The barrage from the Trump White House has taken on new meaning as Ellison’s ownership looms, raising the stakes and fueling anxiety among the network’s journalists. Another CNN staffer said they were more concerned about mismanagement should a new guard — or CBS News’s current leadership — take control. Current and former CNN staffers said they trace Trump’s animus toward the network in part to Jeff Zucker, who was president of CNN Worldwide from 2013 to 2022. “Zucker failed @NBC and he is now failing @CNN,” Trump wrote in a 2016 social media post. Meanwhile, Trump’s acrimonious relationship with CNN’s current chief White House correspondent, Kaitlan Collins, has only worsened throughout his second term.

Source: CNN April 05, 2026 16:32 UTC