Trump escalates clash with CNN reporter, targets her family
TL;DR
The White House attacked CNN correspondent Kristen Holmes after she asked President Trump a pointed question, with Trump telling her to be quiet and calling her a “fake reporter.” A White House account later invoked Holmes’s children as embarrassing, prompting CNN to defend Holmes and highlighting rising use of personal attacks and social-media tactics in White House-media exchanges.
- White House attacks CNN reporter after Trump clash, invoking her children The Washington Post
- White House launches personal attack on CNN reporter over question to Trump The Guardian
- Donald Trump Attacks CNN's Kristen Holmes for Asking If He Spoke to North Korean Dictator: 'You're a Loud, Boisterous Person. Be Quiet' Variety
- CNN fires back at Trump White House over attacks on reporter, calls them 'beneath the office' Fox News
- Trump says USS Lincoln reports are "fake" and berates CNN journalist newsweek.com
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