{"id":2417463,"date":"2025-03-29T12:10:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-29T16:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-trumps-va-sec-flips-script-on-smug-cnn-reporter-backs-her-into-corner-with-question-she-cant-answer\/"},"modified":"2025-03-29T12:12:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T16:12:27","slug":"watch-trumps-va-sec-flips-script-on-smug-cnn-reporter-backs-her-into-corner-with-question-she-cant-answer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-trumps-va-sec-flips-script-on-smug-cnn-reporter-backs-her-into-corner-with-question-she-cant-answer\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Trump&#8217;s VA Sec. Flips Script on Smug CNN Reporter, Backs Her Into Corner With Question She Can&#8217;t Answer"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-trumps-va-sec-flips-script-on-smug-cnn-reporter-backs-her-into-corner-with-question-she-cant-answer%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2417463&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>During a recent CNN interview, Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins faced off against anchor Kaitlan Collins in a heated exchange that strayed from its intended topic of veterans&#8217; affairs. While Collins aimed to discuss issues pertinent to veterans, Kaitlan pressed him on a controversy known as \u201cSignal-gate,\u201d which involved leaked discussions among management officials regarding military actions. As she continued to focus on this unrelated subject, Collins attempted to redirect the conversation by questioning the network\u2019s alleged hostility towards veterans, citing a recent $5 million defamation case against CNN won by a Navy veteran. The confrontation highlighted the tension between the two, with Collins accusing CNN of avoiding veterans&#8217; issues and Kaitlan insisting on questioning him about the controversy. The clash exemplified a broader trend where officials turn the tables in interviews that seem to veer off-topic, reflecting a strategic approach to media interactions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>In the battle of the unrelated Collinses, Doug seems to have rhetorically razed Kaitlan.<\/p>\n<p>For those of you who missed the battle of the week on Thursday night, Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins appeared on CNN, where he was being interviewed by primetime anchor and chief White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins.<\/p>\n<p>He thought it was supposed to be about veterans. She thought it would be better to spend the time talking about something he didn&rsquo;t know &mdash; namely, &ldquo;Signal-gate,&rdquo; the pseudo-scandal which involves the chat where administration officials were discussing a strike on the Houthi rebels in Yemen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/white-house-immediately-goes-offensive-atlantic-releases-full-signal-chat-another-hoax\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/isis-inspired-nyc-bomber-sentenced-to-life-in-prison\/\" title=\"ISIS-Inspired NYC Bomber Sentenced to Life In Prison\">encrypted messaging app<\/a><\/a> with The Atlantic&rsquo;s Jeffrey Goldberg accidentally invited to the chat.<\/p>\n<p>Let&rsquo;s leave aside the fact that, by the time this took place on Thursday, there really wasn&rsquo;t any more to the scandal other than whether someone would get fired over that. (TL;DR: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/03\/28\/waltz-trump-vance-wiles-private-meeting-00258904\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">We&rsquo;ll see, but not now<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>However, it&rsquo;s pretty bad form to invite a VA official on and then talk about something other than veterans that he had no awareness of. So, he decided to turn the tables and ask off-topic questions of his own. She didn&rsquo;t like that. There&rsquo;s a shocker.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>A viral clip of the exchange, posted on X by the White House&rsquo;s Rapid Response 47 account, begins with another badgering question about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/libs-flip-fox-host-tells-blunt-truth-texts-accidentally-d-atlantic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Atlantic&rsquo;s<\/a> obtaining of the messages.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Do you believe that a mistake was made, though, to have this conversation to out a reporter and to have it on an un unsupported &hellip; classified group setting?&rdquo; Kaitlan asked.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Kaitlan, I&rsquo;ve just told you, I&rsquo;ve just answered the question,&rdquo; Doug said. &ldquo;I wasn&rsquo;t a part of it and you know, I&rsquo;m not gonna speculate more than what the president&rsquo;s already talked about and those who&rsquo;ve been involved to talked about about the veterans&ndash;&ldquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Yeah, and I have do have questions about the veterans, but given what we saw with the group chat and how this was used, you are a member of the cabinet,&rdquo; Kaitlan interrupted. &ldquo;You obviously know these other members, several of them who were in there.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Is this typical for the cabinet to have conversations over Signal? Is this something that you use?<\/p>\n<p>At this point, Doug was exasperated, and did what anyone would do if faced with a barrage of off-topic questions only slightly relating to what he was invited on to discuss: Ask some of his own.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Kaitlan since you undoubtedly do not want to talk about the VA, I have a question as VA secretary,&rdquo; he said. is cabin,<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I want to ask you &mdash; because I&rsquo;ve been curious about this, because my job is to take care of veterans &mdash; and I would like to know why CNN is hostile to veterans, especially one in Florida where you just had a $5 million dollar defamation suit for defaming a veteran.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Doug Collins was referring to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cnn-ordered-pay-navy-veteran-losing-big-defamation-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zachary Young<\/a>, a former Navy veteran who won a $5 million judgment against CNN in a Florida court after the network reported he was an &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-ordered-to-pay-navy-veteran-after-losing-big-defamation-case\/\" title=\"... Ordered to Pay Navy Veteran After Losing Big Defamation Case\">illegal profiteer&#038;rdquo<\/a>; for his work getting sensitive targets out of Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Your employees actually said &lsquo;We&rsquo;re going to nail him,&#8217;&rdquo; Doug Collins noted. &ldquo;I have a question for you, Kaitlan: Is that employee still employed? Are you really concerned about veterans?<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So if you want to talk about veterans now, you want to talk to hear from CNN, as the veteran cabinet secretary, why CNN seems to have a problem with veterans.