Trump Launches Vicious Personal Attack On Cnn’s ‘beautiful’ Kaitlan Collins In Oval Office: ‘never See A Smile On Her Face’

President Donald Trump utilized sexist tropes while sharply criticizing CNN newsman Kaitlan Collins connected Wednesday, nan latest successful a agelong drawstring of incidents successful which nan president has crudely attacked female journalists.

The Republican was successful nan mediate of a lengthy reply to different reporter’s mobility astir nan president’s now-shuttered $1.8 cardinal “anti-weaponization” money proposal erstwhile nan president began attacking Collins.

“A young beautiful woman, ne'er smiles,” Trump said. “I ne'er spot a grin disconnected her face. I spot her opinionated location pinch hatred successful her eyes, for illustration she has hatred, because we had borders, because we person a beardown military, because we trim our taxes, because we do things that everybody wanted, and past we triumph our predetermination successful a monolithic landslide.”

The president slammed Collins again erstwhile she mentioned Republican concerns that the fund, which critics called a “slush fund,” could salary January 6 rioters that faced situation for attacking constabulary officers.

“The clone news, for illustration CNN, for illustration The New York Times, and for illustration others, person abused our people, person abused our group truthful badly,” Trump said. “And you should beryllium ashamed of yourself. You utilized to beryllium a conservative. She was a blimpish from Alabama, tin you judge it? But CNN successful peculiar does specified mendacious reporting, but now they person caller ownership, truthful possibly it’ll straighten out, but I uncertainty it.”

The president appeared to beryllium referring to nan pending woody from his friends nan Ellison family to bargain nan news network’s genitor institution Warner Bros. Discovery.

“Kaitlan Collins is an exceptional journalist, reporting each time from nan White House and nan section pinch existent extent and tenacity,” a CNN spokesperson told The Independent successful a statement. “She skillfully brings that reporting to nan anchor chair and CNN platforms each day, which audiences astir nan world cognize they tin trust.”

Fellow journalists rallied to nan defense of Collins.

“I’m judge Kaitlan Collins is not rattled successful nan slightest by these casual, sexist, repeated attacks by Trump,” editor Amanda Carpenter wrote connected X. “Her steadiness should beryllium a reminder that NO female owes immoderate man her smile.”

The president has berated Collins successful nan past on akin lines, complaining that she didn’t grin aft nan CNN newsman asked Trump successful February astir nan Epstein files.

“It’s not a laughing matter, I don’t think, to talk astir activity trafficking victims,” Collins said connected a podcast later that month. “And I’ve interviewed a batch of these women who were underage girls astatine nan time and their stories are powerful.”

President Trump is known for his harsh verbal attacks connected perceived rivals and critics, but he has reserved typical vitriol for female journalists who inquire him pointed questions.

Last month, erstwhile asked astir nan administration’s attraction connected projects for illustration renovating nan Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool amid economical struggles for mean Americans, nan president accused ABC News newsman Rachel Scott of being a “horror show” and “a ugliness to our country.”

Last year, nan president told a female reporter, “Quiet, piggy,” erstwhile asked astir nan Epstein files.