Karoline Leavitt lashes out at Politico over preview of Trump address on Iran

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. President Donald Trump delivered a primetime address on the Iran conflict, highlighting the success of Operation Epic Fury. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt lashed out at Politico on social media Wednesday over a report published about President Donald Trump's address to the nation about the war in Iran. "This story was based on 'six people familiar with the planning,' and I am sure none of them actually read the President’s speech before it was delivered. Politico did not even reach out to the White House for comment," Leavitt said on X. "Another example of why you should not blindly trust what you read from the legacy media. This is what they do — call up random sources who just make things up, and then they report it as fact." Politico's article, headlined, "‘I came, I saw, I conquered:’ Trump set to claim victory in Iran at primetime