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-trump-silences-cnns-kaitlan-collins-interrupts-executive-order-signing-ceremony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kaitlan<\/a> seemed to be stunned that that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/strong-turnout-in-frances-high-stakes-elections-as-support-for-the-far-right-grows-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Strong turnout in France\u2019s high-stakes elections as support for the far right grows - Washington Examiner\">people don&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t go along with this. &ldquo;Well, Mr. Secretary, respectfully, my question was about whether or not you, as a member of the cabinet, use this, and respectfully, I&rsquo;m conducting the investigation and I do have a lot of questions for you on Veterans Affairs, but I don&rsquo;t think&ndash;&ldquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;No, Kaitlan, I don&rsquo;t think &mdash; what you want to do is talk about a subject I&rsquo;ve already answered,&rdquo; Doug continued. &ldquo;And if you want to continue like this like this, that&rsquo;s fine, but &hellip; it does me no good to speculating on something that I&rsquo;ve already been asked and answered.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So I&rsquo;ve already asked and answered your question, so why don&rsquo;t you answer mine?&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Respectfully, sir, I&rsquo;m the one who&rsquo;s asking the questions here,&rdquo; Kaitlan responded.<\/p>\n<p>Respectfully, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/karoline-leavitt-snaps-back-cnns-kaitlan-collins-biden-evidence-question-reporter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">madam<\/a>, you don&rsquo;t come off looking too good, respectfully, in this situation. Respectfully:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecVetAffairs?\">@SecVetAffairs<\/a> torches Fake News CNN&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kaitlancollins?\">@kaitlancollins<\/a>: &ldquo;Since you undoubtedly don&rsquo;t want to talk about the VA &hellip; I would like to know why CNN is hostile to veterans &mdash; especially one in Florida, where you just had a $5 million defamation suit&hellip;&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fwnkeg10Zn\">pic.twitter.com\/fwnkeg10Zn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/1905077744607637576?\">March 27, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Naturally, Kaitlan Collins can&rsquo;t answer that question without making CNN look terrible. But, hey, at least they dragged &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/npr-ceo-shocking-link-firm-behind-signal-messenger-app\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Signal-gate<\/a>&rdquo; out for one more day.<\/p>\n<p>Commandeering interviews like this should be the modus operandi for the administration from here on in; both Trump and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-jd-vance-turns-tables-cnn-reporter-pet-eating-claims-memes-take-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vance<\/a> do this exquisitely and it&rsquo;s clear Doug Collins does it as well.<\/p>\n<p>If CNN is going to point out the splinter in everyone else&rsquo;s eye and not flush the log from theirs, that&rsquo;s fine &mdash; the administration can talk about that log every time you try an ambush interview about the splinter. Asking the VA secretary on to talk about veterans and then bringing up a totally unrelated splinter is a new low, but they&rsquo;ll stoop lower. Rest assured there&rsquo;s plenty more to grill the fiends on, particularly if they want to have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-trump-shuts-rude-kaitlan-collins-media-briefing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Collins<\/a> v. 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For those who missed Thursday night&#8217;s showdown, Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins was on CNN being interviewed by primetime anchor and chief White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins. He expected the discussion to focus on veterans, while she preferred to delve into a topic he wasn&#8217;t familiar with\u2014\u201cSignal-gate,\u201d a minor scandal involving administration officials discussing a strike against Houthi rebels in Yemen via an encrypted messaging app, which inadvertently included The Atlantic\u2019s Jeffrey Goldberg. By that point in time, there was little left to the scandal aside from speculation about potential firings (TL;DR: we\u2019ll see). However, it was inappropriate for her to invite a VA official only to discuss something unrelated that he had no knowledge of. Consequently, he decided to flip the script and pose his own off-topic questions. Unsurprisingly, she did not appreciate this turn of events.<\/p>\n<p>A viral clip of their exchange shared by the White House&#8217;s Rapid Response 47 account starts with another probing question regarding The Atlantic&#8217;s acquisition of messages: \u201cDo you believe it was a mistake to have this conversation that exposed a reporter in an unsupported classified group setting?\u201d Kaitlan asked. Doug replied, \u201cKaitlan, I\u2019ve just told you I wasn\u2019t part of it and I\u2019m not going to speculate beyond what has already been discussed regarding veterans.\u201d She interrupted him again with more questions about cabinet members using Signal for communication.<\/p>\n<p>Frustrated by her barrage of off-topic inquiries related only tangentially to his role as VA secretary, Doug responded with his own question: \u201cSince you clearly don\u2019t want to talk about veterans issues directly related to my job as VA secretary&#8230; why does CNN seem hostile towards veterans? Especially considering your network recently lost a $5 million defamation suit concerning Zachary Young?\u201d This former Navy veteran had won against CNN after they labeled him an &#8220;illegal profiteer&#8221; for helping evacuate sensitive targets from Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>Doug pointed out how one of her colleagues had stated they would &#8220;nail him,&#8221; asking if that employee still worked there and whether Kaitlan genuinely cared about veterans&#8217; issues. In response, Kaitlan seemed taken aback at being challenged like this but insisted she was conducting an investigation and still had many questions regarding Veterans Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>Doug countered her assertion by stating he\u2019d already answered her previous queries and suggested she should respond instead to his concerns about CNN\u2019s treatment of veterans. Their exchange highlighted how difficult it is for journalists when faced with such direct challenges during interviews\u2014especially when they can&#8217;t provide satisfactory answers without damaging their organization&#8217;s reputation further.<\/p>\n<p>This incident illustrates how interviews can be commandeered effectively; both Trump and Vance excel at this tactic\u2014and now it&#8217;s clear Doug Collins does too. 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