White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt lost her cool with CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins as she was grilled over US troops killed in Trump’s war with Iran.
Leavitt was grilled by Collins in a Wednesday White House press briefing over comments made by Pete Hegseth, when he blasted media outlets for highlighting the deaths of six US service members killed in an Iranian drone strike in Kuwait.
Collins asked whether the administration believes the press should avoid prominently covering the deaths of troops in Trump’s war in the Middle East.
Trump’s fiery press secretary replied, ‘That’s not what the secretary said, Kaitlan…and you know it.’
‘You and your network know that you take every single thing this administration says and try to use it to make the president look bad.’
Collins added, ‘I don’t think covering troop deaths is trying to make the president look bad.’
Leavitt shot back, ‘If you’re trying to argue right now that CNN’s overwhelming coverage is not negative of President Trump, I think the American people would tend to disagree, and your ratings would tend to disagree with that as well.’
Earlier on Wednesday, Hegseth accused journalists of trying to ‘make the president look bad’ by bringing attention to the troops death that occured days after Trump launched ‘Operation Epic Fury.’
Collins asked whether the administration believes the press should avoid prominently covering the deaths of troops in Trump’s war in the Middle East
Karoline Leavitt lost her cool with CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins on Wednesday at a White House press briefing
Earlier in the day, Pete Hegseth blasted media outlets for highlighting the deaths of six US service members killed in an Iranian drone strike in Kuwait
