CNN savagely roasted for backfire interview of cartel gangster, asking how he feels about Trump calling him a terrorist

CNN thought it was a good idea to air a sympathetic interview with a Sinaloa Cartel member, and it shockingly didn’t go the way they wanted.

X users are dragging the network for asking the anonymous gang member how he felt about President Donald Trump labeling him and his group terrorists after Trump vowed to crack down on drug trafficking. Perhaps the most shocking part of the bizarre interview, filmed in a secret location in Mexico, was that the gangster said that Trump has his “respect.”

Watch:

CNN: “What’s your message to Donald Trump?”

Sinaloa Cartel Member: “My respect. According to him, he’s looking out for his people.”

Not the answer the Communist News Network wanted. pic.twitter.com/lWgjORrIjE

— Kim “Katie” USA (@KimKatieUSA) May 3, 2025

“According to the Trump Administration, you are a terrorist, the cartels have been labeled a foreign terrorist organization. What do you make of that?” CNN’s Isobel Yeung asked.

“Well, the situation is ugly, but we have to eat,” the man responded.

“What’s your message to Donald Trump, if he’s watching this?” Yeung pressed.

“My respect. According to him, he’s looking out for his people,” he said. “But the problem is, the consumers are in the United States. If there weren’t any consumers, we would stop.”

It didn’t take long for people to start mocking the absurdity of CNN running to cartel members in the hopes of dunking on Trump.

Cartel members apparently have a stronger foundation of principles than journalists at @cnn

— NoPurpleCrayons (@NoPurpleCrayons) May 3, 2025

When even cartel members show more respect than CNN, you know the media’s narrative is cracking. Not the soundbite they were hoping for.

— Davy Cruze (@DavyCruze) May 3, 2025

Imagine a cartel member having more honor and principles than CNN or the democrats

— Emperor (@dcastro2924) May 3, 2025

Did any CNN reporters ever visit western North Carolina to see how those people were feeling after the hurricane?

— FLFGuru (@flwronly124) May 4, 2025

Does CNN believe that Sinaloa is being mistreated by the American president?

Are they trying to make them sympathetic figures who are just misunderstood?

Sell crazy somewhere else CNN. We’ve got more than enough crazy here already

— Unruly Julie (@UnrulyJulie15) May 4, 2025

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Sierra Marlee is a millennial whose hunger for the truth in a world of fake news has led her to BizPac Review.

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