President Trump tore into a CNN correspondent on Monday when she asked about his standing with Latino voters, rejecting a new poll that put his approval at 27% and attacking both the reporter and her network in personal terms, according to an account published by The Gateway Pundit.
The exchange happened as Trump was leaving the White House for a midterm rally in Nebraska. Kristen Holmes, CNN’s Senior White House Correspondent, tried to question him about the survey. Trump responded by calling her network “fake news” and pointing to the size of his rally crowds as his own measure of support.
“Oh, I’m doing great. No, no, you got my poll — you’re fake news,” Trump told Holmes, per the Gateway Pundit report. He went on: “You’re CNN, you’re fake news. My poll numbers are great, and all you have to do is look at the crowds we’re drawing. And every time I leave, that candidate will be losing, and by the time I leave, they’re winning.”
He closed the exchange with a direct jab at Holmes personally: “No, CNN poll numbers are fake, and your whole outfit is fake, and so are you.”
The poll at the center of the dispute
The numbers Trump was reacting to come from a survey conducted by NBC and Telemundo, which found his approval among Latinos has fallen to 27%. According to NBC’s write-up, respondents cited concerns about the administration’s immigration enforcement and the cost of living.
NBC reported that “two-thirds say his administration’s deportation policies have gone too far and three-quarters disapprove of how he has handled the economy and the cost of living.”
Trump has consistently disputed negative polling throughout his political career, and Monday’s comments fit that pattern. Rather than engaging with the survey’s findings, he redirected to crowd sizes at his events — a metric he has long treated as the truest indicator of his popularity.
A feud that has moved into court
The confrontation is the latest turn in a broader fight between the White House and several major news organizations. Trump has escalated his criticism of CNN since removing CNN, MS Now, and Politico from the White House press rotation last month — a decision that has drawn a legal challenge from the networks.
The outlets are now asking U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly for a preliminary injunction that would extend their White House access until the case is resolved. They are also seeking restoration of their ability to travel with the president on Air Force One as part of the press pool. That request follows Kelly’s earlier decision to grant a temporary restraining order reinstating the organizations’ access to the White House grounds.
Trump also barred CNN and Politico from boarding Air Force One to travel as part of the White House press pool, according to the Gateway Pundit account.
The legal skirmish over access is unusual in that it pits sitting news organizations against the administration over physical proximity to the president — an issue that has historically been resolved through negotiations between the White House Correspondents’ Association and communications staff rather than through federal court orders. For now, the matter is in Kelly’s hands.
A running theme on the trail
Monday’s outburst was not an isolated incident. The White House last week released a video compilation of Trump criticizing CNN and its reporter Kaitlan Collins during press conferences stretching back roughly a year and a half.
Over the weekend, Trump went after CNN and Collins again during a rally, a moment that prompted loud booing from the crowd along with chants of “fake news” and an expletive directed at the network.
The pattern reflects how thoroughly attacking the press — and CNN in particular — has become a staple of Trump’s rally rhetoric and his daily interactions with reporters. What was once an occasional clash has become a recurring feature of his public schedule, whether he is taking questions on the South Lawn or speaking from a stage in a midterm battleground.
Whether the courtroom fight over press access changes that dynamic remains to be seen. Kelly’s rulings so far have favored the outlets on White House grounds access, but the broader question of Air Force One travel and long-term credentials is still being litigated. In the meantime, Trump appears content to keep the conflict running — and to keep using his rallies as the counterargument to any poll he rejects.
The 27% figure from the NBC/Telemundo survey will likely continue to surface as reporters press the White House on its standing with Latino voters, a constituency both parties are courting heavily ahead of the midterms. Trump’s answer on Monday made clear he has no intention of accepting that framing — or the network delivering it.
Source: www.thegatewaypundit.com — https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/10/watch-trump-slams-cnn-fake-polls-latino-support/