Trump Cuts Off Press Conference After Another Heated Exchange with Reporters

Before Trump's April 24 briefing, the Trump administration tried to move Collins' seat to the back of the White House briefing room in an apparent move to punish CNN for what Trump deems "fake news."

Instead, Collins and the reporter she was ordered by White House staff and members of the Secret Service to exchange seats with refused to move because the seating arrangement was agreed upon by White House officials and the White House Correspondents Association.

The day before, Trump lashed out at Collins during the briefing, telling her, "The problem is, you don’t write the truth” and physically turning away from her while she tried to ask him a question.

“No, not CNN," he said. "I told you, CNN is fake news. Don’t talk to me.”

Trump took his media fit a step further on Monday, walking out of the briefing after another run-in with reporters he doesn't personally like.

Last week, Trump complained about specific CBS reporters in a New York Post interview where he griped that women reporters aren't like "Donna Reed," the actress who starred in the 1946 film It's A Wonderful Life.

“Paula Reid, she’s sitting there and I say, ‘How angry. I mean, what’s the purpose?’ They’re not even tough questions, but you see the attitude of these people, it’s like incredible," Trump complained.

Reid, the CBS reporter, later replied to the president's complaints on Twitter.

"President Trump tells @nypost I am nothing like 50's American archetypal mom Donna Reed," CBS political reporter Paula Reid tweeted last Tuesday. "Fact-check: True."

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