Jun 26, 2025 07:16 AM IST

In a social media publish, President Donald Trump accused CNN correspondent Natasha Bertrand of falsely reporting tales and spreading pretend information.

US President Donald Trump slammed CNN journalist Natasha Bertrand for her protection of US army strikes on Iran’s nuclear services. He accused her of spreading “pretend information”, including that she needs to be thrown out “like a canine”. CNN has shared a publish on X defending its journalist, including that the information organisation “100% stands behind Natasha Bertrand’s journalism.”

US President Donald Trump slammed CNN journalist Natasha Bertrand in a publish on Truth Social. (AP, Instagram/@natashabertrand)

What did CNN publish?

“We stand 100% behind Natasha Bertrand’s journalism and particularly her and her colleagues’ reporting of the early intelligence evaluation of the US assault on Iran’s nuclear services. CNN’s reporting made clear that this was an preliminary discovering that might change with extra intelligence. We have extensively lined President Trump’s personal deep skepticism about it,” CNN wrote in a word on X.

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“However, we don’t imagine it’s cheap to criticize CNN reporters for precisely reporting the existence of the evaluation and precisely characterizing its findings, that are within the public curiosity,” it added.

What did Donald Trump say?

The US president took to Truth Social to share a publish mentioning Bertrand. “Natasha Bertrand needs to be FIRED from CNN! I watched her for 3 days doing Fake News. She needs to be IMMEDIATELY reprimanded, after which thrown out “like a canine.” She lied on the Laptop from Hell Story, and now she lied on the Nuclear Sites Story, making an attempt to destroy our Patriot Pilots by making them look unhealthy when, the truth is, they did a GREAT job and hit “pay filth” — TOTAL OBLITERATION!” he wrote.

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“It’s individuals like her who destroyed the popularity of a as soon as nice Network. Her slant was so clearly adverse, apart from, she doesn’t have what it takes to be an on digicam correspondent, not even shut. FIRE NATASHA!” he added.