Trump Repeatedly Insults CNN Reporter in Oval Office Over Deportation of El Salvadoran National: ‘Why Can’t You Just Say That?’ (VIDEO)
President Trump took several shots at CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins as she peppered him with questions in the Oval Office Monday over the wrongful deportation of an El Salvadoran national who the US Supreme Court ruled should be returned to the United States for now.
Trump repeatedly needled Collins, who is also the network’s White House correspondent, including calling her a “low-rated anchor” and slamming CNN’s credibility as he took questions alongside El Salvador President Nayib Bukele.
Collins wanted answers about the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who was removed to the Center for Terrorism Confinement (CECOT), the Central American country’s hellhole megaprison, last month under the 18th-century Alien Enemies Act.
The Trump administration has claimed Abrego Garcia was a member of the violent MS-13 gang, but the US Supreme Court directed the White House to “facilitate” his release from the prison on April 10.
Then Trump tapped Homeland Security Adviser Stephen Miller to speak up while taking another shot at Collins’ employer. (Read more from “Trump Repeatedly Insults CNN Reporter in Oval Office Over Deportation of El Salvadoran National: ‘Why Can’t You Just Say That?’” HERE)