President Trump and Karoline Leavitt bashed CBS News anchor Margaret Brennan during an interview with another reporter in the White House — calling the “Face the Nation” host “stupid” and “nasty.”
During an interview Friday in the Oval Office , Trump spoke with Reagan Reese, White House correspondent at right-wing news site Daily Caller, about his gripes with mainstream media.
At one point, he took aim at Brennan, saying: “The woman on the ‘Face the Nation’ is so bad.” 3
Leavitt chimed in to supply the host’s name: “Margaret Brennan.”
“Margaret Brennan. What do you think of her?” Trump asked the White House press secretary.
Leavitt replied: “She’s stupid. You can put that on the record.”
Trump jabbed: “She’s nasty.”
The president added that he’s surprised that Secretary of Sta