Trump attacks Kaitlan Collins after CNN anchor asks about Epstein survivors: You are the worst reporter …I don’t think I’ve ever seen you smile”
President Trump criticized CNN’s Kaitlan Collins over her questions on DOJ’s Epstein files release, calling her the worst reporter and blaming CNN’s ratings on her, during a tense Oval Office exchange.
- On Tuesday, President Donald Trump snapped at CNN's Kaitlan Collins during an Oval Office gaggle after she asked about the DOJ files, shrugging off the question.
- Last week, the Department of Justice released 3 million Epstein files including correspondence involving Howard Lutnick and Elon Musk, while analysts found more than 40 redaction failures sparking survivor outrage.
- Trump launched into personal attacks against Collins, calling her the worst reporter and saying he had never seen her smile, while also denouncing CNN as dishonest and stating it "should be ashamed of you."
- Following the bill-signing, aides moved reporters out while Trump continued to criticize Collins, and the viral exchange occurred inside the White House.
- This episode continues a pattern of confrontations between the president and female reporters that has drawn prior criticism, with Trump calling Collins `worst` and critics noting past insults toward women reporters.
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In the Oval Office, US President Donald Trump and CNN journalist Kaitlan Collins clash about the recently published Epstein files.
Trump attacks CNN reporter after she presses him on Epstein files: 'I don't think I've ever seen you smile'
The network and journalist Kaitlan Collins have responded.Donald Trump went off on CNN's Kaitlan Collins Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty; Kevin Dietsch/GettyPresident Donald Trump admonished CNN journalist Kaitlan Collins for not smiling enough as he spoke to reporters in the Oval Office on Tuesday.The CNN journalist, the network's chief White House correspondent and anchor of the series The Source with Kaitlan Collins, had asked the president sever…
Trump attacks Kaitlan Collins as she hammers him on Epstein files: ‘You are the worst!’
President Donald Trump snapped at CNN’s Kaitlan Collins during a press gaggle in the Oval Office on Tuesday after she asked Trump about his administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files. Collins asked Trump if he read any of the 3 million new Epstein files his Department of Justice released last week, which included correspondence from Trump allies Howard Lutnick, his Commerce Secretary, and Elon Musk with the disgraced financier and co…
Kaitlan Collins wanted to question the US president about the slow revision in Jeffrey Epstein's case. But the CNN reporter didn't get far: Donald Trump put it down in front of the assembled team.
Trump Scolds Reporter for Not Smiling
President Trump's latest clash with the press came with a demand for a smile. During an Oval Office news conference after he signed a bill to end the shutdown Tuesday, the president broke off from answering questions about newly released Jeffrey Epstein files to berate CNN's chief White House correspondent,...
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