White House critics seize on key detail of Karoline Leavitt’s dress

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was trolled by the a Chinese diplomat for wearing a dress allegedly made in China while her boss blasts the country.

Leavitt, 27, wore the red and black trim dress in January, but the Chinese official did not call her out until this week, as President Trump’s tariff war between the US and China heats up.

‘Accusing China is business. Buying China is life,’ said Zhang Zhisheng, China’s envoy to Indonesia.  ‘The beautiful lace on the dress was recognized by an employee of a Chinese company as its product.’

Zhisheng also shared screenshots from Weibo users claiming the dress cost $750 and the lace in the dress was made in a factory in Mabu, China.

The diplomat continued mocking Americans as some X users defended Leavitt.

When one X users said that ‘soon, [things] will be made in America,’ Zhinsheng replied with a meme showing a stereotypical obese American man working at a factory.

When another X user pointed out China’s reliance on ‘American investments,’ the Chinese official replied: ‘Read some economy statistics on China before comment.’

Many accused Zhisheng of sharing a copy of the dress instead of the original.

DailyMail.com was unable to verify the manufacturer of Leavitt’s dress.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, 27, was trolled by a Chinese official who claimed she wore a dress made in China in January

Zhang Zhisheng, China’s envoy to Indonesia, made the claim on X earlier this week

AI-generated videos mocking Americans have continued to go viral amid a deepening trade war between the US and China.

Chinese accounts have been promoting content ridiculing the so-called ‘US Manufacturing Revival Plan’ in light of Beijing’s pledge to ‘fight to the end’ in a tariff war.

The propaganda campaign against US tariffs has also seen TikTok flooded with videos showing luxury brands that produce some of their products in China.

After taking office, Trump first ordered a 10 percent increase in tariffs on imports from China.

He later raised that to 20percent. Now, China is facing 145 percent tariffs on most of its exports to the United States, based on the most recent revisions in Trump’s trade policies.

China has responded with 125 percent tariffs on US products and other measures meant to pinch the US where it hurts most, such as controls on exports of critical minerals needed in high-tech manufacturing, such as electric vehicle production.

China’s trade surplus with the United States was $27.6 billion in March as its exports rose 4.5percent. It logged a surplus of $76.6 billion with the US in January-March even though exports were up only 2.3 percent the first two months of the year.

White House critics seize on key detail of Karoline Leavitt’s dress

White House critics seize on key detail of Karoline Leavitt’s dress

Zhisheng  shared screenshots from Weibo users claiming the dress cost $750 and the lace in the dress was made in a factory in Mabu, China

Late Friday, Trump exempted most computer-related goods from the higher China-specific tariffs, including laptops, smartphones and the components needed to make them, though his administration says he plans to announce those within days. Such products accounted for nearly $174 billion in US imports from China last year.

Still, the harsh US tariffs on Chinese products have raised questions about whether exporters might end up diverting their goods to other overseas markets as they give up on selling to American consumers due to the more than doubling of import duties.

Chinese President Xi Jinping was visiting Vietnam on Monday as part of a regional tour that also will take him to Malaysia and Cambodia, giving him an opportunity to firm up trade ties with other Asian countries that also are facing potentially steep tariffs, though last week Trump delayed enforcing them by 90 days.