{"id":253794,"date":"2026-07-26T06:51:49","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T06:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/26\/cnns-kaitlan-collins-seemingly-responds-to-donald-trump-comparing-her-to-trans-actress-at-whcd\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T06:51:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T06:51:49","slug":"cnns-kaitlan-collins-seemingly-responds-to-donald-trump-comparing-her-to-trans-actress-at-whcd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/26\/cnns-kaitlan-collins-seemingly-responds-to-donald-trump-comparing-her-to-trans-actress-at-whcd\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN\u2019s Kaitlan Collins Seemingly Responds to Donald Trump Comparing Her to Trans Actress at WHCD"},"content":{"rendered":"


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CNN correspondent Kaitlan Collins<\/strong> seemingly clapped back at President Donald Trump<\/strong><\/a> for attacking her<\/a> at the rescheduled White House Correspondents Dinner<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Collins, 34, shared an empowering quote from former first lady Eleanor Roosevel<\/strong>t via her Instagram Story on Saturday, July 25, which read, \u201cNo one can make you feel inferior without your consent.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her response came less than 24 hours after Trump, 80, publicly mocked her during his inflammatory remarks at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in Washington, D.C., on Friday, July 24.<\/p>\n

Trump set up his joke by referencing that Collins was being honored at the ceremony for Excellence in Presidential News Coverage Under Deadline Pressure for her coverage of his contentious Oval Office meeting with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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\n Related: <\/span>President Donald Trump Criticizes CNN’s Kaitlan Collins for Not Smiling<\/span><\/a>
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\n\t\t\tPresident Donald Trump once again criticized CNN\u2019s chief White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins during an Oval Office press conference on Wednesday, June 3. Trump, 79, called CNN \u201ca very corrupt organization\u201d before taking aim at Collins, 34, who was in attendance for the press briefing. Pointing to Collins, he described the journalist as \u201ca corrupt [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cI want to personally congratulate CNN\u2019s Kaitlan Collins on receiving her award. It was all about me. It\u2019s a fake \u2014 she shouldn\u2019t get the award, it was a fake,\u201d he insisted. \u201cBut I don\u2019t mind, I said, \u2018Kaitlan, congratulations.\u2019 But it was fake, there\u2019s no question about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump then compared Collins to trans actress and activist Dylan Mulvaney<\/strong>, whose 2023 advertising campaign with Bud Light<\/a> was condemned by right-wing politicians and influencers. The president\u2019s remarks have been widely condemned as transphobic.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Collins is] a young, attractive woman. She never smiles,\u201d Trump said. \u201cI said, \u2018Kaitlan, do you ever smile? Smile. You have a nice position, you\u2019re at CNN fake news, you should be a happy person. So smile, Kaitlan, just smile.\u201d<\/p>\n

He then quipped, \u201cI thought Kaitlan had really made it big with a major new sponsorship, but then I informed her that it wasn\u2019t her on the Bud Light can, it was Dylan Mulvaney.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Saturday, Mulvaney, 29, seemingly responded to the outrage over Trump\u2019s tirade by re-sharing Collins\u2019 Eleanor Roosevelt quote via her own Instagram Story<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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For her part, Collins also posted a strong statement of support from her employers at CNN.<\/p>\n

\u201cKaitlan Collins is an exceptional, trusted journalist being honored tonight for her depth of knowledge and the context she provides to audiences all over the world,\u201d the network said. \u201cShe reports every day from the White House and the field with real strength and tenacity and skillfully brings that reporting to the anchor chair and CNN platforms every day. We stand by her to the fullest extent.\u201d<\/p>\n

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