2 weeks ago
White House Attacks CNN Reporter Over Natalie Harp, North Korea
A reporter named Kristen Holmes asked President Trump some questions at the White House.
She asked about one of his helpers, Natalie Harp, and about North Korea.
The president got angry and told her to be quiet.
He said she was being disrespectful and called her "fake news."
His team also posted mean messages about her on the internet.
All of this happened at an event honoring a teenage lifeguard who saved a child.
A senator named Jon Ossoff had said the president would rather build a ballroom and travel with his helper than do his job.
The news company where the reporter works, CNN, said the attacks were wrong and stood up for her.
Some people think the reporter was just doing her job by asking questions, while others think she should not have asked them at that event.
President Donald Trump berated CNN reporter Kristen Holmes as "very disrespectful" and "fake news" during an Oval Office event.
Holmes had asked Trump about Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff's comments on his relationship with aide Natalie Harp.
Trump also told Holmes to "be quiet" and called her a "fake reporter" when she tried to ask a question about North Korea.
The White House's Rapid Response team attacked Holmes on X, calling her question "disgusting and inhumane" and a "cheap shot."
CNN defended Holmes, calling the attacks "beneath the office" and saying it "stands firmly behind" her.
- Who
- President Donald Trump, CNN reporter Kristen Holmes, White House aide Natalie Harp, and Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff
- What
- Trump and the White House sharply criticized CNN reporter Kristen Holmes after she asked about his relationship with aide Natalie Harp and about North Korea
- Where
- The Oval Office at the White House, Washington, DC
- When
- Monday, August 17, during an Oval Office event honoring a teenage lifeguard
- Why
- Holmes asked Trump to respond to Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff's comments accusing him of prioritizing his ballroom and time with Harp over his job
Critics of the White House
White House and Trump supporters
Reporter's questions at the lifeguard event
Critics of the White House
CNN says Holmes asked a "tough, relevant, and newsworthy question," stands firmly behind her, and calls the attacks "beneath the office."
White House and Trump supporters
The White House says Holmes used an event honoring a young hero to take a "cheap shot" at a staffer, calling her question "disgusting and inhumane."
Trump's relationship with Natalie Harp
Critics of the White House
Senator Jon Ossoff accused Trump of not wanting to do the job and preferring to "build his ballroom and travel with Natalie" instead.
White House and Trump supporters
Trump dismissed Ossoff as a "Pee-wee Herman lookalike" and defended his $400 million ballroom construction without mentioning Harp.
Key facts
- President
- Donald Trump (age 80)
- Reporter
- Kristen Holmes, CNN Senior White House Correspondent
- Aide
- Natalie Harp (age 35), dubbed the "human printer"
- Event
- Oval Office ceremony honoring 16-year-old lifeguard Ryder Williams
- Accuser
- Senator Jon Ossoff (Democrat)
- Ballroom cost
- $400 million
- White House Communications Director
- Steven Cheung
- Book reference
- "Regime Change" by two New York Times reporters
Quotes
White House Rapid Response
White House social media account
“"You’re a loud, boisterous person, you’re fake news, be quiet," he said before calling her "very disrespectful."”
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“"Someday, your children will come across your disgusting and inhumane question."”
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