Kaitlan Collins Shrugs Off Trump’s WHCD Award Mockery as Daily Show Spot Revives 10 Years of Attacks
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Updated · The Daily Beast · Jul 28
Kaitlan Collins Shrugs Off Trump’s WHCD Award Mockery as Daily Show Spot Revives 10 Years of Attacks
3 articles · Updated · The Daily Beast · Jul 28
Summary
Collins said on "The Daily Show" that Trump’s latest White House Correspondents’ dinner insults did not surprise her, calling them a bigger-stage version of treatment she says happens regularly in the Oval Office.
Friday’s clash followed her award for deadline coverage of Volodymyr Zelensky’s 2025 Oval Office visit, which Trump mocked as “fake” before joking that Collins looked like Dylan Mulvaney.
Collins said she tries to redirect attention from the personal attacks to the reporting itself, arguing the key point is Trump’s anger at the questions asked and the “non-answers” his team gives.
Stewart also revisited Trump’s earlier barbs—calling her a “corrupt reporter” last month and “fake news” last year—while Collins said she was struck by how quiet the room was during his remarks.
The episode underscored Collins’ effort to frame the feud as a press-accountability issue rather than a personal back-and-forth, even as the White House dismissed complaints by saying the “liberal media” cannot take criticism.