CNN fires back at Trump White House over attacks on a reporter, calling the attacks “beneath the office”
CNN said personal attacks on journalists are beneath the office and inconsistent with a free press after the White House blasted Kristen Holmes for her question.
- On Monday, President Donald Trump berated CNN White House correspondent Kristen Holmes during an Oval Office event honoring teenage lifeguard Ryder Williams, calling her a "fake reporter" after she questioned him about North Korean military exercises.
- Holmes attempted to ask whether North Korean leader Kim Jong-un requested a reduction in joint military exercises with South Korea, a topic Trump had addressed in a social media post on Sunday.
- Trump also dismissed reports regarding poor food supplies and conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, claiming the carrier has been "beautifully maintained" during its nine months at sea.
- Following the exchange, the White House's Rapid Response 47 account on X denounced Holmes as a "disgraceful, humiliating embarrassment," while CNN defended her, stating she asked a "tough, relevant, and newsworthy question."
- This confrontation follows a documented pattern of the president targeting female journalists who question him, including previous attacks on New York Times reporter Katie Rogers and Bloomberg's Catherine Lucey.
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Donald Trump chastises another female journalist in the Oval Office, tells her to be ‘quiet’ 8 times, calls her ‘disrespectful’ and a ‘fake reporter’
President Donald Trump repeatedly ordered a female reporter to be “quiet” — again — during a heated Oval Office exchange with CNN White House Correspondent Kristen Holmes, Wonderwall.com can report. On August 17, Trump erupted after Holmes asked whether North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un had requested that the president scale back U.S. military exercises with South Korea. Trump’s Oval Office event with the media President Donald Trump got angry w…
The White House launched a social media attack on a CNN journalist after she asked the president a question that was described as rude.
“Shut up, you're a fake journalist”: Trump publicly lashed out at a CNN reporterUS President Donald Trump publicly criticized CNN correspondent Kristen Holmes, calling her a “fake journalist” and exhorting to silence.
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