New Delhi, Oct. 21 -- A routine question posed to the White House over US President Donald Trump's proposed meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin has left Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt red-faced, with the 28-year-old's childish response going viral on the internet.

It all began on Thursday when New York-headquartered news outlet HuffPost inquired as to why Budapest had been picked for the proposed summit between Trump and Putin.

"Is the president aware of the significance of Budapest? In 1994, Russia promised, in Budapest, not to invade Ukraine if it gave up the nuclear weapons it inherited when the Soviet Union dissolved. Does he not see why Ukraine might object to that site? Who suggested Budapest? Thanks (sic)," S V ...