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President Donald Trump criticized CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins for covering his speech at the United Nations General Assembly, despite his ban on CNN and other networks from White House access due to their coverage. During a press interaction, Trump told Collins she "shouldn’t be here," to which she responded that her network's credentials were issued by the UN, not the White House. The article highlights tensions between the administration and media organizations while also referencing last year’s escalator incident at the same venue.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-09-22,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
On September 22, Donald Trump arrived at the United Nations headquarters in New York for his General Assembly speech. As he entered, he encountered Kaitlan Collins of CNN, whom he had previously banned from covering him due to perceived unflattering coverage. Trump questioned why CNN was there and told her, “You should not be here covering me.” Despite the ban, CNN was credentialed by the UN to cover the event.
This confrontation highlighted escalating tensions between Trump and news outlets that criticize his presidency. The White House had recently banned CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from its grounds for coverage it deemed inaccurate. The three networks responded by filing a lawsuit against the administration on September 21, arguing that the ban was unconstitutional and seeking to overturn it in court.
The incident underscores Trump's waning influence as he faces increasing opposition within the Republican party, federal courts reining him in, and growing public dissatisfaction with his handling of domestic issues like inflation and the war in Iran.
Written for “Trump Media Standoffs UN” on 2026-10-05,
grounded in this article and the 7 other(s) covering the same event.
President Donald Trump scolded CNN’s Kaitlan Collins for being at the United Nations General Assembly to cover his speech after he banned the network, along with MSNOW and Politico, from the White House for what he perceived as unflattering coverage of his presidency.
asserted
he → scold → presidency
Collins was part of the press gaggle at the UN in New York Tuesday morning and asked the president, “Two-thirds of Americans don’t think the U.S. is winning the war with Iran.
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U.S. → ask → Iran
When will it end?”
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it → end → ?
Trump began by saying it was an “honor” to be at the event, before taking a swipe at Collins, who he has repeatedly targeted for “not smiling.”
“I’m surprised that CNN is here covering me,” he snapped.
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he → begin → me
Collins replied, “The United Nations allowed us in, sir.”
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Nations → reply → us
“You should not be here covering me,” Trump told Collins.
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You → cover → Collins
“You said you weren’t going to cover me.
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you → say → me
You shouldn’t be covering me.”
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You → cover → me
After the exchange with Trump, Collins explained that the UN provided CNN’s credentials to cover the General Assembly, not the White House.
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UN → explain → Assembly
“We never said we were not going to cover the president,” Collins told viewers.
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Collins → say → viewers
“We will continue to cover the president despite their efforts to block CNN from accessing the White House grounds, which we are currently fighting in court.”
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we → continue → court
CNN, MSNOW and Politico have launched a joint lawsuit against the government, while ABC, Fox News, CBS and NBC suspended pooled television coverage on Monday in solidarity.
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ABC → launch → solidarity
Trump concluded his brief remarks to reporters by claiming that the U.S. was making “a lot of progress” with the war in Iran, before walking to the escalator with first lady Melania Trump.
The couple was reminded of last year’s unfortunate incident when they got stuck on the escalator.
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they → conclude → escalator
they approached this time, a bystander was heard shouting, “Be careful with the stairs!”
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bystander → approach → stairs
Last year the embarrassing episode prompted Trump to rail against the UN in his speech.
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episode → prompt → speech
The president and his then-White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, later peddled false claims of “sabotage,” and said the technical fault was “UN globalist staffers plotting to set up the President of the United States.”
uncertain
staffers → peddle → States
It later emerged that someone, most likely Trump’s own team, had accidentally triggered the stop mechanism, a safety feature, a UN spokesperson said at the time.
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spokesperson → emerge → time
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