Donald Trump Throws A Tantrum After Rudely Trashing Kaitlan Collins (Again)

The bitter feud between Donald Trump and CNN's Kaitlan Collins has seemingly reached an all-time high as he went scorched earth on the journalist and her network. Trump was upset with people questioning the money and resources being put into renovating the White House ballroom and decided to voice his frustrations in a strongly worded post on Truth Social on December 6. Even by his standards, it was quite the online rant. "Caitlin Collin's of Fake News CNN, always Stupid and Nasty, asked me why the new Ballroom was costing more money than originally thought one year ago," he wrote at the onset of the post, misspelling her name. 

Trump defended the updated ballroom. "It's just much bigger and more beautiful than originally planned," he wrote, adding that the funding was from private donations before continuing with his evisceration of CNN. "FAKE NEWS CNN, and the guy who runs the whole corrupt operation that owns it, is one of the worst in the business," Trump added at the end of the lengthy post. Screenshots of the Truth Social outburst were shared on X, where users bashed the commander-in-chief for targeting Collins. "Always the smart women he attacks. He's a punk," one tweeted.

To her credit, Collins took the outburst in stride. Later that day, she posted a screenshot of Trump's Truth post to her Instagram Stories. "Technically, my question was about Venezuela," Collins wrote, via The Hill. The CNN journalist was referring to a question she asked Trump at the FIFA World Cup Draw where FIFA presented him with a peace prize. She had mentioned Trump's "pledge to strike Venezuela," and the president avoided the question. This is far from the first time that Trump has shown his frustration with Collins.

A month before his Truth Social tirade, Donald Trump exhibited that Kaitlan Collins was on his last nerve when he fielded questions at the White House Breakfast for Senators on November 5. Near the end of his Q&A with the press, Collins brought up the fact that the Republicans had suffered at the polls the night before. "Mr. President, you sound very frustrated by last night's elections," the reporter stated (via CNN). Instead of squaring off with Collins, Trump showed his annoyance through icy body language. "Thank you very much," he said, ignoring Collins while displaying clear annoyance. Clips of that exchange were shared on X, where multiple users noted how Collins was clearly under Trump's skin.

Prior to that frosty exchange, Trump went haywire on Collins in October when she asked the president about his decision to pardon crypto billionaire Changpeng Zhao. Initially, Trump attempted to downplay his relationship with the former CEO of Binance. Collins attempted to jog Trump's memory — while also needling him a little. "He has an involvement in your family's crypto business," the CNN journalist said. Trump had reached his limit with Collins and went on the offensive. "You know nothing about nothing. You're fake news," he said to Collins. Clearly proud of making him lose composure, Collins later tweeted a clip of the back and forth.