As President Trump signed a plan for reciprocal tariffs in the Oval Office today, he was interrupted by CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins, who began asking him a leading question on inflation.
“Mr. President, you won the White House, in part, because of high inflation. If your tariffs make prices go up — “ Collins started to ask, before President Trump cut her off.
“Excuse me,” Trump savagely responded, “We haven’t asked you to speak yet.”
In doing so, President Trump expertly sidestepped CNN’s obvious attempt to trap him and commanded control of the room — just as a president should!
Watch the epic moment here for yourself:
President Trump absolutely TORCHES Fake News CNN's @kaitlancollins for rudely interrupting: "Excuse me, we haven't asked you to speak yet" 🔥 pic.twitter.com/QPDuKILalA
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) February 13, 2025
Trump just SCORCHED Kaitlan Collins for speaking out of turn.
This is the Trump that we have all been waiting to see.
EPIC! pic.twitter.com/scLmoSjh1b
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) February 13, 2025
🚨 JUST IN: President Trump has to ONCE AGAIN shut down CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, who interrupted Trump for at least the FIFTH time today
“Excuse me, we haven't asked you to speak yet.”
REVOKE HER CREDENTIALS! pic.twitter.com/LAir8zZVpc
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) February 13, 2025
*Trump signs an Executive Order and displays it*
*CNN Reporter Kaitlan Collins instantly starts yapping*
TRUMP: “Excuse me, we haven't asked you to speak yet”
*Camera pans slowly back to Trump*
Like a scene out of a TV show🤣
— ALX 🇺🇸 (@alx) February 13, 2025
More from Fox News:
President Donald Trump locked horns with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins as he signed a reciprocal tariff plan at the White House Thursday, saying her network has “no credibility.”
As he held up the signed plan for the cameras of the press gathered in the Oval Office, Collins began asking, “Mr. President, you won the White House, in part, because of high inflation. If your tariffs make prices go up-“
“Excuse me,” Trump replied, “We haven’t asked you to speak yet.”
Trump then answered questions from reporters about the military conflict in Ukraine, saying he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin wants the war to end.
This wasn’t the only time President Trump took down Kaitlan Collins and CNN a peg or two today…
Later on during the signing, President Trump dissed CNN’s “credibility” while responding to another question of hers.
Watch that clip here:
🚨 TRUMP BODIES KAITLAN COLLINS IN THE OVAL:
“This should've been done by Biden years ago… I know he's a friend of yours. He's a friend of CNN — that's why nobody watches CNN anymore because they have no credibility." pic.twitter.com/FbG5vrbHbJ
— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) February 13, 2025
The Daily Beast provided context on that:
CNN’s chief White House correspondent was drowned out by laughter from her colleagues in the Oval Office on Thursday after her line of questioning about Russia’s war in Ukraine prompted President Trump to tear into her and the network.
Trump was fielding questions regarding his conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin when a journalist asked him if he believes Putin wanted peace. Tensions between Russia and Ukraine first exploded in 2014 and reached a climax in 2022, when Putin ordered a full-scale invasion of the country.
Trump’s statement that Putin was indeed interested in peace prompted CNN star Kaitlan Collins to fire off a quick follow-up.
“Do you trust President Putin?” Collins asked.
Seemingly put off by Collins’s question, Trump cut off the CNN news anchor and called her a friend of former President Joe Biden, who he blamed for the war. Trump then insulted CNN’s “credibility.”
“I believe that, uh yeah, I believe that he would like to see something happen. I trust him on the subject. I think he’d like to see something happen. I think it could have happened a long time ago. I think Biden… number one it shouldn’t have started, but it did. And now all those cities are knocked down like demolition sites,” the president said, speaking over Collins’ follow-up question.
If this reporter, Kaitlan Collins, looks familiar, then you might remember her from Fox News a few years ago…
You see, before becoming a puppet for the MSM, Collins used to speak out against “globalist left-wing propaganda.”
Benny Johnson pointed out:
CNN's Kaitlan Collins spend all day at the White House interrupting Trump with screeching globalist left-wing propaganda.
But just a few short years ago Kaitlan Collins was screeching against "globalist left-wing propaganda" on Fox News – !?!
Weak people sell their souls in DC pic.twitter.com/d4kgOqpiBL
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) February 13, 2025
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