After a week with no public appearances, President Donald Trump surfaced Wednesday in the Oval Office for a media availability that included signing executive orders and taking questions from reporters, some of which were about his health.
And during the availability, Trump did something he’s been known to do often: He attacked a female reporter.
Per The Hill, Trump responded to a question from CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins and accused her of having “hatred in her eyes,” after she asked a question about the anti-weaponization fund.
Trump attacking Kaitlan Collins: Be quiet. You should be ashamed of yourself. You used to be conservative from Alabama. CNN does such false reporting, but now they have new ownership, so maybe it’ll straighten it out. It’s hard to straighten garbage out. pic.twitter.com/3uiQVBP0U4
— Acyn (@Acyn) June 3, 2026
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“But with a corrupt reporter standing right there, never smiles,” Trump said of the CNN correspondent. “You never see a young, beautiful woman who never smiles. I never see a smile on her face. I see her standing there with hatred in her eyes.”
“You used to be a conservative,” Trump also said of Collins, who is a native of Alabama and began her journalism career at the conservative Daily Caller. “She was a conservative from Alabama. Can you believe it?” Trump, who has been interviewed by Collins multiple times in the past, has also referenced her lack of smiling at him at other times.
In reference to the still-pending merger that would put CNN under the ownership of Paramount, Trump declared that the network “has new ownership, so maybe it’ll straighten it out. I doubt it. But it’s so hard to straighten garbage out.”
Social media users had some thoughts about Trump’s berating of Collins.
his brain is mush and he’s becoming more impulsive attacking reporters https://t.co/8FJu6HwU8x
— Tiffany 🦸🏾♀️♊️🇵🇸🙏🏾🪄 (@tiffany__4prez) June 3, 2026
Maybe she has a 6th sense and knows a pig when she sees one? Just wondering why 😏😅😂😆 https://t.co/hiZK2EoB9B
— Amy’s Poetry Corner (@amy_gomez10659) June 3, 2026
He always makes wide seeping statements as he does here with absolutely zero factual backing.
He would so dearly love to hold the power of Putin or Xi. https://t.co/wxh384ReYj— Troy Westwood (@TroyWestwood) June 3, 2026
If you hate the media so much and the coverage you get, which you clearly DO, I have one excellent solution for you, @realDonaldTrump. RESIGN. Or you could just wait until they invoke the 25th Amendment because you’re crazy. https://t.co/BtHtC53VD8
— Paddy O’Mugwump 🚫👑 (@PatrickDowns) June 3, 2026
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