Alina Habba, counselor to President Donald Trump, told Newsmax on Tuesday that the mainstream media hyperventilating over the administration's execution of mass deportations counters what Americans mandated when they voted Trump into office.
"This was an American mandate. It is what Americans said they wanted," Habba told "Finnerty." "They said they weren't happy with open borders for four years. They weren't happy with fentanyl pouring in. They weren't happy with crime, with sex trafficking, child trafficking. They weren't happy with all those things that the last administration allowed and gave them a key and a [pre-paid] credit card for $10,000.
"So, our job now is to clean it up and do what America have asked. That's how the government is supposed to work. We've forgotten that. But what President Trump is doing is exactly what they asked for us to do when they voted for Donald Trump on Nov. 5. [The left-wing media] really need to get together."
Habba said the administration will be ready when the left-wing media eventually catches up to Trump, who has issued executive orders and actions at a blistering pace since Inauguration Day.
"Their narratives will start, and we'll hear much more of this, which is why reliable news stations like yourself are important," she said. "And that's why we've allowed them and everybody into the press room because we need real facts out there, and we have to push other media that is not CNN and MSNBC. They no longer dominate. That's the truth. And America wants to hear the truth, and they know what's happening. We're taking out criminals."
Habba said she was proud of the debut of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, 27, the youngest person to hold that job.
"I was so proud of her," Habba said. "Karoline is a really hard worker. She is going to be a great press secretary. She is well-versed. That was made very clear today. Everybody in the halls of the White House is just communicating, talking to each other and making sure that we all know the right hand knows what the left hand is doing, etc. And that was very clear today from her podium.
"She's going to be amazing, and America needs it. We need transparency. And that's what this White House is doing."
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