Donald Trump may have banned CNN from the White House last week, but that doesn’t mean he’s done sparring with them.
On Tuesday, when Trump arrived at the United Nations in New York, he snapped at CNN’s Chief White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins.
“It’s an honor to be here,” the president said as he arrived with the first lady. “I’m surprised that CNN is here covering me. You shouldn’t be here! You should not be here covering me. You said you weren’t going to cover me. You shouldn’t be covering me.”
Trump snaps at Kaitlan Collins on his way into the UN: “I’m surprised that CNN is here covering me. You shouldn’t be here! You should not be here covering me. You said you weren’t going to cover me. You shouldn’t be covering me.” pic.twitter.com/GVLeZqfGpB
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 22, 2026
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Despite that, Collins kept asking the president questions, which he did not answer.
“Mr. President, two-thirds of Americans, two-thirds of Americans don’t think the U.S. is winning the war with Iran,” Collins asked Trump, Raw Story reported. “When will it end?”
Collins added that “The United Nations allowed us in, sir.”
Axios reported Tuesday that the White House press pool would not send a replacement camera to the UN General Assembly, following CNN’s banishment. CNN, MS NOW and Politico have announced that they’re suing over their banishment from the White House, while the White House Correspondents Association has backed them.
Collins talked more about the situation on CNN later.
“CNN, of course, never said we were not going to cover the president,” Collins said on the air, per Raw Story.
Kaitlan Collins pointed out to Trump that CNN is credentialed by the UN, so they will cover him today even if they’re banned from the White House pic.twitter.com/sSluiKCGHN
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 22, 2026
. “It was actually the president who tried to stop us from being able to cover him, certainly in the way that we were doing beforehand. Obviously, that’s being fought in the courts. We will continue to cover the president and his speech, and as he meets with world leaders today, just not with a TV camera from one of the five major networks in the room, as he’s going back and forth with these meetings with world leaders, and there are certainly a slew of them on the agenda that could potentially be newsworthy.”
Photo courtesy of an X screenshot.
