The US-China trade war is full swing as both “super powers” turn to petty jibes. Donald Trump‘s White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt found herself in hot water after Chinese diplomat Zhang Zhisheng called her out for rocking a red lace dress allegedly made in China—right as the Trump administration cranks up its anti-China trade rhetoric.
Zhang, the Consul General in Denpasar, Indonesia, didn’t hold back, posting on X: “Accusing China is business. Buying in China is life.” Ouch, that stings!
Zhang shared a pic of Karoline Leavitt in the dress, alongside Weibo screenshots where a user claimed the lace came straight from a factory in Mabu, China.
The post went viral faster than Trump’s awkward dance, and the internet had a field day. Critics pounced, with one X user snarking, “Leavitt slams Made in China while rocking a Chinese-made dress, hypocrisy much? Classic politician move: blame China, but keep the cheap goods.”
Another quipped, “How does she manage the crushing irony of slamming ‘Made in China’ while strutting in that gorgeous lace dress?”
MAGA crowd fired back, arguing the dress might be a knockoff. “Chinese people are notorious for bootleg clothes. It’s likely they copied a luxury brand’s jacket,” one supporter claimed. The drama even reignited chatter about Trump’s ‘Make America Great Again’ merch, which—plot twist—has been made in China since 2016.
Meanwhile, the trade war’s heating up. China just slapped a 125% tariff on US imports, calling Trump’s 145% tariff on them “a joke,” after he paused duties on 75 other countries for 90 days.
