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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White House Tells Reporter Her Kids Will Be 'Sickened and Embarrassed' After Tough Question
The White House attacks on CNN reporter Kristen Holmes have exploded into a wider controversy after the administration's communications team told the journalist that her own children would one day be 'sickened and embarrassed' by her questions. The extraordinary attack followed a tense Oval Office briefing on Monday, August 17, where Donald Trump was hosting 16-year-old lifeguard Ryder Williams, who had rescued 10-year-old Nathaniel Rai in Santa…
(Agenzia Vista) Washington, August 18, 2026 "Fake news. You're a fake news. You're a noisy and noisy person. You're a fake news. Shut up. Shut up. Shut up. You're a fake reporter and report false news. "So the President of the United States Donald Trump during a press conference at the White House. Courtesy: White House Source: Agenzia Vista / Alexander Jakhnagiev
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lrytas.ltWhite House officials attacked a CNN reporter on Monday after she asked a question about President Donald Trump's relationship with one of his aides.
U.S. President Trump's opinion on the media is sufficiently well known. Again and again he engages with critical reporters. The question of a CNN reporter to a close associate Trump's does not get well in the White House.
"One day your children will stumble upon your disgusting and inhumane question. They will be sickened," a U.S. government account, Rapid Response 47, attacked Kristen Holmes on X. In another message, the same account accused the network's White House correspondent of having delivered a "low blow against one of President Trump's aides" during a question-and-answer session in the Oval Office.
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