Trump Launches Personal Attack on CNN’s Kaitlan Collins — The View

[0:00] at a press conference yesterday in the Oval Office, [0:02] you know who, didn't even wait for CNN's Caitlin Collins [0:07] to ask a question before launching into a temper tantrum. [0:11] Take a look. [0:12] We are going to be showing over the coming weeks [0:15] and months you're not even gonna believe. [0:17] Some of you will believe it. [0:18] Like CNN will believe it [0:20] because they knew what was going on. [0:21] They're crooked as hell. [0:23] CNN's a very corrupt organization, [0:27] but with a corrupt reporter standing right there. [0:30] Never smiles. [0:31] You never see a young, beautiful woman, never smiles. [0:34] I never see a smile on her face. [0:36] I see her standing there with hatred in her eyes, [0:38] like she has hatred because we have borders, [0:41] because we have a strong military, [0:43] because we cut our taxes, [0:45] because we do things that everybody wanted, [0:47] and then we win our election in a massive landslide. [0:51] You should be ashamed of yourself. [0:52] You used to be a conservative. [0:54] She was a conservative from Alabama. [0:56] Can you believe it? [0:57] But CNN, in particular, CNN does such false reporting, [1:02] but now they have new ownership, [1:04] so maybe it'll straighten it out. [1:05] I doubt it, [1:06] but it's hard to straighten garbage out. [1:13] She handled herself very well. [1:15] Yes. [1:21] But I have to question, [1:23] what is his problem? [1:24] I mean, what is his problem with women? [1:26] What is this administration's problem with women? [1:29] They're trying to remove women from every place they are. [1:33] They insult them. [1:34] What is it? [1:36] Misogyny, maybe? [1:38] He's a misogynist. [1:39] I mean, I think we all know that, [1:41] and what I took specific umbrage at is like, [1:44] she never smiles. [1:46] I, you know, men are never asked to smile. [1:48] No men are never asked to smile. [1:49] Men are never asked to smile, [1:50] but I, in my career, when I was practicing law, [1:53] was often told, you should smile more, [1:56] which was, which is an unbelievable thing, [1:59] and, but I also take a bit of umbrage [2:02] at the other reporters there, [2:04] because, by the way, [2:05] the other reporters weren't smiling, [2:07] the men weren't smiling, [2:08] and he didn't mention that, [2:09] but I do feel that when you, [2:12] when one of your colleagues is attacked in that way, [2:16] a follow-up question should have been, [2:18] or a statement, someone in the room, [2:20] maybe one of the men, [2:21] should have said, [2:22] sir, you should not speak to her that way. [2:24] Well, I would have liked to have seen that. [2:27] I'm gonna disagree with you, [2:30] because I think the job of reporters [2:32] is not to react to that kind of nonsense, right? [2:34] And I think it, it, the story, [2:36] the whole thing is, when you're a reporter, [2:37] the story shouldn't be about you. [2:39] That is true, when you're a good reporter. [2:40] When you're a good reporter, [2:41] but not, well, yeah, that's fair, [2:42] but, um, but it's really hard. [2:44] I mean, one of the things, [2:45] I know Caitlin really well, [2:46] and she, you text Maggie Haberman, [2:48] a whole bunch of people I know really well, [2:50] and to react is the really, [2:52] is where you lose in that game, [2:54] because with these people, [2:55] everything, every accusation is a confession. [2:58] So what he is saying is about him, [3:00] and not about her. [3:01] And I thought she handled it well. [3:03] She has to be, absolutely, [3:05] says nothing. [3:06] She made a little joke about Alabama, [3:07] which was fantastic. [3:09] But the minute you say something, [3:10] you get dragged into it [3:12] in a way that he benefits, and you don't. [3:14] What about the other reporters? [3:15] Do you think maybe they should have said? [3:17] Nobody should say anything. [3:18] Because I think this administration is so aberrant. [3:21] I think they are just so, [3:23] it's just such an abnormal situation. [3:27] I don't know that you play by the rules [3:29] that we used to play by. [3:30] Because that becomes the story then, [3:31] the fight between him and her. [3:33] If she responds, if they respond. [3:34] Although it's already the story, right? [3:35] Yes, but no, it's