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  • ‘Don’t talk to me’: A look at Trump’s previous clashes with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins

    ‘Don’t talk to me’: A look at Trump’s previous clashes with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins

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    Here are some of those more memorable moments:

    When Collins was banned from a Rose Garden press conference

    In 2018, Collins was barred from attending a press conference in the Rose Garden after asking questions about Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, and Russian President Vladimir Putin while she was on duty as the pool reporter.

    At a photo-op in the Oval Office, Collins called out several questions to Trump as White House staffers ushered the press out of the room. Later, Collins said White House communications director Bill Shine and White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders called her into Shine’s office and told her she could not attend the upcoming press conference because her questions had been inappropriate.

    The incident sparked outrage from Collins’ fellow White House reporters and her own network, which issued a statement calling the move “retaliatory in nature and not indicative of an open and free press.”

    ‘A very nice question so beautifully asked’

    Trump mocked Collins at a 2019 press conference when she pressed him on statements he had made about his administration’s plans for a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border amid the partial government shutdown caused by a standoff between lawmakers and the White House over funding for the wall.

    “You ran your campaign promising supporters that Mexico is going to pay for the wall,” Collins began before Trump interrupted her. “Oh here we go again,” he said.

    “And that wall was going to be made of concrete,” Collins continued. “You just said earlier that the wall could be made of steel and right now our government is shut down over a demand from your administration that the American taxpayer pay for the wall. So how can you say that you are not failing on that promise to your supporters?”

    “A very nice question so beautifully asked, even though I just answered it,” Trump replied.

    “I just told you that we just made a trade deal. We will take in billions and billions of dollars, far more than the cost of the wall,” Trump said.

    Collins attempted to ask a follow-up question about that trade deal, but Trump had already moved on to a question from another reporter.

    ‘CNN is fake news. Don’t talk to me.’

    After CNN reported on North Korean President Kim Jong Un’s health in 2020, Trump attacked the network and Collins during a press conference for what he said he believed was incorrect reporting.

    Collins asked Trump if he had been in contact with North Korea, to which he replied, “I don’t want to say. I won’t say that. We have a good relationship with North Korea — as good as you can have. I mean, we have a good relationship with North Korea. I have a good relationship with Kim Jong Un and I hope he’s OK.”

    But when Collins attempted to ask a follow up, he shot her down and called CNN “fake news.”

    “No, that’s enough,” Trump said. “The problem is, you don’t write the truth.”

    “No, not CNN please,” he added when Collins continued to press him. “I told you, CNN is fake news. Don’t talk to me.”

    When Trump’s administration tried to make Collins move to the back of the briefing room

    Shortly after clashing over questions on North Korea, Trump’s staff tried to order Collins to move from her front-row seat in the White House briefing room, defying the seating assignments managed by the White House Correspondents’ Association, which White House officials had agreed to.

    Collins refused and the press conference went ahead, but Trump kept the briefing short and took no questions.

    When Trump walked out of a press conference after a question from Collins

    Trump abruptly ended a press conference in July 2020 after Collins tried to ask him questions about a video he retweeted that included false information about Covid-19.

    “The woman that you said is a ‘great doctor’ in that video that you retweeted last night said that masks don’t work and there’s a cure for COVID-19, both of which experts say is not true,” Collins said during a press briefing with the president. “She’s also made videos saying that doctors make medicine using DNA from aliens and that they’re trying to create a vaccine to make you immune from becoming religious. So, what’s the logic in retweeting that?”

    “She was on air with many other doctors. And they were big fans of hydroxychloroquine,” Trump replied. “And I thought she was very impressive in the sense that where she came — I don’t know which country she comes from — but she’s said that she’s had tremendous success with hundreds of different patients. And I thought her voice was an important voice, but I know nothing about her.”

    When Collins pressed Trump, he abruptly ended the press conference and quickly walked out.



