All posts tagged "Jake Tapper"

CNN's Jake Tapper flagged what President Donald Trump said Friday when pressed on what he actually wants from his decision to bar three news organizations from the White House, noting the president pivoted immediately to money he says networks have paid him.

Asked about the specifics of the ban, Trump said the outlets could return if they corrected course, then turned to legal settlements.

"If they could send themselves out, I'd love it. Look, they're very dishonest people. They write in a very dishonest way," he said. "ABC fake news gave me $16 million. That was agreed to. $16 million that I won from ABC News because George [Stephanopoulos]. CBS gave me $38 million because they broadcast Kamala Harris on 60 Minutes and the questions bore no relationship to what she said."...

CNN anchor Jake Tapper had to apologize to his panel after a debate about a controversial left-wing streamer became too heated.

On Thursday, Tapper had a segment about Hasan Piker and his interview with Axios that led to Piker walking off. Tapper had on Democratic political operative Karen Finney and MAGA pundit Jesse Arm, who works as the vice president of external affairs for the Manhattan Institute.

Both Finney and Arm agreed that Piker was controversial. Arm, however, irked Finney while going on about how Piker affected the Senate campaign of Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan, as El-Sayed is often asked about his alignment with Piker's views....

Jake Tapper delivered a harsh response Friday to Vice President JD Vance's boast that Republicans are unfairly branded racist: the line itself, the CNN anchor said, sounded racist.

Vance, positioning himself as President Donald Trump's 2028 heir, used his keynote at the Republican midterm convention in Dallas to run through a list of grievances.

"And we were tired of being called racist for noticing that our country was becoming dirtier and poorer and less safe and less prosperous," Vance said....

CNN anchor Jake Tapper tore into President Donald Trump's $5,000 dividend by reminding viewers about the other checks he promised.

In a Thursday segment, Tapper pointed out that the previous night didn't mark the first time that Trump promised to dole out money, but he noted that Trump has never followed through. Trump vowed during Wednesday's keynote speech at the GOP midterm convention that he would pay $5,000 to every American adult if the GOP wins the House and the Senate in November, and dubbed the payments the "Trump dividend."

"Before you literally start banking on any $5,000 check headed your way, be aware there is a good reason to be suspicious of verbal promissory notes from President Trump," Tapper warned. "So far, money from other cash payments he has promised have yet to hit my checking account."...

CNN anchor Jake Tapper pressed President Donald Trump's former fixer Michael Cohen on whether he stood by his testimony against the president.

On Thursday, Tapper interviewed Cohen about his reunion with Trump. Cohen announced on Thursday that he would publish a podcast interview with Trump.

Cohen was Trump's personal lawyer before pleading guilty in 2018 over hush money paid to women alleging affairs, and later served as a star witness in the 2024 trial that ended in a 34-count conviction....

CNN anchor Jake Tapper highlighted a moment from President Donald Trump's speech on Friday that could serve as an attack ad for Democrats ahead of the midterms.

Trump said he would "never apologize" for higher gas prices even though Americans are struggling to pay for rising costs at the pump during a speech at the David S. Mack Center for Training and Intelligence in Garden City, New York. Trump touted his crackdown on crime and the ongoing Iran war at a campaign rally with Republican gubernatorial candidate and Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman.

Tapper commented on the president's remarks....