NYT Reporter Runs to CNN's Kaitlan Collins After Trump 'Attacks' Him on Air Force One

President Donald Trump, who is always available to the press, "attacked" a reporter from The New York Times on Air Force One on the flight back from China. Trump said The Times' reporting on the war with Iran was treasonous. Trump also made it clear that The Times and CNN are "the worst."

🚨 HOLY CRAP! President Trump accuses reporter of TREASONOUS behavior on Air Force One

“You should be ashamed of it. I actually think it's TREASON. When you write like they're doing well militarily, and they have no navy, no air force, no anti-anything, by the way, we knocked… pic.twitter.com/9MuFUqlfKX
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) May 15, 2026

The post continues:

… out 85% of their manufacturing for the missiles!”
“We had a total military victory, but the fake news, guys like YOU write incorrectly, you're a fake guy, guys like you!”
“I actually think it's sort of treasonous what you write, but you in the New York Times and CNN I would say are the worst.“
“Then I read the New York Times, and they act like they're doing well. And everybody knows, that's why your subscribers are way down. You know, the Times subscribers are way down because of seeing that.”

As soon as he deplaned, The Times' David Sanger ran to CNN to tell Kaitlan Collins about the "attack."

"Reporting is not treason," @SangerNYT says after Trump attacked him for his coverage of the Iran war. pic.twitter.com/FWlQFsaiyP
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) May 16, 2026

Attacked him’🙄

No, he just called him a liar for the rag he works at.
— OG MAGA CANMAN 🦅🇺🇸 (@Ca30199057Chris) May 16, 2026

Yes but reporters can be deeply unethical partisan liars. Like you, Sanger.

Journalism is dead. @SangerNYT killed it.
— Michael Caputo (@MichaelRCaputo) May 16, 2026

Reporting can indeed be treason. But I prefer what Harry Truman called the media - “lying paid prostitutes…”
— The New Majority (@NixonandIke) May 16, 2026