Trump lashes out at CNN journalist Kristen Holmes, refuses to answer question: One of the worst reporters

President Trump lashed out at a CNN journalist and refused to answer her question – saying that she must be “one of the worst reporters” because she works for the lefty cable news network.The spat took place during an Antifa roundtable in the White House on Wednesday, after Secretary of State Marco Rubio passed Trump a note about announcing an Israel-Hamas ceasefire.As Trump took questions from reporters, Kristen Holmes, a senior White House correspondent at CNN, started to ask about an Israel-Hamas peace deal.“Are you personally participating?” she asked the president.But Trump quickly cut in and spoke over the reporter.“This is CNN speaking, by the way,” he said, turning to face other top White House officials in the room.

“So, you know, this is one of the worst reporters that you’ll ever see.”“I don’t even want to take her question.It’s a waste of time,” he added with a wave of his hand.Trump then moved on to the next reporter.In a Truth Social post on Wednesday, Trump announced that Hamas and Israel had agreed to the first phase of his 20-point peace plan for the Middle East.“The big thing is hostages are going to be released probably, our time, would be, probably Monday,” Trump told Fox News host Sean Hannity hours after he revealed details of the deal.The agreement, which is also expected to pause fighting in Gaza, will head to the Israeli cabinet on Thursday for approval, according to a senior White House official. As part of the deal, Israeli troops must start to pull back from some parts of the Strip.Soon after announcing the peace agreement, Trump called the family members of the hostages, who were with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, and told them that “they’re all coming back on Monday.”The president described it as a “great honor to be involved” in what he called “probably the biggest deal ever made.”...

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