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    ( With inputs from : www.politico.com )

  • Elena Rybakina beats Danielle Collins to set up Iga Swiatek encounter

    Elena Rybakina beats Danielle Collins to set up Iga Swiatek encounter

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    Barely a month after Elena Rybakina won Wimbledon last year, she did not feel like a grand slam champion. She entered the US Open ranked world No 25, having received no points from the WTA-sanctioned All England Club, and lost her first-round match. In straight sets. Against the 131st-ranked Clara Burel. On Court 12.

    On Monday the 23-year-old Moscow-born Kazakh opened her 2023 Australian Open campaign on Court 13 and has flown somewhat under the radar all week, despite her subsequent promotion to the show courts. “Well, I guess it’s a motivation to win even more,” she said on Friday. “Maybe next time they’re going to put me first match somewhere else, not the Court 13.”

    If ever there was a sign her march is destined for Rod Laver Arena, it was her third-round defeat of last year’s runner-up. Danielle Collins does not go easily. The American, with her signature resolve, pushed her to three sets on Kia Arena. But Rybakina is back in form and looking every bit the player who swept aside Bianca Andreescu, Simona Halep and Ons Jabeur en route to her first grand slam title.

    Her first-serve win percentage hovered in the 80s and 83 minutes passed before Collins fashioned a break point, from which she secured the second set before falling 6-2, 5-7, 6-2. “I’m feeling better, stronger,” Rybakina said. “So hopefully I can continue like this. Compared [to the] middle of the season, it was a bit tough for me because I was trying to play many tournaments … I would say I didn’t have good preparation for [the] hard-court season after Wimbledon. Definitely now I’m feeling much better.”

    This can only be a good thing given her next opponent also seems to be getting better. Iga Swiatek finished 2022 with two majors and nine months atop the rankings. Almost a fortnight after Rybakina’s premature departure from Flushing Meadows, Swiatek left with the trophy, and at Melbourne Park her dominance is yet to be tested. On Friday she punished Cristina Bucsa, the Moldova-born Spanish qualifier who had shocked Andreescu out of the tournament, but against the Polish 21-year-old Bucsa appeared nervous and destined for a double-bagel. When she finally won a game, the crowd at Margaret Court Arena roared in encouragement, only for Swiatek to serve out the match for a regulation 6-0, 6-1 win.

    Iga Swiatek signs autographs for fans at the Australian Open
    Iga Swiatek signs autographs for fans after easing past Cristina Bucsa with a 6-0, 6-1 victory in the Australian Open third round. Photograph: Quinn Rooney/Getty Images

    “I felt like I’m in a little bit of a flow, so that’s nice,” said Swiatek. “I always try to focus on the same stuff, pretty technical stuff. It doesn’t matter if I’m winning or losing, it’s all the same to help me stay disciplined.

    “I’ve always wanted to be that kind of player who is consistent, so I’m pretty happy that I’m achieving that goal. I just remember how it was a couple of years ago: when I was in the fourth round I was really exhausted. Right now I feel like this is the right place to be.”

    The Swiatek v Rybakina last-16 showdown will be the first meeting of reigning grand slam champions since July 2021, when Ash Barty defeated Barbora Krejcikova in the Cincinnati Open quarter-finals. Both know what is coming, with Rybakina describing Swiatek as “very strong physically and mentally” and Swiatek saying Rybakina “really is a solid player”.

    “Since we played juniors, I knew that she’s like kind of going the right direction,” Swiatek said. “With her serve, she can do a lot.

    “But tactically I’m not prepared yet. We played exhibition in Dubai. I really treated [that loss in December] as a practice so it’s hard kind of to take a lot from that match. Also, we played in Ostrava two years ago [a win] and the surface was so slow it’s also hard to take anything tactically from that. We have both made such progress it doesn’t really matter what happened a couple of years ago.”

    This side of the draw gets interesting from there, with the second week tossing up a quarter-final against either Coco Gauff or Jelena Ostapenko, who defeated Bernarda Pera and Kateryna Baindl respectively on Friday. Jessica Pegula, the third seed, progressed in the draw’s other half after making short work of Marta Kostyuk and will face Krejcikova for a place in the quarter-finals.

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    ( With inputs from : www.theguardian.com )