The Pentagon responded sarcastically to a question from HuffPost about US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's tie, which attracted attention during a meeting between President Donald Trump and Zelenskyy.
Hegseth appeared at the meeting wearing a tie with bold white, blue, and red stripes arranged in the same order as the Russian flag. Although these colors also appear on the American flag, the newspaper described it as "similar to the Russian flag."
When Pentagon officials were asked about the tie, their sarcastic response was: "Your mom bought it for him!" This was a reference to the reporter himself, in typical American humor.
HuffPost noted that the same reporter had previously received a similar response from the White House when he asked who had suggested Budapest as the location for a future US-Russia summit.
It's worth noting that this reporter published a book about Trump in 2021 with an insulting title.