President Donald Trump exploded at a reporter in the Oval Office on Monday.
Trump was greeting lifeguard Ryder Williams when he started taking questions from reporters, commenting on his relationship with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, and then began yelling at one of the members of the press corps.
"Quiet! Quiet! You're very disrespectful," Trump snapped. "Who are you with?"
CNN reporter Kristen Holmes responded, saying she was with the network.
"You're a loud boisterous person," Trump said.
"Be quiet! Be quiet!" Trump said. "You're a fake reporter and you report fake news."
CNN issued a statement to Raw Story about Holmes and the interaction with Trump.
"Kristen Holmes is one of the most respected and accomplished journalists covering the White House," a CNN spokesperson told Raw Story. "This afternoon, she did her job and asked the President of the United States a tough, relevant, and newsworthy question on behalf of the American people. Public officials are free to challenge reporting they disagree with, but personal attacks on journalists for asking questions are beneath the office and inconsistent with the principles of a free press. We stand firmly behind Kristen and reject these attacks in the strongest possible terms."
Trump says he has a good relationship with Kim Jong Un, asks the lifeguard he's honoring to co-sign his attacks on the press, and then snaps at a woman reporter: "Be quiet! Be quiet!" pic.twitter.com/ochuWHYgsp
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