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Trump Melts Down at Another Female Reporter

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President Donald Trump lashed out at a female reporter Monday for asking about his decision to significantly reduce military coordination with South Korea. Trump had no problem ranting about his supposedly great relationship with Kim Jong Un during his photo-op with a teenage lifeguard -- but had a major meltdown when CNN's Kristen Holmes asked whether the North Korean leader had requested he scale back joint military exercises with South Korea. "Quiet, quiet, quiet! You're very disrespectful in front of this young man. Okay? Don't you find her disrespectful? Heh. He understands. Quiet!" Trump said. His tantrum only got worse when the reporter revealed she was with CNN. "Fake news. You're fake news. You're a loud -- you're a loud, boisterous person. You're fake news. Be quiet. Be quiet. Be quiet!" Trump said. "You're a fake reporter, and you report fake news." Trump's shameful outburst is just the latest in a well-documented history of lashing out at female reporters. The president has called female reporters "the worst" and "second-rate," telling them to "be quiet," that they "know nothing about nothing," and that he doesn't like their "attitude." In November, he told Bloomberg reporter Catherine Lucey "Quiet, Piggy!" Last month, he targeted CNN's Kaitlan Collins with transphobic jokes. Separately Monday, the White House attacked Holmes for another question about criticism of the president's cozy relationship with his aide Natalie Harp, calling the question "disgusting and inhumane" in a post on X. Clearly, it struck a nerve.