President Donald Trump is dealing with warmth for his latest attack on one of many feminine journalists who cowl him and his administration.
“You’re the worst reporter,” Trump scolded CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on Tuesday. “I don’t assume I’ve ever seen you smile.”
Collins had requested the president about justice for victims of the late convicted intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein, who was as soon as his shut pal.
Trump, who was mentioned thousands of times within the Epstein information launched by the Justice Division, claimed that “nothing got here out about me” and stated it was time for the nation to maneuver on to “one thing that individuals care about.”
Collins then requested Trump what he would say to Epstein survivors who really feel they haven’t gotten justice:
“You’re the worst reporter,” Trump fired again. “CNN has no rankings due to folks such as you. You recognize, she’s a younger lady ― I don’t assume I’ve ever seen you smile. I’ve recognized you for 10 years, I don’t assume I’ve ever seen a smile in your face.”
Collins tried to interject that she was asking about Epstein survivors, however Trump stored going.
“You recognize why you’re not smiling? Since you’re not telling the reality,” Trump stated. “You’re a really dishonest group, and they need to be ashamed of you.”
Whereas Trump has a protracted historical past of attacking reporters, his response to Collins was a part of a sample of being particularly aggressive towards the ladies who cowl him. He beforehand described Collins as “always Stupid and Nasty,” berated one other CNN reporter over what he known as a “stupid question,” requested CBS Information White Home correspondent Nancy Cordes if she was “a stupid person,” and insulted Bloomberg’s Catherine Lucey with a now-infamous “Quiet, piggy!”
Trump’s critics hit again:
