By The Babylon Bee | Created at 2025-04-01 19:25:19 | Updated at 2025-04-02 22:01:06
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Administration staffers were caught off guard by a painfully awkward situation today as former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg returned to the White House from his maternity leave.
Buttigieg had gone on an extended break after his husband adopted twins in 2021, only returning this morning to find that the entire Biden administration had been replaced and his job given to someone else.
"Wow, was I really gone that long?" a confused Buttigieg reportedly asked upon entering the White House. "I know I asked to have my maternity leave extended a bit, but wow! I didn't think I was away that long. There's a new president? Really?"
Buttigieg was later met by the Trump administration's communications team, which escorted him through the White House while attempting to explain to him that several years had passed while he was on leave.
"A lot has happened," White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said. "Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race. Kamala took his place. Trump won in a landslide last November, and you've been replaced as Secretary of Transportation by Sean Duffy. Aren't the kids you adopted like four years old now?"
At that point, witnesses said a flustered Buttigieg appeared to take a phone call before claiming that he had suddenly adopted another baby, and he had to go on leave again.
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