible violation of a gag order and a dangerous abuse of the podium.

When it was over, one thing was clear:
This wasn’t strength. It was panic.

The bandages.
The lies about inflation.
The spin on tariffs, tech, oil, and war.
The threats against media companies and judges.

The White House didn’t calm fears with this presser.
They confirmed them.