Trump Melts Down at Kaitlan Collins as CNN Ban Backfires

David Dee Delgado / REUTERS Donald Trump has hit out at CNN star Kaitlan Collins for asking him a question at the United Nations General Assembly, seemingly unaware that the media he banned from the White House can quiz him anywhere else.

The president and First Lady Melania Trump walked past the waiting press at the UN’s New York headquarters shortly before 10 am, where Trump was set to address world leaders inside the Great Hall.

Collins, whose organization was banned from the White House along with POLITICO and MS NOW, began asking the president about a new poll suggesting two-thirds of Americans don’t believe the U.S. is winning the war against Iran.

Trump replied that he was “surprised” to see CNN represented.

“The United Nations let us in, sir,” she told him.

“You should not be here covering me,” he fired back.

“You said you weren’t going to cover me.

You shouldn’t be covering.” The president’s remarks appeared to misunderstand how the free press works in America.

While Trump has prevented three outlets from entering the White House grounds by revoking their hard passes, he can not simply ban the media from covering him at a public gathering, no matter how much he dislikes them.

Notably, Melania Trump, who stood beside him in silence, has also undercut her husband’s attempt to limit the press by credentialing CNN to cover her at an event on the sidelines of the UN this week.

This is a developing story and will be updated… Read more at The Daily Beast.