# Trump lashes out at CNN reporter over South Korea question

https://mins.news/en/item/24884

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-18 08:33 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/8/18/trump-lashes-out-at-cnn-reporter-over-south-korea-question?traffic_source=rss

> Donald Trump called a CNN reporter a “fake reporter” after the journalist asked whether North Korea’s president had requested that the US president scale back military drills with South Korea.

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