not, [3:36] because she then asked a question. [3:37] By the way, what was really interesting [3:39] is she hadn't asked a question. [3:40] She hadn't said anything. [3:41] But she then got on a question about the slush fund, [3:44] and then he answered in a very different way [3:46] from Todd Blanche. [3:47] So she got what she needed, which was the news. [3:49] She got the news. [3:50] This is one of two notable times. [3:52] He's come after Caitlyn many times, [3:53] but the last time he asked her not, [3:55] he said, why don't you smile? [3:57] She was asking about sexual assault survivors [3:59] in the Epstein files. [4:00] No sane person with empathy would smile [4:03] when asking about that. [4:04] And then this was an incredibly important question [4:07] about this so-called IRS slush fund [4:10] that many Americans are worried about [4:11] and that Senate Republicans are up in arms about. [4:14] Her job is to stay stoic, as she always does, [4:16] and ask the questions. [4:18] Where I semi-agree with Sonny is when the question- [4:20] I got a semi-agreement for Melissa. [4:23] When the question isn't answered, [4:24] that's when journalists should jump in [4:26] and ask the same question [4:27] to get the American people the news. [4:29] Yes, I agree. [4:30] But I think what sets Caitlyn Collins apart [4:32] is we have seen people, [4:33] maybe not in the White House like that, [4:35] but reporters and people that are journalists [4:38] that do take the bait. [4:39] Her ability to keep her face, [4:41] like not even a scoff or a little reaction, [4:44] is really what sets her apart [4:45] because she stayed so central focused [4:47] on what her job was there [4:48] and didn't take the very easy bait. [4:51] He's used to the reactive because he's reactive. [4:54] Let me give you a dirty little secret [4:56] is he insults people. [4:57] Like I've had lots of friends who are reporters. [4:59] He insults very specifically by name, [5:01] calling them all kinds of names on socials. [5:03] Or social or whatever. [5:04] And says, I've never heard of that person. [5:06] I've been at dinner with them. [5:07] The phone rings, it's Donald Trump. [5:09] I'm like, hey girl. [5:10] And it's like, it's such fakery [5:12] and wrestling and stuff like that. [5:14] And so don't believe. [5:16] I mean, he's using this as a tactic to hurt the press. [5:19] This is what he's doing. [5:20] And the numbers will go down because of it. [5:22] And people distrust the press. [5:23] This is a tactic. [5:24] He's also running down the clock [5:25] because he doesn't have anything to say. [5:27] When you don't have substance [5:28] and you can't answer a question, [5:29] you go for personal attack. [5:30] And it's such an important point that Kara makes. [5:33] His attacks on the mainstream media. [5:34] I saw them in the first term. [5:35] We're seeing them again now. [5:36] But nobody is more reliant on the mainstream media [5:39] than Donald Trump. [5:39] Well, for years. [5:40] He calls our John Carl. [5:42] For years. [5:42] He calls Caitlin Collins. [5:44] He does actually understand the power [5:46] of the objective media that does its best [5:48] to be driven by facts [5:49] and to get the news to the American public. [5:51] He's stacked the White House press briefing room [5:53] with a lot of outlets that are very loyal to him. [5:55] But you know, the MyPillow guy, [5:57] whoever's reporting for them, [5:58] that's not changing American public opinion. [6:00] It's not useful in the way that information [6:03] that comes from ABC, from CNN and these outlets [6:05] is actually impactful and sways public opinion. [6:07] It really does. [6:08] And you know, listen, [6:10] they're doing all kinds of crazy stuff. [6:12] We saw all the stuff going on in Alabama. [6:14] Yeah. [6:15] I just, I want to remind people of something. [6:17] Just because your district has been gerrymandered [6:21] doesn't mean you don't go vote. [6:23] Right. [6:24] You still can go vote for your candidate. [6:28] Please keep that in mind [6:29] because I think one of the reasons [6:30] that they talk about it the way they do [6:32] is to make people think that, [6:34] well, there's no reason, it's just all Republicans. [6:37] That's not so. [6:38] Yeah. [6:39] Go vote. [6:40] Go vote. [6:43] Go vote. [6:43] Go vote. [6:44] Go vote.