President Donald Trump has attacked another female reporter, telling The Washington Post's Natalie Allison she had a “very bad attitude” after she questioned him about divisions within the MAGA base over his immigration agenda. The exchange occurred on Friday when Trump asked Allison where she was from and then criticised the newspaper's performance.
This incident follows a similar confrontation on Tuesday with CNN's Kaitlan Collins during an Oval Office briefing. Collins asked Trump about recently released Epstein documents that mention associates including Elon Musk and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. Trump deflected, saying it was time to move on, and when Collins pressed for justice for Epstein's victims, he called her “the worst reporter” and complained she never smiles.
Trump told the room he had known Collins for ten years and had never seen her smile, adding that the reason was because “you know you're not telling the truth.” This is not the first time Trump has targeted Collins; in December he called her “always Stupid and Nasty” on Truth Social.
The White House has denied that Trump's insults are gender-based. Spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said in December that Trump has never been politically correct and that the attacks reflect low trust in the media, not gender. Despite this, the frequency of Trump's derogatory language towards female reporters has notably increased over the past year.
