This weekend, Collins attended the rescheduled White House Correspondents' Dinner, where she received the "Excellence Under Deadline Pressure" award.
Well, the 34-year-old journalist was in the audience when Donald Trump mocked her during his speech, jokingly mistaking her for trans activist Dylan Mulvaney.
"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," Trump said.
Trump: Kaitlan Collins is a young, attractive woman. She never smiles. Do you ever smile? I thought she had really made it big with a major new sponsorship but then I informed her that it was not her on the Bud Light can. It was Dylan Mulvaney pic.twitter.com/Eqfu4gs7kA
— Acyn (@Acyn) July 25, 2026
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Following his viral "joke," Trump posted an edited photo on Truth Social of Collins's head on Mulvaney's body holding a Bud Light beer can.
So far, in the replies, people can't stop rolling their eyes.
"Omg. The president is a misogynistic toddler, y’all."
"There’s literally someone collecting a government paycheck whose job it is to repost this crap."
"It makes things clear that his idea of disparaging someone is comparing them to someone transgender."
"He does this crap because he's insatiably in lust with Kaitlan Collins, but his 8 year old boy's level of maturity doesn't know how to handle what he's feeling, so he lashes out."
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