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Jake Tapper Mocks Trump’s Desperate Demand for CNN Praise

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and guest Jake Tapper during Thursday’s April 16, 2026 show. Photo: Scott Kowalchyk ©2026 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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President Donald Trump has been given a kicking by CNN anchor Jake Tapper, who refused to give him an attaboy for his war in Iran.

Trump attacked media outlets he regards as hostile “fake news” on Friday by moaning on Truth Social: “Why don’t they just say, at the right time, JOB WELL DONE, MR. PRESIDENT, and start to gain back their credibility???”

“So Jake, that’s a simple question,” Stephen Colbert asked CNN’s chief Washington correspondent on Monday’s episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. “Why don’t we just say job well done? How hard is that? What would that hurt if you just said, ‘Job well done,’ and then later ask what the job was?”

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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