Senator Joins Kaitlan Collins to Blast Trump Meltdown at CNN

CNN Democratic New Jersey Senator Cory Booker has slammed Donald Trump’s behavior towards Kaitlan Collins while speaking to the CNN star after her latest run-in with the president.

CNN was included in Trump’s media ban that was announced last Friday, with the 80-year-old claiming they were “fake news.” He also banned MS NOW and Politico, and all three organizations subsequently took legal action against the president over violating the First Amendment.

Collins encountered Trump in person on Tuesday while covering the United Nations in New York.

As he walked towards the assembled media, Collins asked Trump about polling that said the majority of Americans don’t believe he is winning his war against Iran.

Trump avoided the question.

“It’s an honor to be here, I’m surprised CNN is here covering me, you shouldn’t be here.” Collins told the senior president, “The United Nations allowed us in, sir.” He repeated, “You should not be here covering me.

You said you weren’t going to cover me, you shouldn’t be covering me.” As Collins continued to ask him a question, Trump put his hand up towards her and said to other reporters, “We’re making a lot of progress, our country is doing really, really well,” before walking away from the press with his wife Melania.

Collins had earlier referenced the encounter during an appearance on Anderson Cooper 360° .

“The president himself there was saying something that CNN has never asserted about not covering him.

We’ve never said that,” Collins told Cooper.

“The president is the one who’s trying to dictate how we cover him,” she pointed out.

“And of course, it is still our job to do so.” Collins invited Booker onto The Source on Tuesday, and began by asking him about the president’s earlier comments on how he may need to “annihilate” Iran.

However, the New Jersey Democrat instantly referenced Trump’s comments to Collins earlier that day.

“First of all I just want to say, the way the president disrespected you should outrage all Americans,” Booker said.