Everyone's Talking About How Kaitlan Collins Just Clapped Back At Trump Without Saying A Word

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CNN journalist Kaitlan Collins is one of Donald Trump's biggest punching bags.

He called her out specifically in his (flop) White House Correspondents' Dinner speech.

First, he took credit for the award she won.

"I wanna personally congratulate CNN's Kaitlan Collins on receiving her award. Was all about me. It's a fake, she shouldn't get the award. It was a fake, but I didn't mind. I said, 'Kaitlan, congratulations.' But it was fake. There's no question about it."

Trump: "I want to personally congratulate CNN's Kaitlan Collins on receiving her award. It was all about me. It was a fake, she shouldn't get the award, it was a fake — but I didn't mind, I said, 'Kaitlan, congratulations.' But it was fake, there's no question about it. She's a… pic.twitter.com/Sn2vzVyWmf
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Then he complained about her never smiling and made a bizarre comparison to Dylan Mulvaney:

Trump: Kaitlan Collins is a young, attractive woman. She never smiles. Do you ever smile? I thought she had really made it big with a major new sponsorship but then I informed her that it was not her on the Bud Light can. It was Dylan Mulvaney pic.twitter.com/Eqfu4gs7kA
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"She's a young, attractive woman. She never smiles. I said, 'Kaitlan, do you ever smile? Smile. You have a nice position. You're at CNN Fake News. You should be a happy person. So smile, Kaitlan, just smile.' But, uh, we attack and I thought Kaitlan had really made it big with a major new sponsorship, but then I informed her that it wasn't her on the Bud Light can, it was Dylan Mulvaney."

He even shared a post about it on Truth Social afterwards:

Well, Kaitlan seems to have delivered a response of her own.

Kaitlan shared a carousel of photos on Instagram from the night.

But it's the very last photo that caught everyone's attention: a quote by Eleanor Roosevelt.

Fans and colleagues flooded her comment section with praise.

But I think this comment from Laura Brown sums up the sentiment best: "How you don't start publicly screaming is beyond me. Keep on!!"

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