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What happened
Upon arriving at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, President Trump told CNN correspondent Kaitlan Collins that she should not be covering him. The encounter occurred amid an ongoing dispute involving restrictions on CNN and other outlets covering the White House. Several outlets noted the president reacted to a question or made remarks directly to the reporter during his arrival.
Outlets across the political spectrum report that President Trump encountered CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins at the United Nations General Assembly and told her she should not be covering him.
Left-leaning and center outlets such as The New Republic and The Hill frame the interaction in the context of broader tensions and legal challenges regarding White House press restrictions. Right-leaning outlets like Breitbart and PJ Media use more dramatic phrasing, such as roasting or humiliating the reporter, emphasizing the confrontation as a critical swipe at the network.
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Trump tells CNN’s Collins ‘you shouldn’t be here’ on way into UN
President Trump on Tuesday brushed aside questions from CNN Chief White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins amid his push to block the network and two other outlets from covering the White House. During the president’s arrival at the UN General Assembly meeting in New York City Tuesday morning, Trump said he was “surprised” to see the…
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Source context: CNN, MS NOW and Politico are challenging Trump's ban of them from the White House with a lawsuit alleging he violated their First Amendment rights.
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President Trump attempted to keep CNN from covering his speech at the U.N. General Assembly Tuesday.When he arrived at the U.N. building in New York, Trump told off CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, saying, “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 continued.Collins tried…
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President Trump on Tuesday brushed aside questions from CNN Chief White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins amid his push to block the network and two other outlets from covering the White House. During the president’s arrival at the UN General Assembly meeting in New York City Tuesday morning, Trump said he was “surprised” to see the…
CNN, MS NOW and Politico are challenging Trump's ban of them from the White House with a lawsuit alleging he violated their First Amendment rights.
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President Donald Trump went after CNN ahead of his speech at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday morning. The president briefly spoke to the press upon his arrival at the forum and shot down a question from CNN regarding the public’s negative view of the war in Iran. Last week, the president banned the…
'She was basically the FIRST reporter he saw and he immediately called her out'
President Donald Trump roasted CNN's Kaitlan Collins as he arrived in New York to speak before the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), stating that CNN "shouldn't be covering" him at the event.
