CNN fires back at Trump White House over attacks on reporter, calls them 'beneath the office'

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. President Donald Trump shuts down a CNN reporter during a tense exchange in the Oval Office, calling her ‘disrespectful’ as she repeatedly attempts to ask a follow-up question about South Korea. CNN fired back at the White House on Monday after President Donald Trump's rapid response team took aim at CNN White House correspondent Kristen Holmes. While Trump took questions from the Oval Office, Holmes asked him for his reaction to viral comments made by Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., who claimed Trump would rather "build a ballroom and travel with [White House aide]" Natalie [Harp]" than do his job as president, to which Trump replied by calling him "Pee-wee Herman." The Rapid Response 47 account on X slammed Holmes for invoking Ossoff's jab, which fueled online fodder for liberal critics pushing unfounded claims of an inappropriate relationship between Trum