US President Donald Trump told CNN journalist Kaitlan Collins as he entered United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York on Tuesday morning, 22 September 2026: “You should not be here covering me.

You said you weren’t going to cover me.” Collins had asked when the war with Iran would end, citing a poll that found two-thirds of Americans do not think the country is winning the conflict, and replied that the UN had credentialed the network for the event, according to CNBC, The Guardian and USA Today. The exchange came after Trump announced on Friday, 18 September 2026, that he was revoking the White House credentials of three outlets — CNN itself, MS NOW and Politico — accusing them, without pointing to specific stories, of reporting “FICTION and LIES”. The ban took effect on Saturday, 19 September, when Secret Service officers, the federal agency that protects the president, seized the press passes of journalists from the three outlets. On Monday, 21 September, the three companies sued in federal court in Washington, alleging a violation of the First Amendment; US District Judge Timothy Kelly, a Trump appointee, ordered the Justice Department to respond to the request for an injunction and scheduled a teleconference hearing for Wednesday, 23 September. Of the five television networks that share White House pool coverage — ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox News and NBC — four decided to suspend the pool, according to CNBC.