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Topics: News, US News, Jeffrey Epstein, Donald Trump
Gerrard Kaonga
Topics: News, US News, Jeffrey Epstein, Donald Trump
Donald Trump snapped at a reporter after being asked questions about Jeffrey Epstein and called for the country to move on 'to something else'.
Trump appears to now have a highlight reel of his tense interactions with journalists and has recently added another one to the list.
While taking questions from CNN's Kaitlan Collins at an Oval Office event on Tuesday (February 3), the US president appeared to get frustrated.
Collins asked Trump about the latest release of Epstein files and questioned him about Elon Musk and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick being named, following his comments about Democrats being within them.
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When asked whether he had looked at the new files, Trump said: “I didn’t. I have a lot of things I am doing, I don’t know.
“You mentioned two names, I am sure they are fine otherwise there would have been major headlines.”
Collins then went on to ask Trump if he had any opinion about some of the victims of Epstein who took issue with so much being redacted in the release of the files.
Trump countered by highlighting that previously some other victims have complained about not enough information being redacted.
He replied: “Well, they were also unhappy with the fact that that they released too much. You know, I hear that.
“And you are telling me something else.”
Trump went on to defend his own name being mentioned repeatedly throughout the files - which does not suggest any wrongdoing - before lashing out at the reporter.
He continued: “I think it’s really time for the country to get on to something else.
“Now that nothing came out about me, other than it was a conspiracy against me literally by Epstein and other people.
“I think its time now for the country to maybe get on to something else like healthcare or something that people care about.”
After asking Collins to continue her question, Trump then went on a rant about her and her network.
He said: “You are so bad. You are the worst reporter. No wonder CNN has no ratings because of people like you.
“You know she’s a young woman. I don’t think I’ve ever seen you smile. I’ve known you for 10 years, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a smile on your face.
“You know why your not smiling because you know you’re not telling the truth and you are a very dishonest organization and they should be ashamed of you.”
At one point, Collins defended herself in regards to her apparent lack of smiling by saying she was asking the president about the abuse survivors of Epstein.