Trump Laughingly Attacks CNN During Global Oval Office Photo Op

Tommy Christopher Sep 25th, 2025, 12:34 pm

President Donald Trump laughingly attacked CNN during an Oval Office meeting, even as he agreed to take a question from a reporter from CNN’s Turkish affiliate, CNN Türk.

Trump has made a regular habit of attacking CNN since both of his presidential campaigns, and has stepped up the attacks since taking office again. His favorite target these days is CNN anchor and White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins .

But at a photo op with President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday, Trump derided the network even as he praised the reporter, Yunus Paksoy of CNN Türk, for his “nice” question, and called back to the attack later in the event:

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