President Donald Trump hilariously shut down a reporter who asked a pointed question about a potential US strike on Iran – before mocking her right outside of the White House . The reporter, CNN ‘s Alayna Treene, asked Trump ‘whether you are moving closer, or whether you believe the US is moving closer, to striking Iranian nuclear facilities.’

‘Well, obviously I can’t say that, right? You don’t seriously think I am going to answer that question?’ he said with a smirk. The president proceeded to laugh it off before offering up an impression of the reporter’s question. “‘Will you strike the Iranian nuclear component and what time, exactly, sir? Sir, would you strike it?'” Trump said.

‘”Would you please inform us so we can be there and watch?”‘ ‘I mean, you don’t even know if I may do it. I may do it. I may not do it,’ he said of entering the conflict to side with Israel. ‘Nobody knows what I’m going to do.’ Treene, a White House reporter who made the Forbes 30 Under 30 media list in 2021, then took to both X and Instagram to talk up the exchange.

She recalled: ‘I asked POTUS whether he’s made decision on US military intervention in Iran. ‘His response: “I may do it, I may not do it. I mean, nobody knows what I’m going to do.'” Treene, 30, had also asked Trump if was ‘too late’ to make a deal with the Iranians. ‘It’s very late. You know? It’s very late to be talking,’ Trump said. ‘I don’t know – there’s a big difference between now and a week ago.

‘Nothing’s finished until it’s finished.’ As he spoke, missiles launched from Iran continued to target Israel, where the U.S. is currently coordinating planes and cruise ships to evacuate American citizen. Trump engaged in his remarks at a press conference meant to ring in the installation of two new White House flagpoles, where he clashed with Treene at another point as well.

‘Mr. President some of your supporters are splitting on the U.S. response to [the Iran-Israel conflict,’ she asked – eliciting another off-the-cuff response from the conservative. ‘Who are you with?’ he asked – to which Treene replied: ‘CNN.’ ‘Fake news, fortunately nobody watches it,’ Trump quipped, speaking over Treene as she attempted to re-ask her question.

‘But my question is… Trump again interupted. He asked: ‘Is anybody watching CNN nowadays? I haven’t seen it in a long time. ‘Do you ever ask a positive question at CNN?’

He went on to wax poetic about his supporter before bringing up how he ‘won all seven swing states’ over Kamala Harris. ‘Report that,’ he told Treene, who joined CNN in January 2023.

‘We won all 7 out of 7, which everyone said would be almost impossible. We won by millions of votes,’ he added. DailyMail.com has reached out to CNN for comment.