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0 Share Newsweek is a Trust Project member See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. CNN anchor and chief White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins spoke about her reaction to President Donald Trump's insults at and after the White House Correspondents Dinner on Friday, where she won an award, saying in part, "It's really not about me."
In preview clip of an interview with Jon Stewart on The Daily Show , set to air Monday night, Collins said, "I don't want it to be about my reaction. And so, I think if you let it become about that, then it becomes a back and forth between the two of us. And instead, I think it's more effective to remind people in those moments when he is insulting me or when he is criticizing me, about the question I asked or the reporting that I did that he was so angry about in this moment and the fact that I got an award for it really bothered him, clearly. And so, I just think in those moments, it's important to put the reminder back on the work, on the question and on the non-answers that we get."
Newsweek reached out to the White House via email Monday night for comment.
At the White House Correspondents' Dinner, Trump singled out Collins during his remarks, saying that she "never smiles" while he addressed the audience. The quip marked the latest chapter in Trump's long-running criticism of Collins, who has frequently drawn his ire over her White House coverage and questioning during press briefings. The president also called the award Collins won "fake" but said he congratulated her.
He appeared to follow up that public dig with another swipe on Truth Social, sharing an AI-generated image that digitally altered a Bud Light ad featuring transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney by replacing Mulvaney's face with Collins'. The manipulated image was one of several AI-generated posts Trump shared, highlighting his continued focus on the CNN journalist after her remarks at the correspondents' dinner.
The latest exchange also fits into a broader pattern of Trump's public confrontations with female journalists. Collins has repeatedly been the target of the president's criticism, as he has called her the "worst reporter," while other reporters—including ABC News' Mary Bruce, Bloomberg's Catherine Lucey, and CBS News' Nancy Cordes—have also faced personal rebukes after pressing Trump with challenging questions on a range of issues.
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