Is there ANYTHING President Donald Trump won’t criticize? Because honestly, at this point, we’re convinced the man could start beefing with a houseplant if it gave him the wrong look.
During a Wednesday presser at the Oval Office, the 79-year-old commander-in-chief decided it was the perfect time to take yet another swing at CNN and its chief White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins. But here’s where it gets absolutely unhinged, bestie—Trump didn’t just attack the network; he went straight for Collins’s FACE. Specifically, her lack of a smile. Yes, you read that right. In 2024, a former president is literally policing a woman’s facial expressions. The audacity! The misogyny! The absolute lack of self-awareness!
The 34-year-old journalist, who was simply doing her job by attending the press briefing, became the target of Trump’s ire when he pointed directly at her and called CNN “a very corrupt organization” before dubbing Collins herself “corrupt.” When asked for specifics about what exactly makes her corrupt, Trump’s response was essentially “she wasn’t smiling enough.” We cannot make this up, and frankly, we wish we could because it’s absolutely bonkers.
Twitter immediately exploded with reactions ranging from sympathetic to absolutely furious. Media critics are calling out the former president for weaponizing misogyny against female journalists, while Trump supporters are defending him as “telling it like it is.” Meanwhile, Collins remained professional and unfazed—because that’s what an actual journalist does when faced with personal attacks rooted in nothing but vibes and pettiness.
This isn’t the first time Trump has gone after Collins specifically. The man seems to have a particular vendetta against her, which really makes you wonder what’s actually going on here. Is it because she asks tough questions? Is it because she doesn’t take his nonsense at face value? Is it because she had the AUDACITY to exist while female and employed at CNN? The world may never know.
What’s truly wild is that we’ve somehow reached a timeline where a sitting former president feels emboldened enough to publicly criticize a journalist’s smile. This is the energy we’re dealing with, and honestly, it’s exhausting. Collins, for her part, has continued doing her job with the grace and professionalism Trump could never achieve.
So what do you think about Trump’s latest media meltdown? A) He’s right to call out the corrupt media B) This is completely inappropriate and sexist