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Trump tells CNN reporter to be quiet
Trump told CNN’s Kristen Holmes to be quiet after questions about an aide and North Korea.
What happened
At an Oval Office event honoring a teenage lifeguard, CNN correspondent Kristen Holmes questioned Donald Trump about an aide and North Korea. Trump called her disrespectful, labeled CNN “fake news” and told her to be quiet. The White House later posted a message attacking Holmes; CNN defended her.
Numbers
- 3 meetingsTrump and Kim met previously
- 27 AugSouth Korea drills are due to end
- $400 millionBallroom project cited by senator
Questions
- What prompted Holmes’s questions?
- Holmes first asked Trump to respond to a Democratic senator’s comments about executive assistant Natalie Harp, then asked about North Korea.
- Why did North Korea arise?
- Trump had announced reductions in joint US-South Korea military exercises and linked the policy to his relationship with Kim Jong-un.
- What could reduced drills change?
- South Korea said reducing the drills could create room for negotiations with Pyongyang, while North Korea calls them preparation for invasion.
- Why did the White House object?
- It said Holmes used a ceremony for a teenage rescuer to make a cheap political attack on a presidential aide.
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Support and opposition
Who supports this, and why
White House — The question used a ceremony honoring a teenage rescuer to make a cheap political attack on a presidential aide.
Who opposes this, and why
CNN — Journalists must be able to question the president, and personal attacks on a correspondent fall beneath the office.
The catch
Coverage does not show what, if anything, Trump and Kim discussed before the US-South Korea drills were reduced.