Overview
- On Air Force One Friday, Trump cut off Washington Post reporter Natalie Allison, derided the paper’s readership, and told her she had a “very bad attitude” after a question about his MAGA base and deportations.
- In the Oval Office earlier in the week, Trump called CNN’s Kaitlan Collins “the worst reporter” and fixated on her “smile” as she asked about justice for Jeffrey Epstein’s survivors and problems with the latest document release.
- Collins defended her questioning on CNN and said the topic is “nothing to smile about,” drawing public support from Epstein survivor Annie Farmer, who criticized the DOJ’s handling of the files.
- Journalists highlighted a wider pattern that includes Trump’s past “Quiet, piggy” remark to Bloomberg’s Catherine Lucey, while allies like J.D. Vance and Megyn Kelly echoed critiques of Collins’ demeanor.
- Coverage continues to focus on the DOJ’s massive Epstein records release, with reporting that Trump’s name appears more than 38,000 times in the latest batch, as survivors call for accountability and better redactions.