BREAKING: “STONE COLD LOSER!” Trump lashes out at Kaitlan Collins for questioning his defense of Pete Hegseth after a REPUBLICAN moves to impeach him – but Jake Tapper delivers a devastating reminder of Trump's own election disaster!
Donald Trump erupted at CNN's Kaitlan Collins during a surprise White House press briefing Monday when she confronted him over Republican Rep. Thomas Massie's move to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Collins asked whether Trump would stand by Hegseth if Congress impeached him.
“Yeah, I'll stand by him,” Trump replied, boasting that Hegseth had “won two wars.” "BIG LIE"
But Collins wanted more …
“Massie says he carried out an illegal act,” she pointed out, referring to the eight articles of impeachment the Kentucky Republican introduced earlier that day.
“Massie's a loser – just like you're a loser at CNN!” Trump snapped.
“Just like your ratings are a loser. Massie is a loser, stone cold loser!”
Massie's impeachment resolution accuses Hegseth of serious misconduct, including waging war without congressional authorization, extrajudicial killings and violations of laws intended to protect civilians.
Trump has reportedly been weighing whether to replace Hegseth, whose handling of the Iran war has come under intense scrutiny following Republicans' crushing midterm defeat. But on Monday, the president publicly pledged to stand by him.
And while Trump was busy calling everyone else a loser, CNN's Jake Tapper couldn't resist pointing out the obvious.
“Kind of incredible to hear President Trump, after last Tuesday's results, calling anyone else a loser,” Tapper quipped.
