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Leftists Melt Down After Trump Compares CNN's Kaitlan Collins to a Certain TikTok Influencer

Jeff Charles
Jeff Charles  |  July 27, 2026 11:30 AM

President Donald Trump did not disappoint in his performance at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday.

During his speech, he discussed CNN’s Kaitlan Collins and praised her for receiving the Award for Excellence in Presidential News Coverage Under Deadline Pressure in the Broadcast category. 

“I want to personally congratulate CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on receiving her award. It was all about me. It’s a fake. She shouldn’t get the award. It was a fake. But I didn’t mind,” Trump said. “I said, ‘Kaitlan, congratulations.’ But it was fake, there’s no question about it. But she’s a young, attractive woman. She never smiles. I said, ‘Kaitlan, do you ever smile? Smile. You have a nice position. You’re at CNN fake news. You should be a happy person.”

Then, the president looped in the furor over Dylan Mulvaney’s partnership with Bud Light that took place a few years ago. “I thought Kaitlan had really made it big with a major new sponsorship, but then I informed her that it wasn’t her on the Bud Light can, it was Dylan Mulvaney,” he said, also noting that Mulvaney “cost Bud Light $35 billion in market cap.”

And Dylan Mulvaney cost Bud Light $35 billion in market cap. That was the worst commercial ever made, by the way, for those few people that want to hear that. Most people don’t care, but I would. I wouldn’t want to hire Dylan anytime soon. Think of it. They hired Dylan Mulvaney, and their market cap has gone down by $35 billion. Who wrote that commercial?”

Trump’s comments sparked outrage from left-leaning users on social media who pilloried him for subtly suggesting Collins looks like a man.

Bud Light came under fire after it made the ridiculous decision to partner with trans-identified TikTok influencer Dylan Mulvaney on a promotional campaign in which he posted a video celebrating one year of having transitioned to the opposite gender.

The move triggered intense backlash from consumers, celebrities, and commentators who argued it prioritized progressive identity politics over the brand’s traditional working-class and male customer base. It prompted widespread boycotts and a sharp drop in sales that cost Anheuser-Busch hundreds of millions and dethroned Bud Light as America’s top beer.