CNN reporter delivers sharp response after Trump brands her “stupid” and “nasty”

December 9, 2025 by Nadia

In November, Trump sparked widespread outrage when he told a Bloomberg White House correspondent, “Quiet, piggy,” after she asked him about the Epstein files, a topic he clearly didn’t want to address.

It didn’t stop there. Days later, he aimed fresh insults at a female CNN reporter, calling her “nasty” and “stupid.”

“Are you stupid? Are you a stupid person?”

Thanksgiving brought no pause to the hostility. In a string of Truth Social posts, Trump lashed out at political rivals and public figures. He referred to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz with an ableist slur, and then targeted Rep. Ilhan Omar with an Islamophobic remark, calling her “the worst ‘Congressman/woman’ in our Country… always wrapped in her swaddling hijab.”

And yet, even that wasn’t the end. When another female journalist questioned him about the suspect in an attack on National Guard members in Washington, D.C., Trump snapped: “Are you stupid? Are you a stupid person?”

CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, the network’s chief White House correspondent, became another focal point of his ire.

During a press conference, she pressed the president about renovations at the White House, including a new ballroom Trump claims is privately funded. Hours later, he took to Truth Social, misspelling her name and writing:

“Caitlin Collin’s of Fake News CNN, always Stupid and Nasty…”

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