Trump calls for CNN reporter to be fired and ‘thrown out ‘like a dog’ over sketchy Iran nuke report

President Donald Trump finally unloaded on a CNN reporter he had “watched for three days” as she delivered what he said was fake news.

In a scathing post on Truth Social, Trump called out CNN’s Natasha Bertrand over her reports on the U.S. strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, saying the reporter should be fired and “thrown out like a dog.” CNN responded to say they “Stand 100% behind” Bertrand’s “journalism.”

Bertrand claimed that, according to a U.S. intelligence assessment following last week’s military strike, “core components of the country’s nuclear program” were not actually destroyed.

Exclusive: US strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities did not destroy the core components of the country’s nuclear program and likely only set it back by months, according to an early US intel assessment. The WH says the assessment is “flat-out wrong.” https://t.co/yMjNt8xFPo

— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) June 24, 2025

It is to be noted that Bertrand wrote in 2020 that the Hunter Biden story “is Russian disinfo.” Her claims about the Iranian nuclear facilities came as Trump and his administration have repeatedly called the operation a success.

“Natasha Bertrand should be FIRED from CNN! I watched her for three days doing Fake News,” Trump wrote in a Wednesday post. “She should be IMMEDIATELY reprimanded, and then thrown out ‘like a dog.’”

“She lied on the Laptop from Hell Story, and now she lied on the Nuclear Sites Story, attempting to destroy our Patriot Pilots by making them look bad when, in fact, they did a GREAT job and hit ‘pay dirt’ — TOTAL OBLITERATION!” he continued.

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— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) June 25, 2025

“She should not be allowed to work at Fake News CNN,” Trump added. “It’s people like her who destroyed the reputation of a once great Network. Her slant was so obviously negative, besides, she doesn’t have what it takes to be an on camera correspondent, not even close. FIRE NATASHA!”

Trump blasted media outlets as “scum” while at the NATO Summit this week.

.@POTUS: “This was an unbelievable hit by genius pilots and genius people in the military, and they’re not being given credit for it because we have scum… CNN is scum. MSDNC is scum. The New York Times is scum.” pic.twitter.com/IrRhwgqQaK

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) June 25, 2025

CNN’s own interviews confirmed the destruction of the nuclear sites.

Former UN weapons inspector David Albright: “Iran can’t make centrifuges and can’t produce, in a sense, the equivalent of the gas … so their program is severely damaged.” pic.twitter.com/I8TPGqKsFG

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) June 26, 2025

But the network fired back after criticism of Bertrand, only to be shredded by White House Communications Director Steven Cheung.

“CNN’s reporting made clear that this was an initial finding that could change with additional intelligence. We have extensively covered President Trump’s own deep skepticism about it,” the network said in its statement defending its reporter.

The nerve of this statement. Nobody is above criticizing journalists, especially ones who have repeatedly reported fake news like the “Russia, Russia, Russia” hoax?

Go to hell. https://t.co/IhEWdCZ4pc

— Steven Cheung (@StevenCheung47) June 26, 2025

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Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida where she has been writing for the BizPacReview team since 2015.

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