White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt grew defensive over the White House’s dealing with of the financial system in exchanges with reporters Thursday, standing by President Donald Trump’s feedback that folks ought to “give up” sure merchandise this Christmas if they’ve affordability issues and insisting issues have improved beneath Trump’s watch. The alternate kicked off when NCS’s Kaitlan Collins requested in regards to the president’s remark Tuesday to an viewers in Pennsylvania about reducing again on purchases. “You don’t need 37 dolls for your daughter. Two or three is nice,” the president mentioned.