Dana Bash rebukes Trump: ‘CNN does not hate our country’

Published April 15, 2025 9:10am ET



CNN anchor Dana Bash fired back on Monday after President Donald Trump accused the network of “hating our country” during a heated Oval Office exchange.

The confrontation took place during Trump’s meeting with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, in which CNN White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins questioned Trump over the controversial deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia — a Maryland man with alleged MS-13 gang ties.

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