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Trump berated a CNN reporter who asked about scaled-back South Korea exercises
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- Presidential conduct and press freedom
- Posture:
- Recorded presidential remarks
When CNN correspondent Kristen Holmes asked whether Kim Jong Un had requested that the United States scale back military exercises with South Korea, Trump repeatedly told her to be quiet and called her disrespectful, loud, boisterous, fake news and a fake reporter. The exchange is preserved in CNN's transcript as the president's own words; the entry does not adopt the program's broader commentary about his foreign policy.
- Conduct
- Press hostility
Dated sources
- — CNN transcript (Broadcast transcript containing the recorded exchange)
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Trump berated a CNN reporter who asked about scaled-back South Korea exercises. Donaldtrumpler.com. https://donaldtrumpler.com/records/2026-08-17-cnn-reporter-berated/
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