White House Communications Director Steven Cheung went off on the “slope-brained retards” and “Kamala-rejects” behind a Democratic Party X account on Monday after they accused him of distancing himself from the GOP operatives leading Trump’s midterm operations. 

James Blair, who previously served as Trump’s White House deputy chief of staff for legislative, political, and public affairs, and Chris LaCivita, who was 2024 Campaign Co-Manager for Trump, are now leading the Republican Party’s midterm strategy. They came under fire this week for an alleged conflict of interest in consulting work with Trump, the GOP, and foreign governments in Europe.

After Trump responded to the news, the team behind @HQNewsNow, formerly @KamalaHQ, a 2024 campaign social media account for Kamala Harris, attempted to start a hoax, claiming that Cheung unfollowed Blair and LaCivita on X “after Trump threw them under the bus and threatened to ‘terminate’ them.”

Cheung, however, responded with fire. “Wrong, you slope-brained retards. I know it sucks to be Kamala-rejects, but the truth is that I unfollow deactivated WH/47 accounts,” he wrote. 

Additionally, according to the list of accounts Cheung follows, he still follows their personal X pages.

This comes after a New York Times report that Blair and LaCivita were in Europe last week advising the government of Republika Srpska, a small self-governing territory in the Balkans, ahead of its elections. The report suggested that the Russia-aligned country has “sought favor from the U.S. president while bucking the international community” and that Blair and LaCivita are capitalizing on their connections to the White House.

Reacting to the report this morning, Trump said on Truth Social earlier that he would terminate the two “if there’s a conflict,” but also said they’re “allowed to do work for others, just like all consultants in Washington, D.C.”

Chris LaCivita and James Blair are outside consultants. They do not work for me, other than as outside consultants. They most likely have numerous clients, but for that, you would have to ask them. They are allowed to do work for others, just like all consultants in Washington, D.C. I do not have any idea who else they work for but will, on reflection, ask them and, if there’s a conflict, I will terminate them, immediately! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP

He made similar comments in an Oval Office press conference this afternoon when asked if he’s spoken to Blair or LaCivita about a potential conflict. Trump maintained that the two are “independent” from the White House and “don’t work for me.” Trump added, “If I thought they had a conflict here, I would terminate, but all they are is consultants.”

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