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Summary
This video compiles seven instances of clashes between White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt and CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins. The exchanges highlight disagreements over reporting, presidential actions, and the media's role in shaping narratives.
Structure
1Introduction of the conflict between Leavitt and Collins.
2Discussion of past presidential statements and their impact.
3Debate over media coverage of troop deaths and presidential image.
4Questioning the president's awareness of pardon processes.
5Comparison of energy prices and media reporting under different administrations.
6Assertion of factual reporting versus untrue narratives.
7Disagreement over the naming of the Gulf of Mexico.
8Accusation of misquoting Democrats.
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Trump took aim at CNN's Kaitlan Collins during his speech at the 2026 White House Correspondents' Dinner, criticizing the reporter for not smiling enough. The Trump administration has been outspoken about their disdain for CNN and its White House correspondents throughout Trump's second term. Here are 7 times White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has argued with the network's Chief White House Correspondent Kaitlan Collins during press briefings. #KarolineLeavitt #KaitlanCollins #PressSecretary #PressBriefing #CNN
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Who is saying that that she would release this to try to boost her standing with the president? Who has said that? Well, the president has publicly undermined her when it came to Iran. He said she was wrong. He told me that she didn't know what she was talking about. That was on Air Force One on camera. The only people who are suggesting that the Director of National Intelligence would release evidence to try to boost her standing with the president are the people in this room who constantly try to sow distrust and chaos amongst the president's cabinet, and it is not working. I am, I'm Bill Barr. The president feels the same today as he did yesterday. And on my- Sorry, I might follow up on what you had just said- No. Go ahead, Philip. I have a follow up- Kaitlan, I'm not taking your follow up. Philip, go- I have a follow up on something you just said, though, Karoline. That's- Kaitlan, I am not taking your follow up. Philip. Go ahead. Secretary Hegseth was complaining that it was front page news about these six servicemembers who were killed. That's not what the secretary said, Kaitlan, and that's not what the secretary meant. And you know it. I could give you his quote. You know, you are being disingenuous. There is not, we've never had a secretary of defense who cares a journalist. He said, 'when a few drones get through or tragic things happen, it's front page news.' I get it, the press only wants to make Yeah, but the press does- the president look bad. As you know, we covered the deaths of U.S. servicemembers under every president. The press does only want to make the president look bad. That's a objective- that's a fact. That's a fact. Especially you- No, listen to me. Especially you, and especially CNN. I don't think covering troop deaths is trying to make the president look bad. If you're trying to argue right now is trying to make the president look bad. If you're trying to argue right now that CNN's overwhelming coverage is not negative of President Donald Trump, I think the American people would tend to agree and your ratings would tend to disagree with that as well. The president of the United States' autograph without his consent. But President Biden is on the record talking about issuing preemptive pardons to these people. But was he aware of his signature being used on every single pardon? That's a question you should ask the Biden White House. Is there any evidence on that? That he wasn't aware of it? You should find out. Especially as energy and oil prices continue to decline as well. Yeah, no one's arguing it wasn't high under Biden. They're just saying it's not virtually- Well, nobody reported on it being high under Biden, when my predecessor was standing at this podium, they're saying it's not virtually- but now you want to ask me a lot of questions about it, which I'm happy to answer, but I will just add, there's a lot more scrutiny on this issue from this press corps than there was- Because the president said it's virtually nonexistent. Well, and the previous administration said that too. My predecessor stood up at this podium and she said inflation doesn't exist. She said the border was secure. And people like you just took her at her word, and those were two utter lies. Everything I'm telling you is the truth, backed That's not true. by real factual data. And you just don't want to report on it because you want to push untrue narratives about the president. Go ahead. My follow up question on Venezuela, Karoline. I'm not going to take your follow up. Go ahead. But isn't it retaliatory in nature? Is the argument, because the reason that the AP was barred, which they said was because they're not using the phrase "Gulf of America," they're using "Gulf of Mexico" in line with their standards. It is a fact that the body of water off the coast of Louisiana is called the Gulf of America, and I'm not sure why news outlets don't want to call it that, but that is what it is. Karoline, you misquoted Democrats in that video. Thank you. That's actually not what they said.
