Kaitlan Collins Humiliates Trump Over Major TV Flop

CNN / Reuters, Kylie Cooper CNN host Kaitlan Collins has humiliated President Donald Trump over the reality of his self-sabotaging press ban.

Trump, 80, banned CNN, Politico and MS NOW from covering the White House last Friday.

The outlets prevailed in court with a dramatic 1 a.m. ruling against the president in the early hours of Thursday, but not before the media blackout backfired on the president.

Since Monday, the networks that operate the White House TV pool coverage—ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox News and NBC— have declined to cover Trump’s public appearances in solitary with the banned outlets.

That was awkward timing for Trump’s fawning welcome to Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday.

As well as Trump being on the 100-ft red carpet to meet the communist dictator as he came off the plane, a military flyover was arranged for the occasion.

Not only did the loud noise of the B-1 bombers he organized cause Trump to wince , but no major TV networks were present to film the event the U.S. president lavished on his Chinese counterpart.

Crews from CBS, Fox News and NBC had set up their cameras at Joint Base Andrews in case the federal judge in Washington agreed to suspend Trump’s press ban in court on Wednesday, according to the New York Times .

The ruling from Judge Timothy J.

Kelly, who Trump appointed, did not come until the early hours of Thursday morning, long after the major network crews had dismantled their equipment.

Speaking on her show The Source on Wednesday, Collins pointed out the irony of Trump’s grand gesture to impress his Chinese guest.

“It was a landmark scene made for television that had trouble finding a screen,” Collins said.

“While the moment may have been historic, it certainly wasn’t prolific,” she added.

“That’s because no cameras from the five major TV networks that reach millions of people every day were rolling as it happened.” The CNN host said the visit is “playing far out away from a lot of the cameras.” She also noted that it has been a “very warm welcome” for the leader of a country Trump accused of meddling in the 2020 election as recently as July when he claimed voter data in 18 states was “bought, stolen or hacked by China.” The Daily Beast has contacted the White House for comment.