President Donald Trump told CNN host Kaitlan Collins to “be quiet” on Wednesday night during a press briefing in the Oval Office after she asked him whether his $1.8 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund” has officially been killed or put on hold. This was moments after he told the room that Collins was a “corrupt reporter” who “never smiles.”
It was not the first time.
“Never smiles. A young, beautiful woman. Never smiles,” Trump said, referring to Collins. “I never see a smile on her face. I see her standing there with hatred in her eyes.”
When Trump went on to blame “people like you” and “the fake news CNN” for why there was uncertainty around the fund, Collins started to say that many Republicans had protested the fund, which Trump interrupted to tell Collins to “be quiet” and that she should “be ashamed of herself.”
“Kaitlan Collins is an exceptional journalist, reporting every day from the White House and the field with real depth and tenacity,” a CNN spokesperson told HuffPost. “She skillfully brings that reporting to the anchor chair and CNN platforms every day, which audiences around the world know they can trust.”
