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CNN Was Not Happy Trump Did This to One of Their Reporters in the Oval Office
President Donald Trump hosted the teen lifeguard and the boy he saved in Santa Cruz in July, but that wasn't on CNN's Kristen Holmes's mind. It was some cockamamie question about Natalie Harp, who has become the subject of gross innuendo from Democrats, specifically Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA), who insinuated that Trump was sleeping with his staff. No, that would be you people, Jon. Holmes wasn't as overt, but questions are arising, and Trump wasn't having any of it, essentially telling her to shut the hell up. CNN blew a gasket, posting a statement of support. It's the usual game. It won't stop Trump from slapping around reporters from this outlet. [Embedded, quoted in full, without rebuttal:] '.@KristenhCNN is a disgraceful, humiliating embarrassment to her alleged profession. @POTUS hosts a hero lifeguard in the Oval Office and she uses it as an opportunity to take a cheap shot about one of President Trump's staffers. These scumbags are the lowest of the low.' -- Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) August 17, 2026 [and] '.@KristenhCNN: Someday, your children will come across your disgusting and inhumane question. They will be sickened and embarrassed to have a parent be so callous and vindictive. It's quite troubling.' -- Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) August 17, 2026. PRESIDENT TRUMP: Quiet. QUIET! You're very disrespectful in front of this young man. Don't you find her disrespectful? He understands! Quiet. Who are you with? CNN: I'm with CNN. TRUMP: Fake News. You're fake news! You're a loud, boisterous person. You're fake news! BE QUIET.... Ossoff, who Trump called Pee-Wee Herman, tried to clean up his remarks last night, but we all knew what he meant. Own it, soy boy.